CAIR Action Alert: What You Can Do to #SaveRohingyaMuslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/7/17) – In response to the Burma (Myanmar) government backed 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 urging Americans of all faiths and backgrounds to take part in the following actions to increase American and international pressure […]
Groups, Activists Say Expanding CVE to Include White Supremacists Hurts Muslim Communities
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/7/2017) — Today, more than a dozen national Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian civil liberties and human rights organizations, and more than 20 activists, academics and community leaders* joined in signing the following statement opposing the expansion of the federal government’s Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) program. The joint statement is in response […]
Action Alert: Join Emergency Protest at Myanmar Embassy in DC to #SaveRohingyaMuslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/6/17) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is urging Americans of all faiths and backgrounds to attend the Thursday, September 7, emergency protest at the Myanmar Embassy in Washington, D.C., from noon-2 p.m. to protest the brutal killings of ethnic-Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. […]
CAIR Asks Feds to Probe Shooting Attack Targeting Ohio Muslim Woman
Woman wearing Islamic attire (hijab) shot multiple times while driving home from work (COLUMBUS, OHIO, 9/6/2017) ”” The Columbus, Ohio, chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Columbus) today called on the FBI to assist the Columbus Division of Police in conducting a thorough investigation of an unprovoked shooting attack on a Muslim woman in […]
CAIR-WA to Join Call for Full Investigation Recent Police Shootings
(SEATTLE, WA, 9/6/17) — On Thursday, September 7, the Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) will participate in a noon news conference in Seattle with Not This Time to call for full investigations of recent police-involved shootings. This summer has witnessed the killing of two American Muslims in police shootings. On […]
CAIR-AZ Calls for Hate Crime Probe for Iraqi-American Business Vandalized with Nazi Symbol
(PHOENIX, ARIZONA, 9/5/17) — The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Arizona) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate vandalism at an Iraqi-American business in Flagstaff as a hate crime. According to news reports, the Maktoob Hookah Lounge was vandalized with broken mirrors, items set on fire, as well as […]
CAIR Condemns Trump’s Termination of DACA Program as ‘Pandering to Anti-Immigrant Extremists’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/5/17) — The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned President Trump’s termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as “pandering to the demands of anti-immigrant extremists.” DACA is the Obama-era federal administrative relief from deportation policy that protects the […]
CAIR-Oregon Condemns Racist Graffiti Spray-Painted on School
(PORTLAND, OREGON, 9/5/17) — The Oregon Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Oregon) today condemned racist graffiti that was spray-painted on a Troutdale school. According to the Portland Tribune, buildings were vandalized and racist graffiti was spotted at Sweetbriar Elementary school on Sunday, September 3. SEE: Hateful graffiti spotted at Troutdale school The incident comes […]
CAIR-Iowa Condemns Distribution of Hate Literature by Neo-Nazi, White Supremacist Group
(CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, 9/2/17) — The Iowa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Iowa) today condemned distribution in that state of hate literature by a neo-Nazi, white supremacist group. CAIR-Iowa has received reports that fliers, produced by the National Alliance group and headlined “They HATE Us,” are being distributed throughout eastern Iowa, western Illinois […]
CAIR Welcomes Indictment of Suspect for Hate Vandalism Targeting Tennessee Mosque
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/2/2017) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcome the indictment of a man suspected of the bias-motivated vandalism of a Tennessee mosque. Charles Dwight Stout III, 19, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury and charged with obstruction of justice. According […]