CAIR-Chicago Files Complaint Against Police Department After Harassment and Wrongful Termination of Muslim Officer
(CHICAGO, IL, 3/24/17) -Today, Friday March 24rd, the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) will hold an 11:00am news conference to announce the amendment to a complaint filed against the North Chicago Police Department on behalf of Ramtin Sabet, a Muslim officer who faced years of harrowing abuse by fellow officers. The […]
CAIR-NY Condemns White Supremacist’s Murder of African-American Man Near Times Square, Islamophobic Attack on Woman in Queens
(NEW YORK, NY, 3/23/17) — The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a white supremacist’s allegedly racially-motivated murder of an African-American man near Times Square. CAIR-NY also condemned another apparently bias-motivated attack earlier this month on a woman in Jamaica, Queens. In the […]
CAIR-Minnesota Calls for Hate Crime Probe After Muslim Woman is Followed, Threatened
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 3/22/17) — The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on law enforcement authorities to investigate an incident in which a Muslim woman was allegedly followed and then threatened by two people in Minneapolis as a possible hate crime. According to the alleged victim, who was wearing an Islamic head scarf […]
CAIR Seeks Hate Crime Probe of Threat to Shoot North Carolina Muslim Woman
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/22/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is asking law enforcement authorities to investigate an alleged threat to shoot a Muslim woman in North Carolina as a possible hate crime. According to the woman, who is of South Asian heritage and wears Islamic […]
CAIR Legal Team Seeks Wider Injunction on Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban 2.0’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/22/2017) – Attorneys with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) yesterday appeared before Judge Anthony Trenga at the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, VA., to seek an injunction blocking the entirety of President Trump’s “Muslim Ban 2.0” executive order. CAIR is seeking an even broader injunction against […]
CAIR Demands Apology for Virginia GOP’s Anti-Mosque ‘Smears’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/22/17) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today demanded that the Republican Party of Virginia apologize for circulating an anti-Muslim petition attacking the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va., at which that state’s Attorney General Mark R. Herring spoke during a recent a town hall meeting on the Trump Administration’s […]
CAIR Seeks ‘Full Review’ of Rules of Engagement After Second Deadly U.S. Airstrike on Syrian Civilians
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/22/2017) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for a “full review” of current rules of engagement in the conflict with ISIS in Syria following a second deadly U.S.-led airstrike in that nation that killed at least 33 civilians in a school […]
CAIR-NY Denounces Mayor de Blasio’s Surprise Appointment of Intelligence Watchdog
(NEW YORK, N.Y., 3/21/17) – The New York chapter of the”¯Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a leading Muslim civil rights group, today denounced Mayor de Blasio’s surprise appointment of Stephen Robinson to serve as the Civilian Representative to the NYPD’s newly reconstituted “Handschu Committee.” The civilian representative is intended to serve as an independent watchdog […]
CAIR-SFBA, Community Groups Celebrate the Signing of San Francisco Anti-Registry Ordinance Into Law
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 3/21/17) – Today, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee hosted a ceremony to celebrate the signing of the San Francisco Anti-Registry (“Non-Cooperation with Identity- Based Registry”) Ordinance into law. Dozens of community members attended the ceremony in support of the ordinance that will stop San Francisco from “using resources to create, implement, provide […]
CAIR-MN to Host ‘1,000 Who CAIR, Call to Action’ Event to Challenge Islamophobia, Defend Civil Rights
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 3/21/17) – On Saturday, March 25, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold an event aimed at challenging Islamophobia and defending civil rights. [MEDIA NOTE: CAIR’s event will be live-streamed on its Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CAIR.Minnesota/ ] WHAT: CAIR-MN Event ”˜1,000 Who […]