CAIR's Cleveland chapter hosted its first annual Building Muslim Youth Leadership Conference on Nov. 7 to encourage young Muslims be proud of their identity and to express themselves effectively in a pluralistic society and to put their faith into action on behalf of social justice and the common good.

Some 2,000 people turned out on Saturday for the 13th annual banquet of CAIR's Los Angeles area chapter. The 2009 Courage in Media award to Dave Eggers, who authored Zeitoun, a nonfiction account of Muslim American Abdulrahman Zeitoun and his rescue efforts in the Katrina aftermath and subsequent detention and humiliation.

CAIR today expressed concern about the government’s move to seize mosques in New York, Maryland, California, and Texas. Officials accuse the foundation that owns the mosques of being tied to the Iranian government.

CAIR today called on American political and religious leaders to challenge Islamophobes engaged in a rhetorical backlash to the recent shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas.

A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group today condemned an attack on Fort Hood military base in Texas that left at least 12 people dead.

CAIR tonight reiterated the Muslim community’s condemnation of today’s deadly shootings at Fort Hood in Texas and urged the nation to remain calm as Americans nationwide react to the tragic events.