CAIR-MI Calls for City Clerk to Resign After Anti-Muslim Post
(FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, 3/1/17) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for the resignation of a city clerk who posted an anti-Muslim message on social media. Plymouth City Clerk Linda Langmesser is currently facing an internal investigation for a Facebook […]
CAIR TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION TO SB 739 AND HB 949
Maryland General Assembly Procurement and Pensions – State Sanctions – Discriminatory Boycott of Israel Council on American-Islamic Relations 453 New Jersey Ave SE Washington, D.C. 20003 To: Chair and members of the Budget & Taxation Committee; and Chair and members of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee On behalf of the Council on […]
CAIR-SFBA Joins Community Groups in Applauding Passage of SF Anti-Registry Ordinance
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 03/01/2017) – The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today joined Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus, Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), the National Lawyers Guild -Francisco Bay Area (NLG SF), the ACLU of Northern California, and the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action […]
CAIR, ACLU Ask West Virginia High School to Probe Repeated Harassment of Muslim Student
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/1/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) in requesting an investigation of the alleged repeated harassment targeting a Muslim student in West Virginia because of his ethnicity and religion. CAIR and the […]
CAIR-Georgia to Deliver Presentations on Islam, Islamophobia and Terrorism at Mosques Targeted by Anti-Muslim Extremists
(ATLANTA, GA, 3/1/17) – Over the next week, the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) plans to deliver educational presentations about American Muslims, Islamophobia and terrorism to people of all faiths during open houses at two Georgia mosques targeted by anti-Muslim extremists. “Georgia Muslims can think of no better response to hate […]
CAIR-San Diego to Seek Accountability for Official’s Anti-Muslim Comments
(SAN DIEGO, CA, 2/28/17) – On Wednesday, March 1, the San Diego office of the Council on American-Islamic-Relations (CAIR San Diego) and community members will gather at the Otay Water District Board meeting to hold Board Member Hector Gastelum accountable for the bigoted statements he has made toward the Muslim Community on Facebook and Twitter. […]
CAIR Calls on Trump to Repudiate Islamophobia, Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes During Address to Congress
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/28/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President Trump to repudiate the growing Islamophobia that has resulted in an unprecedented spike in anti-Muslim hate crimes nationwide when he delivers his first address to a joint meeting of Congress tonight. CAIR […]
CAIR Asks Feds to Probe Threatening Note Left at Maryland Mosque
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/28/17) – 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 a threatening note discovered at a Maryland mosque last night. Officials with the Islamic Education Society of Maryland in Silver Spring, Md., report to CAIR […]
CAIR Condemns 2nd Wave of Threats Targeting Jewish Elementary School, Institution in Maryland
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/28/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a second wave of hoax bomb threats targeting an Owings Mills, Md., Jewish Community Center and to a Jewish elementary school in Annapolis, Md. SEE: JCC in Owings Mills, Jewish school in Annapolis targeted […]
CAIR-WA: Interfaith Leaders to Seek Comprehensive FBI Probe Into Death of Teen Found Hanging in Tree
Those with any knowledge of circumstances, and persons, around the teen’s hanging and death asked to contact FBI-Seattle at 206.622.0460 (SEATTLE, WA, 2/28/2017) – Later today, February 28, the Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA), along with local interfaith leaders, will hold a news conference to call on the FBI to investigate a case in which an […]