Video: CAIR-SFBA Stands with Erin Donovan on the Right to Free Speech for Palestine Advocacy
CAIR: School Battles May Help Explain Why Democrats Declined in Some Suburbs – The New York Times
Still, those issues were very real for some Virginians, according to Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who lives in Fairfax County.
A notable minority of Arab and Muslim voters backed Mr. Trump this year, not just to protest the Biden-Harris administration’s support for Israel, he said, but also because “their concern about the too-progressive liberal agenda of sexualization of young people and the curriculum.”
He said he was not especially surprised that Mr. Trump had gained ground. Some Arab and Muslim voters, he said, “found a common denominator with the Republican platform, especially around people concerned about family values.”
CAIR-Chicago: 64-year-old woman attacks couple in Panera over pro-Palestine shirt, Illinois cops say – McClatchy
CAIR-SFBA: Oakland teacher fired for wearing ‘Free Palestine’ pin – NBC Bay Area
“What are they trying to shield their students from?” asked Zahra Billoo, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations San Francisco Bay Area office, about Bishop O’Dowd’s administration. “I am so inspired by this teacher who took a professional and career risk to speak out for human rights.”
CAIR: House Again Moves to Pass “Nonprofit Killer” Bill Giving Trump “Unchecked Power” – Truthout
CAIR: Bernie Sanders pushes to block US arms sale to Israel: All you need to know – Al Jazeera
“With undeniable proof of Israel’s war crimes and the deliberate obstruction of humanitarian aid, our government continues to sell billions in offensive weapons to Israel,” CAIR’s government affairs director, Robert McCaw, said in a statement.
CAIR: House GOP Working to Push Through Bill That Would Let Trump Shut Down Nonprofits – Democracy Now!
CAIR: Gaza reels from latest Israeli massacre in besieged north – The New Arab
Pope Francis’ use of the word genocide was “welcomed” by the US-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), but its executive director said that there was “no need to prove or investigate the obvious”, as several internationally-recognised bodies and UN agencies have concluded that the ongoing violence in Gaza, is indeed genocide.
CAIR: US Muslim group urges Biden to heed Pope’s call for genocide inquiry – Al Jazeera
CAIR-FL: Group seeks a new Muslim cemetery in Miami-Dade. Neighbors oppose the rezoning – Miami Herald
“Burial is a religious practice for Muslims and that’s why it’s so important,” said Omar Saleh, legal director of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an organization also advocating for the project’s approval. “That’s the distinction made between other funeral homes … Most Muslims have run into those issues of not only how to bury, but how quickly to bury.”
CAIR: Women’s March 2025? The resistance to Trump’s second term will look different, but it will happen. – Slate.com
CAIR: Community members refute House committee claims that GW insufficiently disciplined protesters – GW Hatchet
They added that GW has been identified by the Council on American-Islamic Relations as one of three institutions of “particular concern” where Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish and other students and faculty who oppose the war in Gaza face backlash from officials.