CAIR Welcomes Maryland Attorney General Joining DACA Lawsuit Against Trump Administration
Maryland joins three other states to defend DREAMers (BALTIMORE, MD, 9/12/17) – The Maryland Outreach Department of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed an announcement by Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh that Maryland has joined Maine, Minnesota and California in filing a lawsuit against the […]
CAIR-Oregon Calls for Hate Crime Probe of ‘ISIS’ Vandalism Targeting Portland Mosque
(PORTLAND, OREGON, 9/12/17) — The Oregon chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Oregon) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate vandalism of a mosque in that state as a hate crime. Vandals spray-painted “ISIS” on the Abu-Bakar Islamic Center in Portland, Ore., over the weekend. SEE: Vandals Spray-Paint ‘ISIS’ Over […]
CAIR, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, NIAC Action Condemn Government’s Attempt to Make ‘Backdoor Muslim Ban’ Permanent
Groups Announce the Launch of Portals to Facilitate Public Comment on the Troubling Proposal (WASHINGTON, D.C.) The Council on American-Islamic Relations, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (“Advancing Justice”), and NIAC Action strongly condemn the federal government’s proposal to make its “Backdoor Muslim Ban” permanent, and announce the launch of web portals to facilitate public comment. In May […]
CAIR Action Alert: Tell U.S. Senate ‘No Military Aid to Burma’ Because of Genocide of Rohingya Muslims
In response to the government of Burma’s military campaign of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority in that nation, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on all members of the public to contact their U.S. senators and urge support for Senate amendment 607 (SA […]
CAIR Calls on Iowa GOP to Drop Sponsorship of Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist Who Allegedly Assaulted Minn. Sheriff
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/11/17) – The Iowa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Iowa) today called on the Republican Party in that state to drop its sponsorship of an upcoming event featuring anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist John Guandolo, who recently had a restraining order issued against him following allegations that he assaulted a Minnesota sheriff. On […]
CAIR-Missouri: March Against Rohingya Genocide
(ST. LOUIS, MO, 9/8/2017) – On Sunday, September 10, the Imam Council of Metropolitan St. Louis (ICMSTL), the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis (IFGSTL), and the Missouri chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Missouri) will a rally and march to bring awareness and call for an end to the genocide of Rohingya Muslims […]
Federal Judge Allows CAIR Suit Challenging Constitutionality of Terror Watch List to Move Forward
(WASHINGTON, DC, 9/8/2017) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that it has defeated a motion filed by the federal government to dismiss a lawsuit the Muslim civil rights organization filed on behalf of 25 American Muslims challenging their placement in the Terror Screening Database — a watch list of “known or suspected […]
CAIR-Colorado Condemns Neo-Nazi Vandalism Targeting Jewish Couple
(DENVER, CO, 9/8/17) — The Colorado chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CO), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned repeated neo-Nazi vandalism targeting a Jewish couple in Lafayette, Colo. According to media reports, the couple reported that someone has carved a Nazi swastika into the front door of their […]
CAIR Welcomes Appeals Court Rejection of Family, Refugee Limits in Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/7/17) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a federal appeals court ruling that the Trump administration cannot ban grandparents and other family members of citizens and legal residents as well as certain refugees from six Muslim-majority nations from coming to the […]
CAIR-GA: Georgia Muslims Encourage Evacuees Fleeing Hurricane Irma to Use Local Mosques as Temporary Shelters
(ATLANTA, GA, 9/7/17) — The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, America’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that a dozen mosques across the State of Georgia plan to serve as temporary shelters for Georgia and Florida residents fleeing Hurricane Irma. Starting Friday afternoon and continuing through the end of […]