CAIR: Tlaib Introduces Resolution to Defend the Fourteenth Amendment – Rashida Tlaib
CAIR: Tuberville’s ‘racist’ comments echo ‘ugliest chapters in our nation’s history,’ Muslim group says – al.com
CAIR: Houston Texans’ Azeez Al-Shaair realized his growing influence. He wants to use it to inspire change – Houston Chronicle
“He is using his platform to give voice to the oppressed,” said Imran Ghani, the director of operations for the Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “It is huge that someone is willing to take on that public ire that we’re accustomed to at CAIR, and to take certain risks for his own career that he has taken.
“In some cases, he reminds me of Colin Kaepernick who did similar things at the expense of his own career.”
CAIR: A thriving Muslim school in Alabama looked to expand, but was met with Islamophobia – NPR
EDWARD AHMED MITCHELL: We saw a sharp rise in anti-Muslim bigotry, complaints of discrimination, hate crimes, bullying at schools, and that trend has continued upward for the past two years.
SHORI: According to CAIR’s tracking, anti-Muslim rhetoric and policies surged in 2025, like nothing they’ve seen before.
CAIR: Red State Governors Are Designating Civil Rights Groups as Terrorists – Stanford Law School – Stanford University
CAIR: Florida considers defining domestic terrorism, banning Sharia law – USA Today
CAIR-SFBA: No ICE at the Super Bowl? Bay Area communities aren’t buying it. – USA Today
Neither will Musa Tariq, a policy coordinator for the San Francisco Bay Area Council on American-Islamic Relations. “Oh, there’s definitely some anxiety and uneasiness. We don’t trust any federal agency that doesn’t respect its own country’s Constitution and the laws that come with it.”
CAIR-CA: Super Bowl security ramps up as ICE fears shadow the festivities – The Mercury News
CAIR-LA: Support for immigrant seniors and renters among budget priorities brought to LA County leaders – ABC7
“Too often, even when the county invests in these programs meant to help, those investments do not reach the immigrant communities in need,” said Hadir Azab of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Los Angeles (CAIR-LA).
CAIR-LA: Immigrant advocates call for LA County Board of Supervisors to increase rent protections amid immigration crackdown – CBS
CAIR: Laura Loomer must resume payments to Muslim advocacy group, judge says – Religion News Service
CAIR/Video: Laura Loomer Ordered To PAY Muslim Rights Organization – Young Turks
CAIR-FL: Florida may block voucher funding for Islamic schools – USA Today
But some Islamic private schools are concerned about being targeted by a “false association with things like Sharia,” said Hiba Rahim, deputy executive director for the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the country’s largest Muslim advocacy group. (Sharia is Islamic religious law.)
CAIR-MN: What a prosecutor in Minnesota said – Joyce Vance
Obviously, it is not business as usual at the Justice Department.
But Minnesotans, who seem to understand the mission, continue to support their Somali and other immigrant neighbors. “People (were) saying that Minnesota Somalis are as Minnesotan as tater-tot hotdish,” Suleiman Adan, the deputy executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said in December. “We belong.”
CAIR: Muslim state senator introduces Virginia bill defining Islamophobia as hate crime in assault cases – FOX NEWS
CAIR-MI: Michigan civil rights activists raising concerns about misuse of license plate readers, Ring cameras
“We have a large concern about the mass surveillance of people in general, but we also have a significant concern about the over surveillance of Muslims, which has been happening since 2001,” said Amy V. Doukoure, lead staff attorney at CAIR-Michigan.
CAIR-Ohio: Columbus leaders vow to protect immigrants, decry ‘hateful rhetoric’ – Columbus Dispatch
Khalid Turaani, executive director of CAIR-Ohio, a group that advocates for Muslim Americans in the Buckeye State, said Trump is also trying to distract from new files released related to Jeffrey Epstein.
CAIR-GA: New Education Department data shows Emory received $182.4 million in foreign funding – Emory Wheel
Over the past few years, pro-Palestine protesters have called on Emory to cut its ties to Israeli entities due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has also called on Emory to disclose all its ties to Israel and to divest endowments from Israel.