Muslims in the U.S.
Representatives of the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations held a year-end news conference at the National Press Club on the organization’s initiatives to combat anti-Muslim attitudes in th…
1,487 viewsRepresentatives of the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations held a year-end news conference at the National Press Club on the organization’s initiatives to combat anti-Muslim attitudes in th…
1,487 viewsThe A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition held a rally in Lafayette Park at the White House prior to their "March to Stop the War". Speakers criticized the war in Iraq and Bush administration policy. Some …
970 viewsReligious leaders spoke to reporters about recent events surrounding the circulation of political cartoons in Europe depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The original publication in a Danish news…
144 viewsMembers of Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R.) and other anti-war organizations held a rally in the north parking lot of the Pentagon. The rally marked the fourth anniversary o…
429 viewsMembers of Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R.) led a coalition rally in Lafayette Park. The participants opposed what they termed the U.S.-Israel war against the people of Leba…
506 viewsCoalition leaders spoke to the press about plans to hold a rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, August 12, 2006, to protest the “U.S.-Israel war against the people of Lebanon and Palestin…
119 viewsThe International May 1st Coalition announced the May 1, 2006, boycott for immigrant rights. They called for a strike by all immigrants to include boycotting places of employment, commerce, …
239 viewsSpeakers outlined the cost of the conflict in Iraq in both human and economic terms. They also contrasted the price of war with the price of relief efforts for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. …
1,313 viewsIslamic leaders and religious scholars announced a national campaign to oppose the use of violence and terrorism in promoting Muslim causes and values, as well as promote security and more s…
208 viewsRep. Conyers, House Judiciary Committee ranking member, and other civil rights advocates held a citizens' hearing on the status of civil rights and civil liberties after the September 11, 20…
369 viewsProtesters gathered on the National mall to voice their objections to the George W. Bush Administration’s policies in Iraq and the Middle East at a rally themed "National March on Washington…
405 viewsActivists spoke to reporters about plans to protest the continued U.S. presence in Iraq and talked about their opposition to military occupation of the country. Following their remarks they …
230 viewsParticipants talked about the legacy of the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr. at a rally to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington in which Dr. King gave h…
986 viewsProtesters gathered on the National Mall to express their opposition to potential military action in Iraq and called on lawmakers to find peaceful solutions to tensions between Iraq and the …
1,014 viewsThe group A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to End War and Racism) sponsored a rally at the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial to protest the Bush administration and its foreign policy in Iraq. Speakers include…
817 viewsActivists spoke to reporters about plans for a march on Washington in protest of potential military action in Iraq. The march was scheduled for October 26, 2002. They also called for major d…
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