CAIR: Minnesota Teenage Muslim Boxer Barred from Florida Bout Over Hijab
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/21/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed concern over a report that a 16-year-old Muslim boxer from Minnesota was barred from a match in Florida because she wears an Islamic head scarf, or hijab. Amaiya Zafar, from Oakdale, Minn., was reportedly […]
CAIR Condemns Threat and Vandalism Targeting Home of Jewish Professor in Oberlin, Ohio
(CLEVELAND, OHIO, 11/18/16) – The Cleveland Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) called on the FBI to investigate the recent property damage and threatening message left at the home of an Oberlin College professor in the City of Oberlin. According to an Oberlin Police Department incident report a threatening note against Jews was […]
CAIR-CT to Join Senator Blumenthal to Explore Ways to Strengthen Hate Crime Laws
(HARTFORD, CT, 11/20/2016) – On Monday, November 21, the Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) will join Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) at the State Capitol press conference during which he will announce ways to strengthen federal hate crime laws. Sen. Blumenthal is responding to growing concerns among civil rights organizations, including CAIR-CT, […]
CAIR Calls Priebus Remark About ‘Problematic’ Aspects of Islam, Refusal to Rule Out Muslim Registry More Examples of Trump Transition Team’s Islamophobia
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/20/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called remarks by incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus about “problematic†aspects of Islam and his refusal to rule out a “registry†for Muslims as more examples of the Islamophobia exhibited by President-elect […]
Good News Alert: CAIR Sees Tremendous Post-Election Boost in Support
Since the November 8 election, CAIR has seen a tremendous increase in support in terms of volunteers, donations and expressions of solidarity. More than 1,000 people have volunteered to help CAIR defend the civil rights of all Americans under a Trump administration. Thousands of people of all faiths have donated to CAIR, including Lucy “Xena: […]
CAIR Concerned About ‘Troubling Islamophobic Trend’ Following Trump’s Nomination of Sessions, Pompeo
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/18/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed concern about a “troubling Islamophobic trend†in President-elect Donald Trump’s recent appointments and nominations. Today, President-elect Trump nominated Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for the post of attorney general and Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo to […]
CAIR Georgia Thanks Rep. Jason Spencer for Withdrawing Anti-Islam Bill
(ATLANTA, GA – 11/17/16) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today thanked Rep. Jason Spencer for withdrawing House Bill 3, a proposal that would have made it illegal been Georgia Muslim women to wear religious face veils in public. “We thank Rep. Spencer for withdrawing House Bill 3,” said Edward Ahmed Mitchell, executive […]
CAIR Urges Trump to Reject Proposal for ‘Registry’ of Muslims, Talk of ‘Internment’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/17/16) – 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 repudiate a prominent supporter who cited the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans as a “precedent†for an immigrant registry proposed by a member of his presidential transition team. […]
CAIR Asks Trump Not to Appoint General Who Called Islam ‘a Cancer’ as National Security Adviser
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn is on board of advisers for nation’s most virulent anti-Muslim hate group (WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/17/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President-elect Donald Trump not to appoint retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as his national security adviser […]
CAIR-SFBA Calls for Criminal Probe of Anti-Muslim Hate Note Left on Woman’s Car
(SANTA CLARA, CA, 11/17/2016) – The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today called for a criminal investigation of a vandalism and burglary accompanied by a hate targeting the car of a woman in Fremont, Calif. On Monday, the woman – who is not Muslim – returned to her […]