Action Alerts

CAIR Action Alert: CAIR Releases Toolkit to Help Muslims Introduce Anti-Islamophobia Resolutions in State Legislatures (WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/26/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on American Muslims and other people of conscience to help counter the continued introduction of unconstitutional and discriminatory “anti-Sharia,” “anti-foreign law,” and “anti-Islamic Indoctrination” bills in state legislatures nationwide by introducing a pair of anti-Islamophobia resolutions that recognize the contributions of American Muslims and reaffirm the right of

Join the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, in thanking your congressman for co-sponsoring House Resolution 569, which condemns violence, bigotry and hateful rhetoric targeting American Muslims. If your member of congress has not yet co-sponsored the resolution please take part in the letter below urging support for this bill. The resolution, was introduced by Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-DC), Joe Crowley

CAIR Joins in Call for No-Fly Zone to Protect Syrian Civilians (WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/4/2015) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined Syrian-American and other Muslim groups in calling on the Obama administration to immediately establish a no-fly zone in Syria to protect civilians from ongoing aerial attacks. In a statement prepared for a news conference to call for immediate action on the Syrian crisis

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/24/2015) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to contact the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to urge the committee to  oppose the advancement of a House-approved bill that would revoke or deny passports of American citizens accused of having “links” to foreign terrorist organizations (FTO) without actually being charged with any criminal

CAIR ACTION ALERT: Discovery in UK Offers Opportunity to ‘Share the Quran’ Earliest fragments re-confirm unchanged nature of the holy text (WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/23/15) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today cited a discovery of what may be the earliest fragments of the Quran as an opportunity for Americans of all faiths to increase their understanding of the holy text and to challenge growing Islamophobia. Researchers at the University of Birmingham say the fragments,

CAIR Good News Alert: Senate Adopts McCain-Feinstein Torture Ban Today the U.S. Senate adopted by a vote of 78-21 the McCain-Feinstein torture ban that would bar CIA torture techniques and force the government’s interrogation program out of the shadows. In a final push to support the amendment, CAIR issued an action alert yesterday calling on Senators to support the ban as torture is not an American value. SEE: Senate Votes To Outlaw Torture CAIR Action