CAIR-LA Calls for Probe of Hate Crimes Targeting Disabled Muslim Army Veteran
(ANAHEIM, CA, 9/16/16) – The Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called on law enforcement authorities to investigate harassment and false accusations of terrorism targeting an American Muslim Army veteran at a military facility in Barstow, Calif., as possible hate crimes. Mohamed Abbas, a disabled U.S. Army veteran working […]
CAIR Report: 2016 on Track to Be One of the Worst Years for Anti-Mosque Incidents
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/15/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today reported that 2016 is on track to be one of the worst years ever for anti-mosque incidents, with a total of 55 cases recorded as of mid-September. Last year there were a total of 79 recorded anti-mosque cases. The […]
CAIR Calls for Probe of Series of Incidents Targeting Maryland Muslim Family
Family offers $1,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of perpetrators (WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/16/16) – 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 series of possibly bias-motivated incidents targeting a Maryland Muslim family. CAIR […]
CAIR Questions Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Va. Sheriff’s Islamophobic Training
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/15/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is questioning whether taxpayer dollars are being used to pay for a daylong training by the Culpeper County Sheriff's Office in Culpeper, Va., featuring two notorious anti-Muslim conspiracy theorists, one of whom claims the CIA director […]
CAIR-MI Calls for DOJ Civil Rights Investigation Into Death of Muslim Marine
(FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, 9/13/2016) — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today called on the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate whether violations of the civil rights of a Muslim Marine Corps recruit led to his death in boot camp. Raheel Siddiqui of Taylor, Mich., […]
CAIR-AL: Muslim Women Organize to Challenge Stereotypes and Confront Islamophobia
Event aims to educate, empower and engage Muslim women and mobilize for election, against Islamophobia (BIRMINGHAM, AL, 9/15/16) – On Sunday September 18, the Alabama chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR- Alabama), in collaboration with local Muslim women, will host an event at which Muslim women will come together to discuss  impact of Islamophobia. […]
CAIR Urges President to Maintain Sanctions on Burma as Aung San Suu Kyi Visits White House
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/14/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on President Obama to maintain all current sanctions on the government Burma (Myanmar), originally put in place because of that nation’s human rights abuses, until the citizenship rights of members of the Burmese Rohingya […]
MEDIA ADVISORY CAIR-WA: 70+ Expected at Event to Recruit Muslim Political Campaign Volunteers
Event designed to have local Muslims immediately start volunteering in political campaign of choice (SEATTLE, WA, 9/15/2016) – On Saturday, September 17, the Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) will hold an event designed to gather a large number of Muslim community members who are ready to sign up to volunteer […]
CAIR Offers Rewards for Info on Series of Apparent Anti-Muslim Attacks Nationwide
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/13/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today offered rewards for information on a series of apparently anti-Muslim incidents nationwide in recent days. Video: CAIR Rep Ibrahim Hooper on Al Jazeera to Discuss Spike in Anti-Muslim Incidents, Islamophobia CAIR is offering $1,000 for information leading […]
CAIR-GA Condemns Threat of Armed Anti-Muslim Protest Resulting in Cancellation of Public Meeting on Mosque
Newton County Commission cancels Tuesday meeting due to threats of armed protest by anti-Muslim extremists; mosque moratorium to expire on September 20 (ATLANTA, GA, 9/13/16) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA) today condemned anti-Muslim extremists whose harassment and threats of armed protest outside a planned September 13 Newton County Commission meeting led the commissioners to […]