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CAIR-LA ‘Ice Cream & Unity’ Event to Recognize Business for Standing Against Bigotry

(ANAHEIM, CA, 5/27/2016) – On Saturday, May 28, the Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American Islamic-Relations of (CAIR-LA) will host an “Ice Cream & Unity†event to recognize the owners of Andrew’s Ice Cream and Dessert in Orange for taking a stand against Islamophobia. WHAT: CAIR-LA “Ice Cream & Unity†Event […]

CAIR-AZ Applauds Release of Palestinian Asylum Seeker from ICE Detention

(PHOENIX, AZ, 5/27/2016) – The Arizona chapter of the Council on American Islamic-Relations of (CAIR-AZ) today applauded the decision of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release Palestinian asylum seeker Hisham Ghalia from his prolonged detention. In February, CAIR-AZ, along with The Law Offices of Zayed Al-Sayyed, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas […]

CAIR-GA Joins Interfaith ICE Rally Calling for Immigration Reform

(ATLANTA, GA, 5/31/16) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) recently joined other religious leaders and immigration reform advocates at an interfaith rally outside the Atlanta headquarters of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement. Rally participants called for an overhaul of the nation's immigration system, particularly its treatment of immigrants fleeing violence […]

CAIR Launches Satirical ‘ISLAMOPHOBIN’ Public Awareness Campaign to Challenge Anti-Muslim Bigotry

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/25/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today launched a satirical public awareness campaign to challenge growing Islamophobia in America. In its new social media campaign, CAIR is distributing “ISLAMOPHOBIN®,†a mock-medicine designed to “cure†Islamophobia and includes a television commercial for the […]

CAIR to Announce Filing of EEOC, NLRB Complaints on Behalf of Muslim Workers Fired from Ariens Plant in Wisconsin

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/24/16) – On Wednesday, May 25, a representative of the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will live-stream an announcement of the filing of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) complaints on behalf of 15 Muslim workers fired from an Ariens manufacturing plant in Wisconsin after the […]

CAIR-GA Joins Georgia NAACP President at Interfaith Rally for Social Justice

(ATLANTA, GA, 5/24/16) – The head of the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR Georgia) joined an interfaith rally for social justice at an Atlanta church Monday night. During the event, which was led by Rev. Dr. William Barber, CAIR-Georgia Executive Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell read an opening litany alongside Dr. Francys […]

CAIR, AMAC Call for State, Federal Hate Crime Probes of Attack on Tenn. Muslim Woman

(WASHINGTON, DC, 5/20/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and the Tennessee –based American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate an alleged attack yesterday on a Muslim woman in that state as a possible hate crime. […]

CAIR Offers Condolences on Passing of Arab-American Leader Dr. Clovis Maksoud

(WASHINGTON, .D.C, 5/19/2016) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today offered condolences to the family and loved ones of diplomat and Arab-American community leader Dr. Clovis Maksoud, who died May 15 at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., at the age of 90. Maksoud served […]