• Watch: Hate Crime Charge for 'Hey Persian' Assault on Illinois Student
  
  
  • Backgrounder: Almost Half of Calif. Muslim Students Report Bullying
    
• CAIR-NY: Muslim Advocacy Group Praises Mayor for Closing Schools on Major Islamic Feasts
  The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) praised Mayor de Blasio for plans to move forward in closing schools for these holidays, which are key parts of the Muslim faith and family life.
  
• CCR, NLG and CAIR Ask House Education Committee to Oppose Anti-Boycott Bill 
  The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) sent members of the House of Representatives Education and the Workforce Committee a letter urging them to oppose legislation that would deny federal funding to colleges and universities that participate in a boycott of Israeli academic institutions or scholars. 
  
• Islamophobia Watch: Washington State Republican Women Host Anti-Muslim Hate Group Leader
  • CAIR Islamophobia Backgrounder: ACT! for America and 'Brigitte Gabriel'
• DC Muslim Named Deputy Campaign Manager for Vincent Gray
  
• Letter to the Editor: Halal Meat a Better Alternative 
  
• Appeals Court Allows Challenges by Detainees at Guantánamo Prison (NY Times)
  
• Family Seeks to Stop Minn. Hospital from Sending Comatose Exchange Student Back to Pakistan (AP)
  A hospital spokeswoman said Bajwa won't be able to stay in the country legally after his student visa expires Feb. 28. "If we take him back to Pakistan this is certainly pushing him toward death," Shahraiz Bajwa said. "We don't want him to die in a miserable condition in a third-world country. It's better if he stays here."MEDICAL FUND.

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