CAIR-Columbus to Seek Hate Crime Probe, Arrest of Suspect Following Beating of Ohio Muslim Woman Alleged attacker reportedly screamed ‘you all will be shipped back to Africa’ prior to beating
(COLUMBUS, OHIO, 6/4/2017) – Later today, the Columbus, Ohio, chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Columbus) will hold a news conference to call on law enforcement authorities to investigate an attack yesterday on a Muslim woman in that city as a possible hate crime and to urge police to arrest the alleged assailant. The […]
CAIR-Colorado Condemns Hate Vandalism Targeting Jewish Family’s Home
(DENVER, CO, 6/4/17) — The Colorado chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CO), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned racist and anti-Semitic vandalism targeting an Aurora, Colo., Jewish couple. According to local reports, the couple walked outside of their home Friday morning to discover their garage and mailbox had […]
CAIR-MN Calls for Probe of School Officers’ ‘Excessive Force’ After Muslim Student Called ‘F**king Terrorist’
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 6/3/2017) — The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called for an investigation into the alleged use of excessive force by a security officer and resource officer at a high school in that state. On Thursday June 1, a female Muslim student at Apple Valley High School in Apple […]
CAIR Offers Diversity Training for Virginia School District After Muslim Students Harassed Over Hijab
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/3/2017) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today offered diversity training for administrators at Prince William Country Public Schools (PWCS) in Virginia following an incident in which two Muslim students were reportedly harassed by school officials because of their Islamic head scarves, or […]
TONIGHT: CAIR-MN to Host 11th Annual Ramadan Dinner on Civil Rights
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 6/2/17) – Later today, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) will hold its 11th Annual Ramadan Dinner on Civil Rights at the Mounds View Community Center (5394 Edgewood Drive Mounds View, MN 55112). For more information, visit http://www.cairmn.com/ The dinner will feature keynote speaker Imam Johari Abdul-Malik. Ramadan […]
CAIR-MN Sues UPS, Staffing Company for Firing Muslim Workers Over Prayer
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 6/1/2017) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today announced the filing of a lawsuit in state court against UPS Mail Innovations and Doherty Staffing Solutions for firing multiple Muslim employees who wanted to pray during their break times after previously having allowed them to pray. The plaintiffs stated […]
CAIR Condemns Another Alleged Hate Crime in Maryland Targeting African-Americans
(BALTIMORE, MD, 6/1/17) – The Maryland Outreach Department of the Council on American Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today strongly condemned another hate crime targeting African-Americans in that state, SEE: Truck with Confederate Flag Linked to Potential Hate Crime in Harford County: Police According to police, over the weekend, two […]
CAIR-Oregon Calls on Portland Mayor, Police to Act on 2nd Anti-Muslim Incident
Muslim couple harassed, threatened during incident in which assailant yelled ”˜go back to your f***ing country’ (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/1/2017) — The Oregon Committee of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Oregon) today called for hate crime charges in the case of a Muslim couple in that state who were reportedly harassed and threatened during a road […]
CAIR-MA Calls on Walpole Planning Board to Repudiate Candidate’s Anti-Muslim, Misogynistic Posts
(BOSTON, MA, 06/01/17) — The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Walpole, Mass., Planning Board to repudiate misogynistic and Islamophobic social media posts made by a candidate for that board and called on the candidate recuse himself from the election. […]
CAIR Condemns DC-Area Hate Incidents Targeting African-American Community
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/1/17) — The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned hate incidents targeting the African-American community in the Washington, D.C., area. A noose, a symbol often used by racists to intimidate African-Americans, was found Wednesday at the National Museum of African American History […]