11 Days After Driveway Killing, Texas Man Is Arrested

11 Days After Driveway Killing, Texas Man Is Arrested

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Published on: 12/12/2025

Some of the events were organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which has been working with Mr. Dghoughi’s family. Faizan Syed, the executive director of C.A.I.R. in Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth, said the authorities had initially given the family little information beyond a statement on Oct. 11 about the shooting.

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An employee at Chicken Express was sent home for refusing to take off her hijab

An employee at Chicken Express was sent home for refusing to take off her hijab

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Published on: 12/12/2025

“Stefanae agreed to come to work but due to the overall negative hostile atmosphere at work she couldn’t stay and decided to leave,” said Faizan Syed, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Texas. The civil rights group is representing Coleman in the matter.

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Islamophobia: A Discussion About The Causes And Possible Solutions

Islamophobia: A Discussion About The Causes And Possible Solutions

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Published on: 12/12/2025

"After September the Eleventh, you would expect there would be a spike in anti-Muslim or anti-Islam attacks in the United States," said Faizan Syed, executive director of CAIR-St. Louis. "And that's what we saw after September the Eleventh. But what's unique is that after the first few years, those percentage of attacks actually kept going down and down and decreased. And then in 2008 and 2009, we saw another spike in those biased, motivated attacks. And we've seen that height now more than even after September the Eleventh." That's where the network of organizations identified in the report comes in.

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Muslim woman sues Southwest Airlines after being forced to move from emergency exit seat on flight

Muslim woman sues Southwest Airlines after being forced to move from emergency exit seat on flight

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Published on: 12/12/2025

‘The hardest part was keeping my composure for three hours after being insulted,’ says passenger

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