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Warmongering Islamophobia in the US, August 3-10, 2016, CAIR Reports

August 11, 2016 

Editorial Note:

Islamphobia (exaggerated and baseless fear of Muslims) has been perpetrated and perpetuated to justify the continuous US wars and invasions of the Muslim World since 1990, in order for the war industry beneficiaries to justify the enormous and unprecedented US national debt, which has reached more than $19 trillion, as a result of the permanent-war military spending.

Tens of thousands of Americans are killed by non-Muslim other Americans every year, in gun violence. However, Islamophobes ignore that fact and focus on an incident or two perpetrated by Muslims in an entire year.

For example, in 2015, there were 53,228 shooting incidents, resulting in the killing of 13,415 Americans. Of these, there were only two incidents perpetrated by Muslims and resulting in the killing of 18 Americans.

The Zionist media, like Fox News and CNN, together with the  war industry agents and Zionist-controlled politicians like Trump, kept mentioning these two incidents while totally ignoring the other 53,226 incidents, which resulted in the killing of 13,398 Americans!

The end outcome is that the American people are indeed actual victims of a continuous warmongering campaign, Islamophobia, and a daily holocaust, perpetrated against them by the war industry beneficiaries and their agents in the media and politics.

For a background, read: 

Zionist Creative Destruction of the Middle East for the Benefit of the Apartheid Israeli Regime

The Terrorism Industry, A Merciless Continuous Attack on the American People's Blood and Treasure

 

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• SEE: An Employer's Guide to Islamic Religious Practices
  
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CAIR Calls on FIBA to Permanently Lift Basketball Hijab Ban

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/9/16) �

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Switzerland-basedInternational Basketball Federation (FIBA) to permanently lift the ban on Muslim women athletes wearing Islamic head scarves (hijab) when it issues a final decision on its head-covering policy later this month. (#FibaAllowHijab)

CAIR had requested and received a change to the hijab ban in 2014 and is working with two American Muslim basketball players who were being impacted by the prohibition. [NOTE: Sikh players who wear turbans for religious reasons had also been prevented from playing basketball under FIBA's policy.]

As part of a two-year testing program that FIBA agreed to in 2014 following intervention by CAIR and Sikh organizations, players can currently wear hijabs (and Sikh turbans) in some competitions. FIBA will likely issue its final decision on hijab after the Rio Olympics.

SEE: CAIR Applauds FIBA Decision to Drop Basketball Hijab Ban

International Basketball Federation to Rule on Whether Muslim Players Can Wear Hijabs

Basketball Becomes Battleground for Hijab as Muslim Players Demand Right to Wear Headscarf

These Muslim Basketball Players Are Fighting for the Right to Wear Hijab on the Court

"We call on the International Basketball Federation to end the uncertainty on this issue by permanently lifting the ban on hijab and on other religious attire wore by athletes," said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. "The only determining factors for athletic participation should be skill and hard work, not what is worn on one's head."

"We call upon FIBA to recognize the articles of faith of Sikhs, Muslims and Orthodox Jews, and urge them to immediately amend their policies to ensure that people around the world have an equal opportunity to play the game," said Satnam Singh, director of government and community relations at the Sikh American Legal Defense & Education Fund (SALDEF). "Anything short of a complete policy change will lead to an unequal playing field."

A Change.org petition launched by one of the Muslim women athletes, Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir, has garnered more than 90,000 signatures. 

SEE: FIBA Petition to Allow Hijab 

CAIR noted that FIFA's International Football Association Board acknowledged the religious rights of soccer players by changing its rules to allow hijabs and Sikh turbans.

In 2015, CAIR's Minnesota chapter assisted a teenage Muslim boxer who wanted to compete while wearing modest Islamic attire, including hijab.

CAIR: Minnesota Muslim Teen Boxer to Attempt to Compete Wearing Hijab

CAIR helped a Muslim wrestler at the University at Buffalo in New York obtain a waiver from the NCAA to wear a beard he believes is required by his faith.

In 2011, CAIR welcomed a decision by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) to modify its policy on competitor apparel to allow modest Islamic attire. The IWF policy change came following intervention by CAIR in the case of a Muslim weightlifter in Georgia who wished to compete while covering her hair, arms and legs.

CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

La misión de CAIR es mejorar la comprensión del Islam, fomentar el diálogo, proteger las libertades civiles, capacitar a los musulmanes estadounidenses, y construir coaliciones que promuevan la justicia y la comprensión mutua.

If you believe your rights have been violated, you may call CAIR's Civil Rights Department at 202-742-6420 or email civilrights@cair.com.

CONTACT: CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CAIR Welcomes Rulings Granting Benefits to Fired Muslim Cargill Workers in Colorado

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/8/16) �

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed recently-announced rulings by Colorado's Department of Labor and Employment that more than 100 Muslim workers fired from the Fort Morgan Cargill meat processing plant are eligible for unemployment benefits.

Attorneys from CAIR and Denver's Rathod | Mohamedbhai law firm, who represent the majority of the fired workers, insisted that the Muslim employees had been fired last December after Cargill instituted a prayer ban in its facilities. Cargill challenged the workers' claims for unemployment benefits, but withdrew its challenge after losing almost 20 appeals.

Hearing officers who heard the appeals found that it was a change in policy relating to prayer in the workplace that led to the mass separation of over 100 Muslim workers. Cargill officials had previously denied that the company changed the prayer policy.

