CAIR in the News

CAIR in the News, August 8, 2025

CAIR: Medical student suing Emory University for discrimination says her suspension is ‘professional death sentence’ – Middle East Eye

CAIR: U.S. Islamic leaders urge Muslim-majority nations to take action to end Gaza conflict – NPR

CAIR-Chicago: St. Sabina parishioners lead prayers outside Israeli consulate against starvation in Gaza, U.S. aid for war – Chicago Sun-Times

Led by the Rev. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Catholic Church, the group included members of his South Side church, Muslim civil rights nonprofit CAIR-Chicago and Jewish Voices for Peace, among other organizations.

CAIR-Chicago: Woman charged with aggravated battery, hate crime for alleged defacement of Pilsen mural – Chicago Tribune

Danielle Wasserman, 37, faces four counts of aggravated battery in a public place, two counts of hate crime and a single count of criminal damage to property. The alleged June 13 confrontation between Wasserman and Natalie Figueroa, the woman who tried to intervene, prompted the Muslim civic advocacy group CAIR-Chicago to call for hate crime charges.

CAIR-FL: Pots & Pans Protest Outside Rep. Wasserman Schultz’s Sunrise Office – WFLA

CAIR: Muslim Scholars, Leaders And Institutions Say Muslim Nations Can Take “Concrete Action” To End Gaza Genocide

CAIR: In Defense of Jonathan Brown – Inside Higher Ed

While the campus Students for Justice in Palestine and the Council on American-Islamic Relations correctly defended Brown, the Anti-Defamation League declared, “We commend Georgetown University for taking swift action following Jonathan Brown’s dangerous remarks about a ‘symbolic strike’ on a U.S. military base.”

CAIR: ‘A Million Calls An Hour’: How Israel Uses Microsoft for Palestinian Surveillance – Palestine Chronicle

Video: Palestine Legal, CAIR Announce Historic $100K Settlement from U of Maryland for Unlawfully Suppressing Pro-Palestinian Student Speech

CAIR: University of Maryland to pay $100K in settlement over pro-Palestinian vigil dispute – FOX 5 DC

CAIR: Pro-Palestine Activists Win $100k Settlement From University of Maryland – Truthout

CAIR urges US to probe the death of father killed in Israeli settler attack – Al Jazeera

CAIR-PA: Advocacy Groups Demand Closure of Pennsylvania’s Moshannon ICE Detention Center After Immigrant Detainee’s Death – Bucks County Beacon

“Moshannon Valley Processing Center has a well-documented history of medical neglect, language isolation, psychological abuse, and solitary confinement,” said Zeynep Emanet, civic engagement field coordinator at CAIR Philadelphia. “Moshannon represents the worst of a system that treats migrants not as human beings, but as revenue streams.”

CAIR-PA: Death of ICE detainee sparks demand to close Pa. immigrant detention center – PennLive.com

CAIR-MA: Massachusetts city divests from companies linked to human rights violations in Israel – Middle East Eye

CAIR-MA: Medford, İsrailli şirketlere yatırımları durdurdu – Daily Ummah

CAIR: India Faces Risk of $15K Visa Bonds – Deccan Chronicle

CAIR-PA: Advocates call for closure of ICE facility near Philipsburg after detainee’s death – Centre Daily times