• CAIR Video News Update
• CAIR: Fifty Years Later, the Dr. King's Dream Not Fulfilled (Desert Sun)
  Nihad Awad, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, encouraged his members to attend the rallies to oppose "Islamophobia," and quoted one of Dr. King's most famous statements: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." "Dr. King's dream is deferred every time an American is discriminated against or mistreated because of the color of their skin, their faith, their gender or their legal status," Awad said.
• CAIR: Massachusetts Bar Changes Rules After Mid-Exam Hijab Dust-Up
  From the Council on American-Islamic Relations to legal academics to the internet at large, people were upset about the way that the incident unfolded. Now the state is doing something about it.
• CAIR-MN Offers Free Legal Advice at Minneapolis Event (Star Tribune)
  • OR: Islamic Charity Founder 'Vindicated, Feds Turned Tax Fraud Into Terrorism
• CAIR: Muslim's Attire May Have Led to Bomb Scare Arrest (Boston Globe)
  Ibrahim Hooper — a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-D.C.-based advocacy group — said he thought Ibrahim's attire played a role in the initial suspicion.
  • CAIR-FL: Pastor with Plans to Burn Korans on 9/11 Says He's Moving Church
    Hassan Shibly, the executive director for Tampa Bay's Council on American-Islamic Relations, said Florida has already rejected Jones' message. "He's a non-factor for us and if anything, his intolerance and bigotry he preaches will only serve to better unite the moderate Christians and Jews of all faiths in the community," said Shibly. "Burning a book is a pure sign of ignorance and censorship."
  • Islamophobes Disrupt Muslim Forum at Illinois Library (Chicago Tribune)
    While some audience members expressed disdain for Islam and its followers, the Muslim panelists remained calm in attempting to explain their beliefs.
  • Islamophobia Watch: Fla. Official Warns of 'Wailing Music' from Proposed Mosque
    Clermont City Council member Ray Goodgame has told supporters that an Islamic group's plans to build a mosque in south Lake County is "bad news" and warned of "wailing music" if the mosque becomes a reality.
  • Islamophobia Watch: Racist Postings at Ohio College a 'Joke'
    A student who took credit for anti-Islam fliers and racist cards posted at Oberlin College earlier this year called them a joke meant to get an "overreaction," according to the student's statements to campus security at the historically liberal Ohio college.
• Kansas Methodist Church-Goers Enjoy Islamic Experience