CAIR-AL Alabama Muslims, Community and Faith Leaders Unite to Condemn Orlando Massacre
 “Alabama Muslims join their fellow Americans in unequivocally and unconditionally denouncing Sunday's mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando,” said Council on American Islamic Relations Alabama Chapter (CAIR- AL) Executive Director Khaula Hadeed. “Individuals like Muhammad Ali represent true ideals of Islam, whereas the mass murderer Omar Mateen represents the enemies of the faith and indeed, of humanity. […]
CAIR-AZ: Arizona Muslims Stand in Solidarity With Victims and Families of Horrific #Orlando Shooting
(6/12/16 – PHOENIX, AZ) Arizona Muslim community stands united in condemning the horrific mass shooting at Pulse, an Orlando LGBT night-club early Sunday morning. Leaders from the Arizona community offered condolences and prayers to the victims and families of all those affected by this senseless act of violence, and called on community members to help […]
CAIR-NJ: NJ Muslims Condemn the Mass Shooting in #Orlando
(South Plainfield, NJ – 6/2/16) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today joined the Muslim community of New Jersey to condemn the horrific mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub that left at least 50 people dead and more ÂÂinjured. “Horrific acts of violence like this have absolutely no justification.†[…]
CAIR Joins Civil Rights Groups in Letter to Senate Urging ‘NO’ Vote on Defense Spending Bill
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/10/16) – The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined 10 other national civil liberties, human rights and faith organizations in a letter to the U.S. Senate urging members to vote “NO†on S. 2943, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year […]
DC: CAIR, National Muslim Leaders to Hold News Conference to Condemn Orlando Shooting, Urge Muslims to Donate Blood for Victims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/12/16) – Later today, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a news conference with national and local leaders of the Muslim community and with interfaith representatives to condemn the deadly shooting spree at an Orlando, Fla., nightclub that left at least 50 […]
CAIR-GA: Georgia Muslims Unite to Condemn Orlando Massacre, Call for Prayers and Blood Donations in Solidarity
(6/12/16 – ATLANTA, GA) Georgia's Muslim community today united to condemn the horrific mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub. “Georgia Muslims join their fellow Americans in condemning Sunday's mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando,” said Edward Ahmed Mitchell, executive director of the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “Although we do not […]
CAIR-FL to Respond to Florida Night Club Shooting, Urge Muslims to Donate Blood for Victims
(TAMPA, FL, 6/12/16) – Later today, the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) will hold a news conference with leaders of the Muslim community and interfaith representatives to condemn the deadly shooting spree at a nightclub in that city that left at least 20 people dead. News conference participants will offer condolences […]
CAIR-MN: Minnesota Muslims to Offer Funeral Prayers for Muhammad Ali
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 6/9/2016) – On Friday, June 10, the Minnesota Muslim Community will conduct funeral prayers for Muhammad Ali after each mosque's weekly congregational service, which begin between 12:30 and 2 p.m. The funeral prayers, called “salat al-ghaib†(sa-lat all-guy-ib), are performed for Muslims who have died in a distant place among other prayers. “Muhammad […]
CAIR Seeks Stepped-Up Protection for NC Mosque After Alleged Hate Incident
(WASHINGTON, D.C, 6/10/2016) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on law enforcement authorities to step up patrols in the area of a North Carolina mosque following an incident in which a man was arrested after he reportedly attempted to desecrate the house of […]
CAIR-Dallas Seeks Probe of Bias Motive for Attempted Murder of Muslim Activist
(DALLAS, TEXAS, 6/9/16) – The Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW) today called on state law enforcement authorities and the FBI to investigate a bias motive for an alleged attempted murder of a Muslim activist by a man driving a vehicle displaying an anti-Muslim and extremist stickers who reportedly screamed racist […]