CAIR-MA Condemns Islamophobic Campaign Ad Mailed to New Hampshire Voters
(BOSTON, MA, 10/23/16) – The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relation (CAIR-MA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an Islamophobic campaign advertisement targeting Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Maggie Hassan mailed to New Hampshire voters. The ad, sent by the political advocacy group One Nation, references “Radical Islamic terrorists†[…]
CAIR Action Alert: Virginia Voter Registration Extended Until Friday (Today)
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/21/16) – CAIR is notifying all eligible Muslim voters in Virginia that voter registration has been reopened in their state until 12 A.M. tonight, Friday, October 21, due to a malfunction in the state's voter registration website earlier this week. Because the state of Virginia’s voter registration website failed earlier this week a […]
CAIR-SFBA to Host Candidates’ Forum at Pleasanton Mosque
(SANTA CLARA, CA, 10/21/2016) – On Saturday, October 22nd, the San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) will host a Candidates' Forum in Pleasanton at the Muslim Community Center (MCC). At the event, members of the local Muslim community will hear from candidates for Pleasanton and San Ramon City Council, […]
CAIR Calls for Bias Crime Probe of Hate Message Left at Home of Iraqi Refugees in Maryland
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/21/16)  – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a hate message left at the home of a family of Iraqi Muslim refugees in Maryland as a bias-motivated crime. [NOTE: Any earlier version of […]
CAIR Calls on FBI to Join Probe of Hate Vandalism Targeting Arkansas Mosque
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/20/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on the FBI to join the investigation of hate vandalism targeting an Arkansas mosque. CAIR said the Arkansas vandalism is the latest in a series of hate incidents targeting mosques and Islamic centers nationwide […]
Muslim Leaders, Interfaith Allies, Elected Officials in Harrisburg to Condemn Islamophobia in Presidential Campaign
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 10/20/16) – Scores of Muslim community leaders from around Pennsylvania will be coming to Harrisburg on Tuesday, October 25, for the Second Annual“Muslim Capitol Day.â€Â Participants in Muslim Capitol Day will have a private meeting with Governor Tom Wolf and visit their elected representatives in the morning, then hold a press conference and “Rally Against […]
CAIR Asks International Body to Allow Minnesota Teenage Muslim Boxer to Compete Wearing Hijab
Muslim civil rights organization urges International Boxing Association to allow uniform exemption for bout on Saturday (WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/19/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on the Switzerland-based International Boxing Association (AIBA) to grant a religious exemption to its uniform regulations so that […]
#CAIR-Cincinnati to Host ‘Meet the Candidates’ Event
(CINCINNATI, 10/17/16) – On Friday, October 28, the Council on American-Islamic Relations Cincinnati chapter (CAIR-Cincinnati) will hold a “Meet the Candidates” event at the Clifton Mosque. This event will provide an important opportunity for community members to meet those running for elected office and to engage in a community conversation. WHAT: “Meet the Candidates” Public […]
CAIR-MN Asks Minnesota High School to Drop Event Featuring Islamophobe John Guandolo
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 10/18/2016) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on administrators of Bagley High School in Bagley, Minn., to cancel an event this evening featuring notorious Islamophobe and anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist John Guandolo. SEE: Disgraced FBI Agent Turned Anti-Muslim Activist in Bagley Oct. 18 The Southern Poverty Law […]
CAIR-NY Welcomes Long Island School District’s Inclusion of Muslim, Hindu Holidays
(NEW YORK, N.Y., 10/18/15) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today welcomed an announcement by the Syosset School District that its public schools will observe the Islamic holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, as well as the Hindu holiday Diwali. Syosset is the first of Long Island's districts […]