CAIR to Hold News Conference with Utah Imam on ‘No-Fly List’ After He Lands in Salt Lake City
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/17/17) – Later today, representatives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will hold a news conference at Salt Lake City International Airport with a Utah imam (Muslim religious leader) who was placed on the “no-fly list” and barred from returning to the United States from Kenya until CAIR filed an emergency lawsuit on […]
CAIR-MN ‘Disappointed’ with Verdict in Philando Castile Police Shooting Case
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 6/16/2017) – – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today, express disappointment with the Philando Castile police-involved shooting Case. Almost a year ago, Philando Castile was killed in his car by Officer Geronimo Yanez. Today, after a week-long deliberation, the jury in officer Yanez’s trial returned a verdict of […]
CAIR-Washington Welcomes Hate Crime Charge for Anti-Muslim, Racist Death Threats
(SEATTLE, WA, 6/16/17) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) today welcomes a hate crime charge brought against a man in that state who allegedly made anti-Muslim and racist death threats targeting several people in Bellevue, Wash. Prosecutors charged 55-year-old Kenneth Dean Sjarpe with a felony hate crime after he […]
CAIR Asks Florida Firearms Manufacturer to Explain ‘Muslim Stoppers’ Button
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/16/17) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Florida-based SCCY Firearms to explain a promotional button issued by that company claiming its handguns are “Real Muslim Stoppers.” CAIR said the button in question was sent to its Washington, D.C., headquarters by […]
CAIR Sues Feds for Barring Utah Imam from Returning to U.S. After Being Placed on ‘No-Fly List’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/16/17) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it filed an emergency lawsuit on behalf of a Utah imam (Muslim religious leader) who was prevented from boarding a flight back to his home in the United States from Kenya. CAIR’s lawsuit […]
CAIR Calls on South Dakota GOP to Drop Sponsorship of Event Featuring Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/15/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the Republican Party in South Dakota to drop its sponsorship of an event this evening featuring notorious Islamophobe and anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist John Guandolo, and co-sponsored by the anti-Islam hate group ACT for America. [NOTE: The event is co-sponsored by Pennington County […]
CAIR-MN Welcomes 39-Year Sentence for Man Who Attempted to Murder Somalis
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 6/12/2017) – – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today welcomed a 39-year prison sentence for Anthony Sawina, who last year shot at five Somali-American men in a car on their way to prayers, injuring two. See: Man gets 39 years for attempted murder of 2 Somali men “Minnesota’s […]
CAIR Welcomes 9th Circuit Ruling Upholding Freeze on Trump’s Revised ‘Muslim Ban’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/12/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a unanimous ruling by the three-judge 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholding an earlier decision by a federal judge in Hawaii to block President Donald Trump’s revised “Muslim ban” executive order. Today’s ruling […]
CAIR Calls Nationwide Anti-Islam Rallies a ‘Bust,’ Says Counter-Protests Far Overshadowed Hate Marches
(WASHINGTON, DC, 6/11/2017) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said anti-Islam rallies held around the country on Saturday were an “bust” and were far overshadowed by counter-demonstrators who outnumbered the Islamophobes and their white supremacist and anti-government allies almost 10-to-1. SEE: NY Anti-Sharia Demonstration […]
CAIR-SFBA: 1,000 Turn Out for San Jose Unity Rally, Show Strength and Diversity as Alternative to Anti-Islam Event
(SANTA CLARA, CA, 6/10/17) – The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), Meet a Muslim, People Acting in Community Together, and Multifaith Voices for Peace & Justice today convened a Unity Rally hosted by 131 diverse organizations. Together they brought 1,000 attendees to rally in support of the Muslim […]