Faizan Syed – Eye on Islamism

Islamist groups waged misinformation campaign to free terrorist Aafia Siddiqui in months before Texas synagogue attack Advocates for Siddiqui claim, without evidence, she was tortured in CIA blacksite, beaten in federal prison

January 21, 2022 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) Islamist groups in the United States and abroad waged a months-long propaganda campaign to free convicted terrorist Aafia Siddiqui from a Texas prison before a British national attacked a nearby synagogue in her name this weekend. The Council on American-Islamic […]

CAIR revives its campaign to free Aafia Siddiqui

January 20, 2022 Steven Emerson

(IPT) Less than four days after a gunman held four Jews hostage inside a Texas synagogue in a doomed attempt to free a convicted terrorist, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) thinks it is ready to renew its campaign to achieve the […]

‘Lady al Qaeda’ blamed Jews for her conviction. Her allies can’t figure why a gunman attacked synagogue in her name CAIR and Siddiqui attorney scramble to avoid blame for terrorist attack on Texas synagogue

January 17, 2022 Alana Goodman

(Free Beacon) The Council on American-Islamic Relations denied any connection between the terror attack at a Texas synagogue and its campaign to free imprisoned terrorist Aafia Siddiqui, one day after a fanatical gunman took Jewish congregants hostage to demand Siddiqui’s release. CAIR […]

A closer look at the case of Aafia Siddiqui, jailed in Texas

January 15, 2022 Eric Tucker

(AP) The man who authorities say held hostages inside a Texas synagogue on Saturday demanded the release of a Pakistani woman who is imprisoned nearby on charges of trying to kill American service members in Afghanistan. The hostage incident ended Saturday night […]

Hostages safe after Texas synagogue standoff; captor dead

January 15, 2022 Jake Bleiberg, Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo

(AP) A man held hostages for more than 10 hours Saturday at a Texas synagogue where he could be heard ranting in a livestream and demanding the release of a Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of trying to kill U.S. Army officers […]

US Islamist groups call for ‘Lady al-Qaeda’ to be set free CAIR, AMP, ICNA and MAS continue to embrace their pro-terrorist roots.

November 26, 2021 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), and the Muslim American Society (MAS) all have their foundings linked inseparably with militant Islamic ideologies. For CAIR and AMP it was Hamas, […]

‘Very disappointing’: Muslim woman says flight attendant did not let her sit in emergency exit row because of hijab

June 1, 2021 Eline de Bruijn and Kevin Reece

(WFAA) A passenger on Southwest Airlines claimed she was discriminated against when she was allegedly told she could not sit in the aisle of the emergency exit door because she was wearing a hijab. Her sister, who was not wearing a hijab, says she […]

Allen ISD addresses allegations of anti-Palestinian assignment questions, district says curriculum change was made

April 6, 2021 Garrett Gravley

(Allen American) Allen ISD is in the process of addressing and “looking for potential resolutions” to allegations that the district’s curriculum included anti-Palestinian assignment questions, the district confirmed Monday. These allegations were first made in a Feb. 23 blog post by the […]

Muslim woman protested when she was barred from municipal court for wearing a hijab

December 9, 2020 Elizabeth Campbell

(Star-Telegram) After a woman wearing a hijab complained that she wasn’t allowed in the municipal court to pay her speeding ticket, the city changed its policy to allow head coverings for religious reasons. Kendra Montemayor went to the Haltom City Municipal Court […]

Meet CAIR-Missouri’s new executive director, Mojda Sidiqi

October 24, 2019 Lara Hamdan

(St. Louis Public Radio) Since 2012, Faizan Syed has been a key figure in Missouri’s Muslim community, serving as the executive director of the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. When he first started, CAIR-MO was a small organization with […]

CAIR-Missouri executive director focused on educating people about Islam

September 24, 2019 Caitlyn Rosen

(Columbia Missourian) A Missouri lawmaker had proposed legislation that would make it illegal for judges to consider Sharia law in their judicial decisions. Some, including representatives from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said the 2016 legislation was Islamophobic. At the time, Faizan […]