CAIR-San Antonio, MCECC Host Successful Candidates’ Forum
(SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 11/2/16) – The San Antonio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim Children Education and Civic Center (MCECC) recently held a successful “Candidate Forum†attended by 25 candidates for public office. Some 250 community members attended the forum. A welcome address was offered by Dr. Amir Ehsan, president of […]
CAIR Offers Reward for Info on Beating Death of Saudi Arabian Student in Wisconsin
Representative of Muslim civil rights group to meet today with students and staff at University of Wisconsin-Stout (WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/2/16) – 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 perpetrator of a deadly […]
CAIR-MA, Muslim Groups to Counter Synagogue’s Islamophobic Speakers with ‘Choose Love Over Hate’ Event
(BOSTON, MA, 11/2/16)  – Later today, the Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will join Muslim community leaders at a “Choose Love Over Hate†event organized in response to a Stoughton, Mass. Synagogue’s decision to host three Islamophobes and anti-Muslim hate group leaders. Video: CAIR-MA Asks Synagogue to Cancel Event Featuring Islamophobes […]
CAIR Launches Muslims GOTV Election Website, Releases General Election Scorecard & Presidential Guide
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/1/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today launched MuslimsGOTV.com, an election resource website that prominently features the group’s first ever “CAIR 2016 National Voter Guide,†including a nationwide congressional scorecard and presidential guide. CAIR’s Muslims GOTV.com is the latest element in the […]
CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Probe of ‘Terrorist’ Graffiti Targeting Virginia Muslim Students
(Washington, DC, 10/31/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the University of Virginia Police Department to investigate graffiti saying “Terrorist†written outside of the door of two Muslim students as a possible hate crime. The incident occurred over the weekend at the […]
CAIR-NY Supports Federal Judge’s Call for Greater Protections Against Warrantless NYPD Surveillance
(New York, NY 10/31/16) – The New York Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, supported a Federal Judge’s ruling calling for greater protections against warrantless NYPD surveillance of the Muslim community. Judge Haight, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New […]
MPAC, CAIR Call on DOJ to Investigate Plot Against Mosque as Federal Hate Crime
(Washington, DC, 10/31/16) – The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), a national American Muslim policy organization, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights group, are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to conduct a federal investigation of criminal threats made by a Los Angeles man who was planning […]
CAIR-GA Hosts Election Rally, Banquet Featuring Olympic Athlete Ibtihaj Muhammad
(ATLANTA, GA – 10/31/16) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA) today thanked Olympic athlete Ibtihaj Muhammad for visiting Atlanta on Oct. 29th to rally Georgia Muslim voters and support CAIR-GA's civil rights work. “American Muslims lost a role model when Muhammad Ali passed away, but we gained another when Ibtihaj Muhammad made history at […]
CAIR Calls for DOJ Investigation of Abuses of Pipeline Protestors and Muslim Solidarity with Indigenous Americans
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/28/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division to investigate documented reports of excessive use of force by law enforcement and private Dakota Access company security guards against peaceful protestors, journalists, and others at […]
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