CAIR in the News

CAIR in the News, April 2, 2026

CAIR-Texas: Street Preacher’s ‘Hate-Filled Attack’ Disrupts Muslim Prayer at White Rock Lake – Dallas Observer

CAIR: Milwaukee Community Leader Abducted by ICE: Letter of Support – MLFA

CAIR: Analysis: Rep. Chip Roy’s latest Islamophobic outburst reeks of desperation – San Antonio Current

The Texas chapter of Muslim civil rights group the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, correctly blasted Roy’s latest outburst as “dehumanizing rhetoric” and a “betrayal of his oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution.”

“We must ask our fellow Americans: Imagine the universal and justified outrage if a member of Congress posted a message saying ‘No more Christians or no more Jewish people.’ It would be instantly recognized as a bigoted, unacceptable, and un-American call for a religious test,” CAIR-Texas said in an emailed statement.

CAIR-WA: For Washington’s Muslims, Ramadan marked by harrowing circumstances and hopeful state policies – Real Change

CAIR: Muslim rights group calls Trump speech ‘racist and dehumanising’ – The Telegraph

The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) has attacked Trump’s TV speech, describing it as “anti-Muslim”.

“Saying tonight that Iranians should be bombed ‘back to the Stone Ages where they belong’ is anti-Muslim, racist, and dehumanising,” the organisation said.

CAIR: US Muslim group condemns Trump’s ‘dehumanising’ threats to Iran – CNBC

“Targeting civilian infrastructure is a war crime,” the group said in a post on X, urging lawmakers to take action to stop the war.

CAIR: ‘Back To The Stone Age’: What 3.4 Million Years Of History Says About Trump’s Stone Age Threat To Iran – Free Press Journal

CAIR: Cooper condemns Iranian ‘recklessness’ in talks to reopen Strait of Hormuz – ITV News

Since the speech, Trump’s Stone Age comments have been heavily criticised, with the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) describing them as “anti-Muslim, racist, and dehumanising”.

CAIR: US muslim group condemns Trump – Financial Express

CAIR: Attacks targeting Iran’s civil infrastructure amount to ‘war crimes’, say experts – Al Jazeera

The Council on American-Islamic Relations urged Congress to cut off funding needed for Washington to “escalate” the war and to probe Trump’s defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, for war crimes.

CAIR-NY: Man arrested for attacking woman at Brooklyn subway while shouting anti-Islam slurs – New York Daily News

CAIR: Justices Weigh Legality of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order – Davis Vanguard

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)  warned that dismantling the guarantee would “upend the Constitution” and threaten the status of countless Americans, while California Attorney General Rob Bonta described the principle as foundational to the nation’s democratic identity.

“Birthright citizenship is foundational to American democracy,” Bonta said. “It’s the promise that any child born here is equal under American law.”

CAIR-MN: Social Media Post Falsely Claims Ilhan Omar Deportation to Somaliland After Vance’s ‘Legal Remedies’ Threats – International Business Times

The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned the rhetoric, with executive director Jaylani Hussein warning that portraying an entire people as intellectually inferior ‘is not just political rhetoric – it is dehumanisation.’