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment rulings repeatedly stated: "No person should be expected to choose between fidelity to their religion and their job." The Hearing officers also found that there was no legitimate business justification for the change in prayer policy or for the denials of prayer accommodations during the week of December 14, 2015.

SEE: Fired Muslim Workers Deserve Unemployment Benefits From Cargill, Colorado Labor Department Rules 

"We welcome this victory for the Muslim workers and hope it will assist them in some small as they continue to face economic hardships acutely suffered since Cargill changed its prayer policy, thereby denying the employees their right to religious accommodation in the workplace," said CAIR-MN Executive Director Jaylani Hussein, who traveled to Colorado to assist the fired workers.

SEE: CAIR to Outline Talks with Cargill About Walkout by 200 Colorado Muslim Workers Over Prayer Dispute

Hussein noted that Cargill's previous policy, which had been in place for nearly a decade, allowed Muslim employees to pray as long as business needs were met. One Muslim woman who worked at the plant since 2012 told the hearing officer that she had never been denied the right to pray until December 15, 2015, the date of the policy change.

On that date, the Muslim worker's supervisor reportedly told her she could use her break to go the restroom, but if she wanted to pray, she would have to go home.

CAIR offers a booklet, called "An Employer's Guide to Islamic Religious Practices," to help employers gain a better understanding of Islam and Muslims in the workplace.

SEE: An Employer's Guide to Islamic Religious Practices

CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

La misión de CAIR es mejorar la comprensión del Islam, fomentar el diálogo, proteger las libertades civiles, capacitar a los musulmanes estadounidenses, y construir coaliciones que promuevan la justicia y la comprensión mutua.

If you believe your rights have been violated, you may call CAIR's Civil Rights Department at 202-742-6420 or email civilrights@cair.com.

CONTACT:

CAIR-MN Executive Director Jaylani Hussein, 612-406-0070, jhussein@cair.com;

CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com

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  "Donald Trump's message has always been about using isolated incidents and terrorist attacks across the world to push his politics of fear," Hussein said. "This community is thriving, and his remarks are really unfair." He called on Republican elected officials in Minnesota to repudiate Trump's comments.
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  "Muslims participate in every facet of life in California and for them to be appreciated for their contributions ... It's very hopeful for the community when the community is under siege in this election cycle," he said.

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CAIR-Cincinnati to Announce Religious Profiling Complaint Against Delta Airlines

(CINCINNATI, 8/4/16) --

On Thursday, August 4, the Cincinnati chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cincinnati) will hold a press conference to announce the filing of a complaint with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) against Delta Airlines for religious profiling of Muslim passengers.

In a letter to the DOT's Aviation Consumer Protection Division, CAIR-Cincinnati alleges that the Muslim passengers, a husband and wife, were singled out for removal from a Delta Airlines flight in Paris, France, after a flight attendant stated that she was not comfortable with them being on the plane.

WHAT: Press Conference Announcing Religious Profiling Complaint Against Delta Airlines
WHEN: Thursday, August 4, 1 p.m.
WHERE: CAIR Cincinnati Office, 10999 Reed Hartman Hwy., Suite 207, Cincinnati, OH 45242

CONTACT: CAIR Cincinnati Executive Director Karen Dabdoub, 513-281-8200, E-Mail: kdabdoub@cair.com

In a statement, CAIR-Cincinnati Staff Attorney Sana Hassan said:

"We call on the U.S. Department of Transportation to conduct a thorough examination into the prevailing practices of major American air carriers, including Delta Airlines, and to develop policy guidelines on the objective factors that are to be considered when determining that a passenger may legally be removed from a flight."

CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

CONTACT:

CAIR-Cincinnati Executive Director Karen Dabdoub, 513-281-8200, kdabdoub@cair.com;

CAIR-Cincinnati Staff Attorney Sana Hassan, shassan@cair.com

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CAIR Seeks Applicants for Rosa Parks Civil Liberties Scholarship
Award to be presented Oct. 1 at 22nd annual CAIR banquet in Arlington, Va.

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/3/16) -

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is seeking applicants for its annual scholarship honoring the life and work of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks.

This year's recipient of the $1,000 "Rosa Parks Civil Liberties Scholarship" will be announced at CAIR's 22nd annual banquet on Saturday, October 1 in Arlington, Va. The application deadline for the scholarship is September 2, 2016.  

SEE: CAIR Rosa Parks Civil Liberties Scholarship 

Applicants must be enrolled in, or accepted by, a full-time undergraduate, graduate or professional program of an accredited college or university in the United States and live in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. 

The applicants must also demonstrate interest in civil liberties issues through past employment or volunteer experience and submit a 500-word essay illustrating commitment to advancing equality in America. 

CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

La misión de CAIR es mejorar la comprensión del Islam, fomentar el diálogo, proteger las libertades civiles, capacitar a los musulmanes estadounidenses, y construir coaliciones que promuevan la justicia y la comprensión mutua.

If you believe your rights have been violated, you may call CAIR's Civil Rights Department at 202-742-6420 or email civilrights@cair.com.

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CONTACT:

CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com

CAIR Communications Coordinator Nabeelah Naeem, 202-341-4171, nnaeem@cair.com

CAIR-MN Executive Director Jaylani Hussein, 612-406-0070, jhussein@cair.com;

Council on American-Islamic Relations

453 New Jersey Ave, S.E., Washington, D.C., 20003 

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