
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
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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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