GA Muslims Condemn Attack on Brothers and Sisters in Turkey
(6/29/16 – ATLANTA, GA) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic relations today condemned Tuesday’s suicide bombings at an international airport in Turkey, which killed over 50 people of various faiths and nationalities. No group has claimed responsibility but the attack bears the hallmarks of mass-casualty attacks in Paris, Brussels, and Baghdad. “The fact […]
GA Muslims Plan To Host July 14th Blood Drive in Solidarity with All Victims of Violence
American Muslim Health Professionals (AMHP-Atlanta), CAIR Georgia and other organizations have teamed up with the Red Cross to host a public blood drive on July 14th at Atlanta’s Dar-un-Noor Academy in solidarity with all victims of unjust violence around the world, from Chicago to Orlando to Aleppo. Donors should register onine at redcrossblood.org using the code: dar-un-noor. […]
CAIR-Georgia Calls for Probe of Threats by Armed Anti-Muslim Extremist Outside Mosque
(ATLANTA, GA, 6/22/16) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA) today called on federal and local authorities to investigate and monitor James Stachowiak, an extremist who threatened violence against Georgia Muslims while carrying a weapon and desecrating a Quran, Islam’s holy text, outside an Augusta, Ga., mosque. In a video posted online […]
Unexpected Friendship: Tea Party Leader Joins CAIR-GA for Joint NPR Interview
CAIR Georgia Executive Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell and Bob Ross, leader of the Tea Party in Fayette County, sat down together for a joint interview with NPR on June 21. The two discussed their “unexpected friendship,” which arose after Ross attended interfaith dinners at the Islamic Community Center of Atlanta, including an annual Ramadan Interfaith […]
GA Muslims Condemn Orlando Massacre, Launch Blood Drive
(6/12/16 – ATLANTA, GA) Georgia’s Muslim community today united to condemn the horrific mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub. “Georgia Muslims join their fellow Americans in denouncing Sunday’s mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando,” said CAIR Georgia Executive Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell. “Heroes like Muhammad Ali embody the world’s Muslim community, not this mass murderer.” […]
Full Video: Atlanta Muslims Host Interfaith Memorial for Muhammad Ali
As many as 1,000 people attended an interfaith memorial service for Muhammad Ali at the Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam on Thursday, June 9th. CAIR Georgia united with other Georgia Muslim organizations and mosques to remember and pray for the late athlete and humanitarian. Full video of the event can be viewed here. “The diversity of […]
CAIR-GA Invites Baptist Editor, Who Would Deny Religious Freedom to American Muslims, to Ramadan Dinner
(ATLANTA, GA, 6/7/16) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA) today invited Dr. Gerald Harris, the editor of the official newspaper of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, to fellowship with his Georgia Muslim neighbors during a Ramadan interfaith dinner at the Islamic Community Center of Atlanta. Dr. Harris recently published an […]
Georgia Muslims To Host Interfaith Memorial Service for Muhammad Ali
ATLANTA, GA, 6/5/16) – On Thursday, June 9, Georgia’s Muslim community will, God willing, host an interfaith memorial service (6 p.m.) for Muhammad Ali at the Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam, Georgia’s oldest Muslim house of worship. RSVP on Facebook or by emailing [email protected]. Space is limited. In addition to the memorial service, mosques across Georgia plan to conduct funeral prayers for the […]
CAIR-GA Joins Immigration Protest Outside ICE Headquarters
(5/26/16 – ATLANTA, GA) CAIR Georgia joined an interfaith demonstration outside the Atlanta headquarters of Immigration & Customs Enforcement on Thursday, May 26th. Religious leaders and immigration reform advocates united to call for a pause in deportations as well as an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, particularly its treatment of immigrants fleeing violence in […]
CAIR-GA Holds Anti-Extremism Seminar at Al-Farooq Masjid
(5/21/16 – ATLANTA, GA) CAIR Georgia hosted a special seminar, Muslims Rebutting Extremism: How to Win the Information War Against Islamophobes & Foreign Extremists on May 21st at Al-Farooq Masjid in Atlanta. Speakers included Dr. Houda Abadi of The Carter Center, Imam Arshad Anwar of Roswell Community Masjid and CAIR-GA Executive Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell. The three […]