Anti-Muslim Greeting Card, MO Anti-Islam Bill, California Republicans to Host Anti-Islam Leader

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CAIR-St. Louis Action Alert: Oppose State Anti-Islam Bill
The St. Louis Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-St. Louis) is calling on all people of conscience in Missouri to urge the state's Majority Floor Leader John Diehl to OPPOSE anti-Islam House Bill 757 (HB 757) and to not place the bill on the house calendar for consideration.
CAIR Action Alert: Greeting Card Turns Children's 'Muslim' Doll into 'Terrorist'
Contact the makers of the greetings card and let them know that you do NOT think that stereotyping Muslim women and girls is OK. Ask them if they would get a chuckle out of their daughters growing up exposed to messaging that criminalizes their basic identity for profit. (CAIR-Chicago has written an official letter to the company sharing its concerns.) As always, be firm and polite. NobleWorks Cards: 1-855-267-3163; He Who Eats Mud (local Chicago store that is selling the card): (773) 525-0616
- CAIR: Here is Your Tasteless Muslim Terror-Bomber Birthday Greeting Card
- CAIR: Muslim Girl Greeting Card Parodies Talking Arab Doll (Daily Mail)
- CAIR: Anti-Muslim Greeting Card Causes Outrage in Chicago
- CAIR: Chicago Muslim Leader Rips 'Blow Your Brains Out' Doll (Sun-Times)
- CAIR: 'Terrorist' Veiled Doll Shocks US Muslims
Anti-Islam Hate Group Leader to Speak to California Republicans
- CAIR Islamophobia Backgrounder: ACT! for America and 'Brigitte Gabriel'
  ACT! for America leader Hanah Kahwagi Tudor, who goes by the pseudonym "Brigitte Gabriel," claims an American Muslim "cannot be a loyal citizen" and that Islam is the "real enemy." She once told the Australian Jewish News: "Every practicing Muslim is a radical Muslim." She also claimed that "Islamo-fascism is a politically-correct word ... it's the vehicle for Islam ... Islam is the problem." According to an expose of the group by the Tennessean newspaper, "ACT members see themselves as warriors in a clash between Western civilization and Islam."
Canadian Police Deny Pressuring Rabbi to Drop Hate Group Leader Pamela Geller
Vermont Muslims Seek Dialogue, Greater Understanding of Islam (Free Press)
CAIR: Torture Report Shows Need to Stop 'Erosion of American Principles

Breaking News in Hate Assault on VA Muslim Army Reservist

We would like to update the community about an important case CAIR has been working on since the weekend.

Yesterday, we called for hate crime charges for an alleged assault on a Virginia Muslim U.S. Army reservist and veteran reportedly attacked by a man who allegedly compared him to those who carried out the Boston Marathon bombings and threatened to kill him.

UPDATE: Ed Dahlberg of Clifton, Va., turned himself in to Fairfax County Police at around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, and was served with a misdemeanor assault charge, according to Fairfax County Police.

Video: Va. Man Accused of Attacking Muslim Cabbie Turns Himself in to Police (CAIR)

The alleged attacker has been charged with a misdemeanor, but we are asking officials to prosecute the case as a felony hate crime. There should be zero tolerance for hate violence in Virginia.

A CAIR news conference yesterday in Washington, D.C., was covered by a number of local and national media outlets. The victim and a CAIR civil rights attorney were interviewed live on CNN.

Video: CAIR Rep on CNN's 'Piers Morgan Live' with Va. Muslim Victim of Bias Attack Video: CAIR Rep on CNN's Wolf Blitzer with Va. Muslim Army Reservist Assaulted in Bias Attack

CAIR will continue to work on the case. One of our staff attorneys met yesterday with local police. The first court hearing is scheduled for May 24th. We'll keep you posted.

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