CAIR Urges Trump Not to Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/1/2017) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged President Trump not to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, which commits almost every nation to act to curb global warming. Sources indicate that the president is leaning toward withdrawing from […]
CAIR Welcomes Maryland University’s Action After Murder of College Student as ‘Step in Right Direction’
(BALTIMORE, MD, 5/31/17) — The Maryland Outreach Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed news that University of Maryland President Wallace Loh has outlined new anti-hate initiatives after the on-campus murder of a Bowie State University student in a suspected hate crime. SEE: […]
CAIR Asks Feds to Probe Allegedly Bias-Motivated Arson at Texas Muslim-Owned Business
(SAN ANTONIO, TX, 5/30/17) — The San Antonio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Antonio) today called on local, state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate an allegedly bias-motivated arson in that state as a hate crime. Police in Mathis, Texas, confirmed to CAIR that an alleged arson attack last Tuesday on a […]
CAIR-NJ Welcomes Settlements in Mosque Zoning Discrimination Case
(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., 5/30/17) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today welcomed the settlement of two pending lawsuits that will allow the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge (ISBR) to move forward with plans to build a mosque. Late last year, the mosque’s application had been voted down in a […]
CAIR Condemns ‘Racially-Motivated’ Machete Attack on African-American Man in California
(WASHINGTON, DC, 5/29/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned an allegedly racially-motivated attack on a man in California by a machete-wielding assailant. A Clearlake, Calif., man is in custody for allegedly attacking an African-American man with a machete on Saturday night attack. Anthony Robert Hammond, 34, is reportedly being held on $1 […]
CAIR-Oregon to Join Vigil for Victims of Hate Attack on Men Who Defended Muslim Women
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/27/2017) — Later today, representatives of the Oregon Ad Hoc Committee of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Oregon) will take part in a candlelight vigil for two men who were stabbed to death yesterday as they sought to defend Muslim train passengers from an attacker shouting Islamophobic and racist slurs, and for a […]
CAIR-Columbus to Welcome Ramadan with Interfaith Iftar, Outreach and Community Service
(COLUMBUS, OHIO, 5/26/17) — On Friday, June 2, the Columbus, Ohio, chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Columbus) will host its 21st Annual “Sharing Ramadan Interfaith Iftar” at the Dublin Recreation Center. The event is designed to welcome the fast of the holy month of Ramadan and to help those of other faiths better […]
Registration Opens for CAIR’s Maryland Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) on Capitol Hill
(BALTIMORE, MD, 5/26/17) – The Maryland outreach office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that registration has opened for its Maryland Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. To be held on July 13, 2017, this year’s symposium is organized in partnership with […]
CAIR Releases Memorial Day Video From Gold Star Father Khizr Khan Urging ‘End to All Wars’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/26/2017) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released a video message marking Memorial Day from Gold Star father Khizr Khan in which he urges all Americans to “recommit ourselves to unity, liberty, justice, and finally – to an end to all wars.” Video: […]
CAIR Calls on Trump to Denounce Growing Bigotry After Two People Stabbed to Death in Oregon While Defending Muslim Train Passengers
Local Muslim communities urged to step up security measures during the month-long fast of Ramadan, which began tonight (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/26/2017) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on President Trump to speak out personally against rising bigotry and acts of racial violence in America targeting Muslims and other minority groups after two […]