CAIR-Ohio Expresses Solidarity with Ohio Jewish Community After Bomb Threats
(COLUMBUS, OH, 2/21/17) – The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed solidarity with and support for the Jewish community in that state after a wave of bomb threats targeted community centers nationwide, including the Mandel JCC in Cleveland. Additional threats were […]
CAIR Offers Reward for Info on Threats Targeting Jewish Community Centers Nationwide
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/20/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who threatened to bomb at least 10 Jewish community centers around the nation on the President’s Day holiday. […]
CAIR Urges Stepped-Up Protection for Alabama Mosques Following Email Threats
(BIRMINGHAM, AL, 2/19/17) – The Alabama chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Alabama) today called for stepped-up police protection for the state’s Muslim community following emailed threats received by the Birmingham Islamic Society and Huntsville Islamic Center. Both organizations reported the threats to local law enforcement, the Department of Justice office in North Alabama and […]
CAIR Calls on Feds to Probe Call to Violence Against U.S. Muslims at N.C. Meeting of Hate Groups
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/18/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate an alleged call to violence against American Muslims during a meeting of hate groups in North Carolina. According to media reports, a “consortium of tea partiers, […]
CAIR Seeks White House Clarification on DHS Proposal to Use National Guard for Immigration Roundups
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/17/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Trump administration to clarify the origins and current status of a draft U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposal to mobilize National Guard troops to round up millions of undocumented immigrants. According […]
CAIR Welcomes Guilty Verdict for Tenn. Man Who Planned Attack on NY Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/16/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a guilty verdict in the trial of a Tennessee man who planned to attack a Muslim community in upstate New York. Robert Doggart, 65, was found guilty of all charges, including solicitation to commit […]
CAIR-Chicago to React to Bomb Threat Targeting Des Plaines Mosque
Unknown Trespasser Threatens Friday Bomb (CHICAGO, IL 2/16/17) – TODAY, Thursday, February 16, the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) will hold a press conference at the Islamic Community Center of Des Plaines (ICC Des Plaines) to discuss a bomb threat that was made by a trespasser yesterday against that Muslim congregation. Video footage […]
CAIR Condemns ‘Trump’ Vandalism in Maryland County
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/16/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned several cases of vandalism reported in Howard County, Md., at least two of which involved the word “Trump” being spray-painted on vehicles. One of the families whose vehicle was vandalized identifies as Hispanic, and […]
CAIR Welcomes Maryland Vote Expanding AG’s Power to Sue Trump Administration
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/16/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a vote by Maryland state lawmakers to expand the state attorney general’s power to challenge unconstitutional federal policies and presidential executive orders. SEE: Maryland Attorney General Frosh Awarded Expanded Power to Sue Trump Administration […]
GOOD NEWS UPDATE: CAIR Welcomes Cancellation of Maryland Event with ‘Muslim Ban’ Conspiracy Theorist Frank Gaffney
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/15/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the cancellation of an appearance by anti-Islam conspiracy theorist Frank Gaffney tomorrow in Maryland. Gaffney, whose conspiracy theories have reportedly been used as the ideological basis for President Trump’s recent “Muslim ban,” had been invited to speak at the […]