• CAIR Video Alert: Ask President to Veto Detention of U.S. Citizens
  CAIR is urging American Muslims and other people of conscience to contact President Obama and urge him to veto the National Defense Authorization Act(H.R. 1540), which authorizes the military to arrest and indefinitely detain American citizens suspected of terrorism without charge or trial.
• Video: CAIR Rep on CNN to Discuss Boycott Over NYPD Muslim Spying
  CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad appeared today on CNN to discuss the decision by New York Muslim leaders to boycott Mayor Michael Bloomberg's interfaith breakfast over his support for widespread NYPD spying on Muslims without evidence of wrongdoing.
  • CAIR: Muslim Leaders Boycott Breakfast Over Surveillance Program (CNN)
    "These tactics, without due process, without evidence of crime, we believe (are) unconstitutional and unlawful. That's where the shock comes from," said Nihad Awad, executive director of [CAIR].
    
• CAIR: WordPress Removes Anti-Muslim Hate Blog
  A hate site hosted on WordPress.com has been pulled down by the popular blog host, reported CAIR yesterday.
  • Anti-Muslim Hate Blog Taken Down After Complaints From CAIR
• CAIR Believes Illinois Stabbing was Hate Crime
  [CAIR] called for federal civil rights charges to be filed against a man seeking to"save his country" by allegedly stabbing a faculty member of the University of Illinois College of Law who he thought was "Middle Eastern."
  • CA: Muslim Couple Says They Were Denied Service Over Hijab
    SAN DIEGO -- A married couple visiting from Chicago said they were denied service at T.G.I. Friday's in the Gaslamp Quarters because of their religion.