CAIR Offers Reward for Info About DC Hate Attack on Muslim Woman
Muslim civil rights group offers $1,000 reward for leads resulting in conviction of perpetrator (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/4/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator of a hate attack on a […]
CAIR Rep. Named 2016 Maryland Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellow
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/30/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, announced today that its Maryland Outreach Manager Dr. Zainab Chaudry successfully graduated from the  Maryland Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellows Program. The fellows program, coordinated by the Center for Dispute Resolution at the University of Maryland Carey […]
CAIR-OK Welcomes Hate Crime Probes of Attack on Gas Station Clerk Called ‘Terrorist’
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 5/3/2016) – The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today welcomed state and federal hate crime investigations of the stabbing of a Savanna, Okla., gas station clerk who was reportedly called a “terrorist†by the alleged attacker. Larry Johnson allegedly went into the gas station and accused the clerk […]
CAIR-LA Files Suit on Behalf of Muslim Woman Stripped of Hijab by Long Beach Police Officers
(ANAHEIM, CA, 5/2/16) – The Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today announced the filing of a lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court on behalf of a Muslim woman who allegedly had her religious head scarf (hijab) forcibly removed by a male officer of the Long Beach Police Department […]
CAIR-LA Welcomes Resignation of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Top Deputy Over Islamophobic, Racist Emails
(ANAHEIM, CA, 5/2/16) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today welcomed the resignation of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Chief of Staff Tom Angel after CAIR-LA and other civil rights organizations demanded his resignation for sending numerous Islamophobic and racist emails. SEE: CAIR-LA Calls for Resignation of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Top […]
CAIR-Georgia Director Speaks at Christian Unitarian Conference
(ATLANTA, GA, 4/30/16) – Edward Ahmed Mitchell, executive director of the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA) recently took part in an interfaith dialogue at the 25th Theological Conference of the Restoration Fellowship. During the annual gathering of Christian Unitarians, Mitchell delivered a presentation about Islam before sitting down with Sir Anthony […]
CAIR-LA Calls for Resignation of Top Sheriff’s Department Official Over Anti-Muslim, Racist Emails
(ANAHEIM, CA, 5/1/16) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called for the resignation of a top Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department official for sending numerous Islamophobia and racist emails. Tom Angel, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s chief of staff, reportedly sent offensive and derogatory emails as […]
CAIR Says Trump’s Continued Use of ‘Pig’s Blood’ Myth Endangers American Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/29/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said leading GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s continued use of a debunked anti-Muslim myth is endangering ordinary American Muslims who are already facing a surge in hate. At a rally yesterday in California, Trump repeated […]
CAIR-MN, Minnesota Muslim Leaders to Respond to TSA Profiling of Somali-Americans
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 4/29/16) – On Monday, May 2, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN), along with leaders of that state's Muslim community, will take part in a news conference responding to recent revelations of the profiling of Somali-American Muslims by the Minneapolis office of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). A TSA […]
CAIR Asks DC Police to Preserve Video of Attack on Muslim Woman by Trump Supporter
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/29/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said it has asked the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., to preserve any surveillance video covering the site of an alleged attack on a Muslim woman by another woman shouting religious slurs and statements […]