CAIR Welcomes Arrest in Threat to Kill Worshipers at Oregon Mosque
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/10/2017) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the arrest of a suspect who allegedly threatened to kill worshipers at an Oregon mosque. Chad Everett Russell, 44, was arrested Tuesday night on misdemeanor charges of intimidation (religion), menacing, disorderly conduct, intimidation (sexual […]
CAIR Calls for Special Prosecutor to Probe James Comey’s Firing
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/10/2017) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for a special prosecutor to investigate yesterday’s abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey. In a statement in response to Comey’s dismissal, CAIR said: “This rash action by President Trump has the potential to […]
Good News: CAIR-California Settles Muslim, Sikh Public Access Complaints Against Palace Entertainment’s Amusement Parks
(SANTA CLARA AND SAN DIEGO, CA, 5/10/17) — The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) today announced the successful settlement of Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) complaints brought on behalf of several Muslim women and girls and a Sikh man who were denied access to Go-Karts at Palace Entertainment’s Boomers! Parks (Boomers!) in […]
New CAIR Report Shows More than 50 Percent Spike in Anti-Muslim Incidents
Spike in bias incidents accompanied by a 44 percent increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/9/2017) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released a report showing a 57 percent increase in anti-Muslim incidents in 2016 over the previous year. This spike in anti-Muslim […]
CAIR-Florida to Release 2017 Civil Rights Report “The Empowerment of Hate”
(Miami, FL, 5/8/2017) – On Tuesday, May 9, CAIR-Florida, the state’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization will have personnel available statewide for media coverage of the release of the 2017 CAIR Civil Rights Report “The Empowerment of Hate”, detailing a more than 50 percent increase in anti-Muslim bias incidents in 2016 over the […]
CAIR-MN Condemns Neo-Nazi, Racist Vandalism Targeting North Dakota Church
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 5/8/17) — The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN), a leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the racist and anti-Semitic vandalism targeting a northern North Dakota church. According to Rev. Ensley Windham, one of the associate pastors at the Church of the Living God in Minot, N.D., […]
CAIR-CA: Civil Rights, Community Organizations File ‘Muslim Ban’ Amicus Brief in 4th Circuit
(SANTA CLARA, CA, 5/8/17) A group of organizations serving the Muslim community filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on the government’s attempt to remove a block placed on President Donald Trump’s “Muslim Ban” by a federal judge in Maryland. The groups include the […]
CAIR Questions South Dakota Officials’ Attendance at Anti-Muslim Hate Group’s Event
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/6/2017) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the national largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today questioned why two top South Dakota government officials were reportedly in attendance at an event last weekend hosted by a virulently anti-Muslim hate group. Media reports indicate that South Dakota Attorney General and GOP gubernatorial […]
CAIR to Release Report Documenting ‘Sharp’ Spike in Anti-Muslim Bias Incidents
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/5/2017) – On Tuesday, May 9, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a news conference at its Capitol Hill headquarters in Washington, D.C., to release a report detailing a more than 50 percent increase in anti-Muslim bias incidents in 2016 over the […]
CAIR: Alabama Muslims Lobby Congress on Record Breaking Muslim Advocacy Day
Birmingham, AL, 5/4/2017 – CAIR-Alabama, the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), led a delegation of five Alabamian Muslims to meet with Congress members and staff on issues important to American Muslims and other minority communities. The delegation joined over 400 delegates from 30 states who met with some 230 elected officials […]