CAIR-Cincinnati Director Karen Dabdoub: ‘Inspired to CAIR’ (Video)
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/19/17) — The “Inspired to CAIR” features representatives of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization explaining why they are inspired to serve the Muslim community and the cause of civil rights. #InspiredtoCAIR Today’s “Inspired to CAIR” video features CAIR-Cincinnati Executive Director Karen Dabdoub. WATCH – ‘Inspired to CAIR’ Video: CAIR-Cincinnati […]
CAIR Urges Feds to Probe Vandalism Targeting Tennessee Muslim’s Vehicle as a Hate Crime
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/18/2017) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on federal law enforcement authorities to investigate the vandalism of a Tennessee Muslim’s vehicle as a possible hate crime. Murfreesboro, Tenn., police say vandals left pieces of pork bologna and a used condom on the […]
CAIR-Georgia Calls for Arrest of Trump Supporter with Missouri Number Making Threatening Calls to Mosque
(ATLANTA, GA, 7/18/17) — The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today called on mosques in that state and around the country to alert law enforcement authorities if they receive threatening phone calls from a right-wing extremist who has repeatedly threatened to attack a Georgia mosque. In the weeks since June 22, an […]
CAIR’s Maryland Youth Leadership Symposium on Capitol Hill a Success
(BALTIMORE, MD, 7/18/17) – The Maryland Outreach Department of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said that its recent “Maryland Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium on Capitol Hill” was a success. VIDEO: CAIR’s Maryland Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) on Capitol Hill PHOTOS: https://www.flickr.com/photos/151095473@N06/ Held in the Rayburn […]
CAIR Action Alert: Thank Congress for Voting Against Stigmatizing ‘Strategic Assessments’ of Islamic Doctrine
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/17/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on all Americans to thank members of the U.S. House of Representatives for the bi-partisan defeat of Congressman Trent Franks’ (R-AZ) stigmatizing “Strategic Assessments” of Islamic doctrine amendment number 13 to H.R. 2810, to […]
CAIR Report Shows 2017 on Track to Becoming One of Worst Years Ever for Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes
(WASHINGTON, DC, 7/17/17) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released an update on anti-Muslim incidents in the second quarter (April-June) of 2017. CAIR’s quarterly report indicates that the number of hate crimes in the first half of 2017 spiked 91 percent compared to the […]
CAIR-Alabama Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Vandalism Targeting Muslim Family
(BIRMINGHAM, AL, 7/14/17) — The Alabama chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Alabama) tonight called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate vandalism targeting a Muslim family of Middle Eastern heritage in that state as a possible hate crime. CAIR-Alabama reports that the Muslim family in Helena, Ala., today discovered broken windows, […]
CAIR Good News Alert: U.S. House Votes Against Stigmatizing ‘Strategic Assessments’ of Islamic Doctrine
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/14/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today hailed the bi-partisan defeat of Congressman Trent Franks’ (R-AZ) Amendment Number 13 to H.R. 2810, the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In a narrow vote of 208 “Yes” to 217 “No,” 27 Republicans […]
CAIR Welcomes Hawaii Muslim Ban ‘Grandma’ Ruling
(WASHINGTON, DC, 7/14/2017) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed a Hawaii district judge’s ruling that grandparents, uncles, aunts and other relatives count as “bona fide” relations for purposes of entry into the United States. In its attempt to enforce its Muslim ban executive orders, the Trump administration’s definition of what constitutes a […]
Good News Alert: CAIR-AZ Wins Asylum Case for Palestinian Refugee Once Held in ICE Detention for Almost 500 Days
(MESA, ARIZONA, 7/14/2017) — The Arizona Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) today applauded a judge’s decision to grant asylum to a Palestinian refugee who was once held in detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Florence, Ariz., for almost 500 days. Mounis Hammouda, who along with Hisham Ghalia made a […]