CAIR in the News

CAIR in the News, July 8, 2025

CAIR: ‘Guilty of Genocide’: Protesters Condemn Trump-Netanyahu Meeting and Ethnic Cleansing Push – Common Dreams

CAIR: Can Mamdani, Musk and other US president Donald Trump critics lose their citizenship? – The New Arab

“Unfortunately, we think the US Constitution applies equally, but we’re seeing freedom of speech is not being applied equally,” an immigration rights attorney with the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told The New Arab.

“It’s obvious the administration is using the law to retaliate against political opponents,” she said. “I don’t know if everyone is aware of how much this is going against our core principles.”

CAIR: Labor organizer Chris Smalls makes big announcement on Gaza Freedom Flotilla – TAG24

Israeli forces seized the boat in international waters on June 9 – just 100 miles away from Gaza – in a move the Council on American-Islamic Relations slammed as “a blatant act of international piracy and state terrorism.” 

CAIR: Ahead of Trump-Netanyahu talks, protesters near White House demand end to Gaza genocide – TRT Global

CAIR: Ahead of Trump-Netanyahu talks, protesters demand permanent Gaza ceasefire – Anadolu Ajansı

CAIR: US Muslim rights group denounces meeting with Netanyahu – Al Jazeera

CAIR: Religious organizations speak out against alleged hate crime at Krishna Temple – Daily Herald

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, based in Washington, D.C., released a statement from its director, Ibrahim Hooper, who condemned the attacks and cited other recent attacks of Hindu houses of worship within the last year.

“We condemn these allegedly bias-motivated attacks on a house of worship and express our solidarity with members of the Hindu community in Utah and nationwide as they are targeted by hate,” Hooper said. “All minority communities are unfortunately being forced to deal with the rising level of bigotry and division we are witnessing throughout our nation.”

CAIR: ‘Show your face’: Louisville mayor reacts to masked white supremacist protest – Louisville Public Media

The Council on American-Islamic Relations said in a statement it condemned “all attempts nationwide to promote white supremacy and the racist legacy of the Confederacy.”

“All Americans should encourage unity and mutual respect, not division and hatred,” the organization wrote.