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#‎CAIR: ‪#‎GOP ‘Anti-Terrorism’ Package Would Result in DHS Investigating Beliefs of Ordinary Muslims

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/5/16) – The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said raised constitutional concerns regarding the House Republican “anti-terrorism†package assembled by Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and said it would result in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) investigating the religious and political […]

CAIR Calls for Congressional Hearings on Police Shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/7/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for hearings by the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to address public outrage over two police shootings of African-American men in Louisiana and Minnesota in just the past two days and to propose legislation […]

CAIR Decries Islamophobia Targeting Maryland Muslims Shopping for Homes

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/5/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today decried reports of Islamophobia targeting Maryland Muslims shopping for a home in Frederick, Md. See: A Home That Looks Perfect, Until Bigotry Rears Its Ugly Head (Washington Post) According to the Washington Post, realtors were […]

CAIR: San Antonio Muslims to Mark End of Ramadan with Prayers

(San Antonio, TX, 7/05/16) – On Wednesday, July 6 the Muslim community in America will celebrate the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan with communal prayers around the country. [NOTE: Ramadan is the month on the Islamic lunar calendar during which Muslims abstain from food, drink and other sensual pleasures from break of dawn […]

CAIR Calls for Unity Against ISIS

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/5/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for unity against ISIS following a series of deadly attacks apparently carried out or inspired by that terror group in Turkey, Iraq, Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia. In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad […]

MEDIA ADVISORY CAIR-MN, Minnesota Muslim Leaders to Meet Governor Dayton and Lt. Governor Smith Today

(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 7/5/2016) – Later today, the director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) will join other Muslim community leaders at a meeting with Governor Mark Dayton and Lt. Governor Tina Smith.   The meeting will focus on concerns facing the Minnesota Muslim Community as well as providing an opportunity for Muslim leaders to […]

CAIR-Cleveland Commends Officials for Swift Apology Over ‘ISIS Pledge’ Incident

(CLEVELAND, OH, 7/3/16) – The Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) today commended elected and law enforcement officials in Avon, Ohio, for their swift apology following an incident in which a Muslim man was hospitalized after falsely being accused of “pledging allegiance to ISIS†by a hotel desk clerk. Ahmed Al Menhali, of […]