CAIR Urges Trump to Drop Franklin Graham from Inauguration Prayers

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/12/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President-elect Donald Trump to drop notorious Islamophobe Rev. Franklin Graham from the list of those invited to pray at the presidential inauguration. SEE: Meet The 6 Religious Leaders Who Will Pray With Trump On […]

CAIR Joins Women’s March on Washington, Urges Muslim Support

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/12/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, announced today that it will be joining the Women’s March on Washington as a partner organization. The march will take place at 10 a.m. the day after the presidential inauguration on Saturday, January 21, in Washington, […]

CAIR-LA Applauds LA County’s Formation of Office of Immigrant Affairs

(ANAHEIM, CA, 1/11/17) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today applauded Los Angeles county for creating a new office that would address the growing needs of the immigrant community in the county.  On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Hilda Solis and Sheila Kuehl co-sponsored the motion, […]

ACLU, ALC, and CAIR Urge Full Compliance with Laws Governing SFPD Work with the FBI

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA – 01/11/16) The ACLU of Northern California (ACLU-NC), Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus (ALC), and the San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) are urging the San Francisco Police Commission to ensure that the San Francisco Police Department comply with local civil rights protections when officers are cooperating with […]

CAIR-MI Announces Successful Settlement of Lawsuit for Muslim Inmates Denied Adequate Ramadan Diet

(FARMINGTON HILLS, 1/11/17) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today announced the successful settlement of a lawsuit brought on behalf of several Muslim inmates over the denial of adequate nutrition during the annual month-long fast of Ramadan. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Michigan Southern […]

CAIR-NJ Calls for Probe of Anti-Islam Graffiti Targeting Bayonne Pastor

(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., 1/11/17) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today called for a hate crime investigation of anti-Islam hate graffiti targeting the home of a Bayonne pastor. The messages, spray-painted on Pastor Joseph Basile’s home included “F**k Islam†were found on the outside of his home, on the […]