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What George W. Bush got right after 9/11 Original
I was angry as I stood behind President George W. Bush at a mosque on September 17, 2001. Only six days earlier, al-Qaida had attacked our nation. I had seen the smoke rising from the Pentagon as I traveled to the Capitol Hill headquarters of the Muslim civil rights organization I co-founded, the Council on American-Islamic Relations. I did not know then how many people had perished, but I knew countless families would be grieving that day. I was as sad as I was furious.
How anti-Muslim hate enabled the San Diego mosque attack
The far-right San Diego shooting reflects a global wave of anti-Muslim violence. The US must confront its Islamophobia to stop the hate, write Awad & Allison. San Diego, CA. the Islamic Center of San Diego on the day of the far right shooting. [GETTY] “My legs were shaking and my hands and my head were hurting a lot.
How anti-Muslim hate enabled the San Diego mosque attack
San Diego, CA. the Islamic Center of San Diego on the day of the far right shooting. [GETTY] “My legs were shaking and my hands and my head were hurting a lot. I felt like a rock.” That was how nine-year-old Odai Shanah described feeling on 18 May at the Islamic Center of San Diego, where two armed anti-Muslim extremists carried out a mass shooting attack and murdered three people.
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The far-right San Diego shooting reflects a global wave of anti-Muslim violence. The US must confront its Islamophobia to stop the hate, write Awad & Allison. Nihad Awad and Ismail Allison 24 May, 2026
Zohran Mamdani represents a historic turning point for American Muslims and all advocates for Palestinian freedom
When Columbia University students were smeared by New York’s political class and brutalized by the New York Police Department for protesting the genocide in Gaza, few of them probably imagined how the tides would turn in New York City just one year later. Yet those young people and so many other New Yorkers did the seemingly impossible by turning out to vote in massive numbers and electing a Muslim mayor who recognizes and opposes the genocide they protested to lead New York City.
ACT NOW! Demand the Cancellation of the Upcoming CAIR Event
In the aftermath of the horrifying October 7 massacre in Israel, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) shamefully failed to condemn the atrocity. Instead, its founder, Nihad Awad, disgracefully celebrated the breach of Gaza’s border, likening it to the breaking of “the walls of the concentration camp.” These remarks, delivered during an American Muslims for Palestine convention, were not only appalling but also revealed a disturbing disregard for human life and dignity.
As a Muslim, I condemn attacks on all civilians. President Biden should, too.
(RNS) — Long before helping to establish our nation’s first Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, I was a child trapped in a Palestinian refugee camp with little prospects for a bright future. Like the children of so many other Palestinian families ethnically cleansed from their homes in 1948, I spent the first 17 years of my life without access to electricity, running water or regular meals.
Statement By Nihad Awad on Remarks at Palestine Human Rights Conference
In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said: “During my remarks at a conference two weeks ago in support of Palestinian human rights, I condemned violence against all civilians and all forms of bigotry, specifically including Islamophobia and antisemitism. “As I said, ‘The hatred, the prejudice, the violence, the discrimination against Jews because of their faith or their life or their religious practices is a hateful mindset, behavior and action.
Hilton must cancel plans to build hotel on site of bulldozed Uighur mosque in China
Opinion: If the Hilton Corporation goes ahead with plans for a hotel on the site of a demolished mosque, they will be assisting the Chinese government in its campaign of cultural erasure, write Nihad Awad and Ismail Allison of CAIR National.
CAIR Exec: What American Muslims Can Do Today With Dr. King’s Lessons
Among the greatest lessons that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. taught us, and which American Muslims can apply today, is the importance of well-coordinated strategies – carried out by wide coalitions – to change the written and unwritten rules around how an entire community of Americans should and shouldn’t be treated. With the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, Dr. King taught us the importance of direct engagement with decision-makers, and community mobilization.
CAIR Exec: What American Muslims Can Do Today With Dr. King’s Lessons
Among the greatest lessons that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. taught us, and which American Muslims can apply today, is the importance of well-coordinated strategies – carried out by wide coalitions – to change the written and unwritten rules around how an entire community of Americans should and shouldn’t be treated. With the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, Dr. King taught us the importance of direct engagement with decision-makers, and community mobilization.
This Is Still a Muslim Ban: Trump's New Executive Order Decried for Discriminating Based on Religion
Excerpt: "President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order temporarily banning all refugees, as well as people from six majority-Muslim countries, from entering the United States." Demonstrators at Los Angeles International Airport protest in January against President Trump's first Muslim travel ban.
CAIR Says American Muslims Will Not Be Intimidated
Kirsten Salyer is the Deputy Editor of TIME Ideas TIME spoke with Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, about Donald Trump’s win and what’s next for Muslim Americans. What was your reaction to the election results? As citizens, we accept the results of the democratic process that has bound us together for so many years as a nation. Regardless of who won, we as American Muslims are here to say. We aren’t going anywhere. We will not be intimidated nor generalized.
Homophobia and Islamophobia Are Connected
Nihad Awad is the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. We have just witnessed one of the worst attacks on American soil in history in Orlando, and we are still in shock at the scope and magnitude of the violence. If words cannot express the pain we feel in witnessing such loss, I cannot fathom that of the families of the victims. My prayers for their comfort have kept me sleepless.
CAIR on Ted Cruz’s Plan to Target ‘Muslim Neighborhoods’
Nihad Awad is the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The organization I lead, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and the American Muslim community today joined countless others of all races and religions in expressing profound grief at the lives tragically lost in the recent attacks in Belgium, Turkey and across the world.
Muslim Leader to Ben Carson: Extremists Are Our Enemies, Too
In his time, Martin Luther King Jr. was accused of being a communist and a threat to America because he advocated for an America that lived up to her founding ideals. I am not King and would in no way attempt to compare my work to his.
Scandal Rocks Fox News Over Saudi Terror Link
Fox News Correspondent James Rosen reported on Wednesday night that a “major investor in the parent company” of Fox News has been implicated in financing the terrorist group al-Qaeda. Rosen made the embarrassing disclosure in a story on the channel’s “Special Report” show hosted by Bret Baier. The alleged al-Qaeda financier, Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, is a very close friend of Rupert Murdoch and his family, who control major media companies like News Corp and 21st Century Fox.
I Am A Muslim-American Leader, and the NSA Spied On Me
As a student at the University of Minnesota decades ago, the more I learned about America’s history, the more I was inspired by our Founding Fathers. They were initially voices of dissent, who stood up and spoke on issues they thought would advance this country, with the understanding that it would not endear them to the powers of the day. This was the foundation for the Bill of Rights and the ideals that every American remains proud to enjoy to this day.
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