CAIR Files Amicus Brief with 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/24/17) – The Council on American-Islamic-Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said it has filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on the government’s attempt to remove a block placed on President Donald Trump’s “Muslim Ban” by […]
CAIR Says Holocaust Remembrance Day is a Reminder of the Evil of Bigotry and Injustice
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/24/17) – The Council on American-Islamic-Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said today’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day should serve as a reminder of the evil of bigotry and injustice. In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said: “On this Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah), we are reminded […]
CAIR: 700+ to Take Part in California ‘Muslim Day at the Capitol’ on April 24
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 4/21/17) – On Monday, April 24, the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) will host its 6th annual “Muslim Day at the Capitol” (MDAC) in Sacramento, with more than 700 participants expected to attend. CAIR-California and allies will also hold an 11 a.m. press conference highlighting the program’s legislative priorities. […]
CAIR Welcomes Religious Exemption Granted for Minnesota Teenage Muslim Boxer’s Hijab
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/20/17) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a religious exemption granted to a teenage Muslim boxer in Minnesota who was previously barred from competition because she wears an Islamic head scarf, or hijab. Amaiya Zafar, 16, from Oakdale, Minn., will be […]
CAIR: Columnist’s Anti-Islam Diatribe Ignores Words of the Quran and Prophet Muhammad
[NOTE: An edited version of this commentary was published today by the Washington Times. SEE: True Islam Teaches Equality] By Ibrahim Hooper [Ibrahim Hooper is national communications director for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization. He may be contacted at ihooper@cair.com] In her recent anti-Islam […]
CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Vandalism Targeting Mississippi Mosque
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/19/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for a hate crime investigation of vandalism targeting a Mississippi mosque. Officials with the Islamic Center of Hattiesburg say the sign for the mosque was vandalized early Friday morning. The sign was vandalized about a […]
CAIR-Georgia Offers Reward for Info on Hate Attack Targeting Muslim Teen
(ATLANTA, GA, 4/17/17) -”¯The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who allegedly ripped the Islamic head scarf (hijab) off a 14-year-old Muslim girl while calling the high school student a “terrorist.” On Friday, April 14, a man […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Racially, Religiously Motivated Attack on Sikh Man in the Bronx
(NEW YORK, NY, 4/18/17) — The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the attack on a Sikh man in the Bronx as a suspected hate crime. According to police, Harkirat Singh, a 25-year-old Sikh man and taxi driver, was attacked by […]
Racist, Islamophobic Letter with ‘Foreign Substance’ on Quran Page Received at CAIR’s DC Headquarters
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/17/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said today that its Washington, D.C., headquarters has received a racist, Islamophobic letter sent from Michigan portraying former President Obama as a monkey and containing a page from an English translation of the Quran smeared with […]
CAIR-MA Condemns Racist, Pro-Trump Graffiti at Rhode Island Immigrant Center
(BOSTON, MA, 4/14/17) – The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA) today condemned racist, pro-Trump graffiti targeting a community center for West African immigrants in Providence, R.I. CAIR-MA is calling for the incident to be investigated as a hate crime. The graffiti, which read “Trump Rule$ the USA – thank God!” and […]