CAIR Urges GOP to Disinvite Dutch Islam-Hater Geert Wilders from Cleveland Convention
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/18/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Republic Party to disinvite notorious Dutch Islamophobe Geert Wilders from its national convention in Cleveland. Wilders noted last night on Twitter that he had arrived to attend the convention at the invitation of […]
CAIR Livestream Event: Muslims to Challenge GOP Islamophobia at Cleveland Convention
Muslim civil rights group will distribute free packets of “ISLAMOPHOBIN,†a mock-medicine designed to “cure†Islamophobia (CLEVELAND, OH, 7/17/16) – On Monday, July 18, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a news conference at the site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, […]
CAIR: Muslim Leaders to Challenge GOP ‘Politics of Fear’ at Cleveland Convention
(CLEVELAND, OH, 7/15/16) – On Monday, July 18, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a news conference at the site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, to challenge the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim stance of the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump and of […]
CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Vandalism at Rhode Island Mosque, Seeks Protection for Islamic Institutions Nationwide
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/15/16) – 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 an apparent hate attack targeting a Rhode Island Mosque and requested stepped-up police patrols in the area of Islamic institutions nationwide. Officials with the Muslim Community […]
CAIR Condemns Terror Attack in France, Newt Gingrich’s Call to ‘Test’ and Deport American Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/15/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the terror attack in France that killed at least 80 people, and also condemned a suggestion by Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich who responded to the attack by calling for Inquisition-style religious “testing†and […]
CAIR-AZ Seeks Probe of Motive for Fire Outside Tucson Mosque
(PHOENIX, AZ, 7/14/16) – The Arizona chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) today called on law enforcement authorities to investigate the motive for a fire that appeared to be intentionally set outside the Islamic Center of Tucson Wednesday morning. Worshippers at early morning prayers smelled smoke and immediately called 911 after seeing a recycling […]
CAIR: Oklahoma Muslim Youth to Participate in Leadership Symposium
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 7/14/16) — Beginning Friday, July 15, the Oklahoma chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will host its 7th annual three-day Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla. The three-day leadership program for Muslim high school and college students will focus on challenging Islamophobia in both social […]
CAIR-CA ACTION ALERT: Ask the California State Board of Education Members to Adopt the South Asian Histories for All (SAHFA) Coalition Proposed Edits to History Textbooks
“It’s inappropriate for our 6th and 7th grade textbooks to exclude the hundreds of millions of Muslims from South Asia,” said CAIR Sacramento Valley Civil Rights Attorney Saad Sweilem. “Changes to curriculum should be informed by academic experts with relevant expertise.” The California State Board of Education Members will be voting on the final version […]
CAIR-CA to Seek Accurate Portrayal of South Asian History at State Board of Education Hearing
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 7/12/16) – On July 14th the California chapter of CAIR alongside the South Asian Histories for All (SAHFA) coalition will seek to have the California State Board of Education adopt edits to California School Curriculum on History & Social Sciences for 6th, 7th and 10th grades that is being adopted by the State […]
CAIR: Islamophobic Capitol Hill Conference ‘Postponed’ After Speakers Pull Out
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/12/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the “postponement†of an Islamophobic conference targeting constitutionally-protected religious accommodations in the workplace that had been scheduled for July 20 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. A message circulated yesterday by notorious Islamophobe Daniel […]