• Video: CAIR Rep Urges Action Against Those Behind Global Terror Threat (Fox)
• Video: CAIR Rep Welcomes Pope Francis' Outreach to Muslims
• CAIR: More States Introduce Anti-Islam Legislation (USA Today)
  "They exist purely to create a conversation around what sharia is," said Corey Saylor, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
  • CAIR Alert: Urge North Carolina Governor Not to Sign Anti-Islam Legislation
• Pitts Jr.: For Muslims in America, Religious Stereotypes Persist
  For all their professed abhorrence of so-called "identity politics," it is for many conservatives an article of faith that if one's identity includes Islam, that fact trumps everything else: character, upbringing, beliefs, politics, or fluency in Biblical Greek. Think Glenn Beck asking a Muslim congressman to prove he is not in league with America's enemies. Think Michele Bachmann accusing an aide to the secretary of state of terrorist ties.
  • Oak Creek: An Act of Home-Grown Terrorism (LA Times)
    We now know that he was involved with white supremacy groups and that he was the founding member and vocalist for a neo-Nazi band. A former soldier, he had been heard to disparage Muslims, calling them "towel heads." 
• CAIR-FL: Father of Muslim Shot by FBI Plans to Travel to U.S. (Boston Globe)
  The Council on American-Islamic Relations has also called for an independent inquiry, saying in a letter to the Justice Department in June: "It seems unlikely that the agents were justified in using deadly force against a single unarmed suspect."
• Conversion to Islam Fills a Religious Void (Post-Gazette)
  As the holy month of Ramadan draws to a close, some Muslim converts in Pittsburgh share stories about the faith they've embraced.
  • Interfaith Iftar Dinner at the Oklahoma State Capitol (Oklahoman)