CAIR Welcomes Hate Crime Probe Into Anti-Semitic Incident in Maryland
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/10/17) – The Maryland Outreach Department of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed news that the Rockville City Police Department's Criminal Investigation Unit is investigating anti-Semitic incident targeting a Montgomery County school teacher as a hate crime. SEE: Hate Crime Investigation In Rockville […]
ACTION ALERT: CAIR Urges Support for Jan. 11 ‘Rally to Close Guantanamo and End Islamophobia’ at U.S. Supreme Court
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/9/16) — On Wednesday, January 11, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will join a coalition of human rights activists, torture survivors, Guantanamo attorneys, 9/11 family members, and members of diverse faith communities at a “Rally to Close Guantanamo and End Islamophobia” (11:30 a.m.) outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., followed […]
CAIR-CA Thanks State AG Nominee Becerra for Statement Rejecting Muslim ‘Registry’
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 1/9/17) – The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic-Relations (CAIR-CA), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded Representative Xavier Becerra’s statement rejecting a proposed “registry†for Muslim immigrants. In a letter released over the weekend, Becerra wrote in part: “Disturbing statements uttered during the recent Presidential campaign have […]
CAIR-Austin to Monitor Probe of Fire at Mosque Under Construction, Work with Community Leaders
(AUSTIN, TEXAS, 1/8/17) – The Austin, Texas, chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Austin) said today that it will monitor the investigation of a fire that destroyed a mosque under construction in Travis County and will work with local community leaders in response to the blaze. The Lake Travis Fire Marshall responded to the fire […]
CAIR Action Alert: Support Senator Booker’s Bill to Block Muslim Registry
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/6/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is urging all Americans who value religious freedom and oppose all forms of discrimination to contact their state’s senators and ask that they support the Protect American Families Act, which would prohibit creation of immigration related registry […]
CAIR Appoints Lena Masri as National Litigation Director, Acting Civil Rights Director
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/6/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced the appointment of Lena F. Masri, Esq. as its national litigation director and acting civil rights director. Prior to accepting her new positions, Masri was legal director of CAIR’s Michigan chapter, where she spearheaded high-impact, […]
CAIR-Cincinnati Accepts City Council Resolution Supporting Muslims, Condemning Islamophobia
(CINCINNATI, 1/6/17) – Karen Dabdoub, executive director of the Cincinnati chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cincinnati) and Imam Ismaeel Chartier of the Islamic Association of Cincinnati were honored to accept a Cincinnati City Council resolution yesterday condemning Islamophobia and expressing support for the Cincinnati-area Muslim community. The resolution, which opposes Islamophobia and reaffirms […]
CAIR-OK Calls for Disciplining of Teacher Who Urged Support for Trump So Muslims Can Be ‘Butchered’
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 1/6/2017) – The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today called on Dewey High School in Dewey, Okla., to take disciplinary action against a teacher who used social media to urge support for then presidential candidate Donald Trump so that Muslims can be “butchered.â€Â CAIR-OK also called on the teacher’s school district to conduct diversity training […]
CAIR-MI Calls for Federal Hate Crime Probe of Vandalism Targeting Muslim’s Car
(FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, 1/5/17) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate the apparent bias motive for vandalism targeting the car of a Muslim man of South Asian heritage in Inskter, Mich. CAIR-MI said the owner of the vehicle returned to his […]
CAIR Opposes Confirmation of Sen. Sessions as Attorney General
Muslim civil rights group urges senate committee to question AG nominee on anti-Muslim remarks, associations with hate groups, respect for civil rights (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/5/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced its opposition to the confirmation of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as attorney general […]