1. Support Eid-ul-Adha/Hajj Ads. Your support is necessary for this important project. CAIR is asking the Muslim community to sponsor the Eid-ul-Adha ads. Each ad will cost $250, on average, to broadcast.

1. Please call each of your local Fox television stations and ask to speak to the person who handles public service announcements and/or programming. That person is usually, but not always, the "Public Service Director."

On Friday, January 14, CNN's Paula Zahn Now will air a segment on American Muslims' responses to a Cornell University study indicating that 44 percent of Americans were in favor of curbing their civil rights. The program airs at 8 p.m. EST.

The first new episode this season of Fox's 24 has yet to hit the screen and already the network has offended a Muslim group.

1. Any returning pilgrims who believe their constitutional rights have been violated should call CAIR's "Hajji Hotline" at 1-800-784-7526. During business hours, the hotline number rolls over to CAIR's Washington, D.C., switchboard. After hours during the Hajj, a recording will give cell phone numbers for CAIR civil rights staff and the latest information on the legal rights of U.S. citizens at border crossings.

A recent letter in response to mine intrigued me. The writer asked how we should treat our local Muslim population given that I stated we are in World War III with most of them.

And we leave you with a belated and un-Christmasy Christmas thought given to us by none other than that the liberal-blasting, knock-you-off-your-seat Ann Coulter, as posted on her Web site last week.

(Washington, D.C., 12/27/04) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today asked members of the American Muslim community and all people of conscience worldwide to offer humanitarian assistance and pray for the victims in Sunday's tsunamis in southern Asia.

CAIR's library project has received 7836 sponsorships for $150 book and tape packages on Islam to be placed in libraries across the country.

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/19/04) - CAIR is once again calling on people of conscience to demand an apology from the MSNBC cable television network for anti-Arab/anti-Muslim remarks made on its "Imus in the Morning" program.