In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

CAIR HOUSTON PRESS CONFERENCE RELEASING CIVIL RIGHTS REPORT

The complete "The Struggle for Equality" report may be viewed at: http://www.cair.com/pdf/2006-CAIR-Civil-Rights-Report.pdf

The Council on American-Islamic Relations Houston Chapter had a press conference today with ABC, NBC, AND FOX local affiliates attending as well as 740 AM.
The conference was based on our annual civil rights report entitled "The Struggle for Equality".

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

- MEDIA ADVISORY -

CAIR TO RELEASE REPORT ON U.S. MUSLIM CIVIL RIGHTS
Annual study will show jump in reports of anti-Muslim bias

(Houston, TX 9/18/06) - On Wednesday, September 18 , the Council on American-Islamic Relations ( CAIR ) Houston Chapter will hold a noon news conference at the CAIR OFFICE to release its 11th annual report , titled "The Struggle for Equality," on the status of Muslim civil rights in the United States.

The Washington-based Islamic civil rights and advocacy group's report - the only annual study of its kind - will show a significant increase in complaints of anti-Muslim harassment, violence and discriminatory treatment from the previous year.

Nine states and the District of Columbia accounted for almost 80 percent of all civil rights complaints in 2005. The states with the highest number of reported complaints were: California, Illinois, New York, Texas, Virginia, Florida, Maryland, Ohio, and New Jersey.

WHAT : CAIR to Release Annual Report on Status of American Muslim Civil Rights
WHEN : Wednesday September 20 Noon (Central)
WHERE : CAIR Houston Office 5821 Southwest Freeway Suite #304 Houston, Texas
CONTACT : CAIR Houston Communications Director Adeel Zeb, 713-383-2247 or 713-838-2250, E-Mail: adeel.zeb@cairhouston.org

CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, began documenting anti-Muslim incidents following the 1995 attack on the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

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