CAIR Director Joins 300+ American Muslim Leaders in Joint Letter to Donald Trump
Letter shares concerns about rhetoric and appointments, urges rejection of divisive politics (WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/6/16) – Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined more than 300 other American Muslim leaders in issuing a joint letter to President-elect Donald Trump […]
CAIR-Missouri to Seek Police Action on Series of Threats to Muslim Family
(ST. LOUIS, MO., 12/6/2016) – On Wednesday, December 7, the Missouri chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Missouri) will hold a news conference to call on law enforcement authorities to take action against a Missouri man who allegedly harassed, assaulted, pulled a gun on, and threatened to kill and burn the home of a […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Third in Series of Islamophobic Attacks, This Time on Uniformed MTA Employee
(NEW YORK, NY, 12/5/16) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today condemned the latest in a series of recent hate attacks on Muslims in that state. According to police, a uniformed MTA officer – who wears and Islamic head scarf (hijab) – was assaulted this morning by a man […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Hate Attack on Muslim Woman Transit Passenger by Men Shouting ‘Donald Trump’
(NEW YORK, NY, 12/2/16) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today condemned an alleged attack on a Muslim woman transit passenger who reportedly shouted President-elect Donald Trump’s name and Islamophobic slurs during the assault. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the alleged attack on the 18-year-old Muslim […]
CAIR-LA Expresses Solidarity with Christian Community After Hate Vandalism of Assyrian Church
(ANAHEIM, CA, 12/3/16) – The Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today expressed solidarity with the Christian community in that state following apparent hate vandalism targeting an Assyrian church in San Fernando, Calif. Police says the Mar Shaleeta Ancient Church of the East was painted with “Jehovah Lives!†and […]
CAIR-Cincinnati, CAIR-Alabama Condemn Nazi Vandalism Targeting Interracial Couples
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/3/16) – Chapters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Alabama and Ohio today condemned Nazi graffiti targeting interracial couples in those states. In Cincinnati, Ohio, Nazi swastikas and the words “white power†were spray-painted on walls and doors of the interfacial couple’s home. The vandals also poured concrete down the drains […]
CAIR-Houston Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Bacon Smeared on Muslim-Owned Restaurant in Galveston
(HOUSTON, 12/4/16) – The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) today called for a hate crime investigation of apparently bias-motivated vandalism targeting a Muslim-owned restaurant in Galveston, Texas. According to media reports, the front of the restaurant was recently covered in bacon. In another recent incident, bacon grease was smeared on the […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Another Islamophobic Attack, This Time on Muslim NYPD Officer and Son
(NEW YORK, NY, 12/4/16) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today condemned another in a series of recent hate attacks on Muslims in that state. According to police, an off-duty Muslim NYPD officer – who wears and Islamic head scarf (hijab) – and her 16-year-old son were assaulted Saturday […]
CAIR Questions How Islamophobe Ben Carson Will Treat Muslims Served and Employed by HUD
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/5/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Islamophobe Ben Carson to be secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) could negatively impact Muslims served and employed by that federal agency. Carson is notorious […]
CAIR Welcomes Denial of Easement for Dakota Access Pipeline
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/4/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, tonight welcomed a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny an easement for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline to cross Lake Oahe, a Corps reservoir on the Missouri River. That easement covered the […]