CAIR Asks Air Force to Drop Islamophobic Instructor Linked to Anti-Muslim ‘Propaganda’ Group
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/29/2017) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that it is calling on the U.S. Air Force to sever ties with a counterterrorism instructor at its United States Air Force Special Operations School (USAFSOS) in Florida who CAIR says is associated with an “anti-Muslim propaganda mouthpiece, and has made a number of […]
CAIR-OK to Present ‘Oklahoma Muslim of the Year’ Award at 11th Annual Banquet
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 3/28/2017) – On Saturday, April, 1, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will hold its 11th Annual Awards Banquet (6 p.m.) at the Embassy Suites in Downtown Oklahoma City. SEE: CAIR-OK 11th Annual Awards Banquet Event Page The banquet will feature a keynote address Arsalan Iftikhar, an international […]
CAIR Seeks Hate Crime Probe of ‘F*** Muslims’ Break-In, Vandalism Targeting Virginia Family
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/28/2017) – 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 a break-in and vandalism targeting an Alexandria, Va., Muslim family in which “F*** Muslims” was scrawled on a wall in the home. The family, which is of South Asian […]
CAIR Welcomes Arrest in ‘Bible’ Vandalism of Colorado Mosque
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/28/2017) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed an arrest in the vandalism of a Colorado mosque. Joseph Scott Giaquinto, 35, was arrested for allegedly throwing several large rocks and a Bible through glass doors and into the prayer area of the Islamic […]
CAIR-Minnesota Calls for Hate Crime Charges in ‘I Hate Muslims’ Stabbing
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 3/28/2017) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on state and federal hate crime charges to be brought against a man who allegedly stabbed and bit a man and then told police he “tried to stab the Somalian in the neck” and “I hate Muslims.” SEE: Minnesota Stabbing […]
CAIR-Florida Welcomes Orlando Mayor’s ‘Muslim Women’s Day’ Proclamation
(MIAMI, FL, 3/27/2016) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations – Florida (CAIR-Florida), the state’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today welcomed the City of Orlando Mayor’s Proclamation of March 27th as “Muslim Women’s Day.” In the proclamation, Mayor Buddy Dyer recognized that, “Muslim women play an integral role in the economic, cultural, and […]
CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Vandalism Targeting Colorado Mosque
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/26/2017) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate the vandalism of a Colorado mosque early Sunday morning as a possible hate crime. Officials with the Islamic Center of Fort Collins said surveillance video […]
CAIR-Florida Joins “One World Family Interfaith Prayer Gathering” in Ft. Lauderdale
(Miami, FL – 3/25/2017) CAIR-Florida, the state’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that they will be joining the One World Family Interfaith Prayer Gathering on March 26th. The family-oriented event will be held outdoors near the War Memorial Auditorium in Ft. Lauderdale. According to the event’s host, Reverend Joel S. Slotnick, on the […]
CAIR Decries Trump Administration’s ‘Deafening Silence’ on Series of Anti-Muslim Incidents Nationwide
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/24/2017) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today decried what it termed the Trump administration’s “deafening silence” on a growing number of anti-Muslim incidents nationwide in recent days. “Every day, we receive more reports of hate incidents, threats and violence targeting American Muslims, […]
CAIR to Appeal Virginia Judge’s Ruling on Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban 2.0’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/24/2017) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today said it will appeal a ruling by Judge Anthony Trenga in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, Va., on the Muslim civil rights organization’s request for injunction blocking the entirety of President Trump’s “Muslim Ban 2.0” executive order. […]