CAIR Asks NYPD, Other Police Departments to Probe Training by Islamophobe Ryan Mauro
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/21/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and other law enforcement agencies in that state to investigate whether any officers will attend a training conference later this month featuring notorious anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist […]
CAIR-LA Assists Jewish Student Penalized for Missing Exam on Religious Holiday
Muslim civil rights group convinces school to accommodate holidays for students of all faiths (ANAHEIM, CA, 4/20/16) – The Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today welcomed the decision of a graduate pharmacy school in Los Angeles to allow students to observe their religious holiday without being penalized. CAIR-LA’s […]
COMMUNITY ALERT: CAIR-NY Calls for Increased Safety Measures After Attack at Queens Mosque
COMMUNITY ALERT: CAIR-NY Calls for Increased Safety Measures After Attack at Queens Mosque (NEW YORK, N.Y., 4/20/16) — The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today urged that state’s Muslim community to step up security measures in mosques after worshippers were attacked yesterday in Jamaica Muslim Center in Queens, N.Y. SEE: […]
Hundreds of Muslim Delegates Lobby Congress on ‘Record-Breaking’ National Advocacy Day
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/19/2015) — Some 330 delegates from more than 28 states are scheduled to meet this week with 225 elected officials and congressional staffers during the “record-breaking” second National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The lobbying effort, the largest congressional Muslim advocacy event in the country, is sponsored by the US […]
CAIR-Cleveland: Muslim Women Join Church Panel to Dispel Stereotypes of Women in Islam
(Cleveland, OH, 4/19/16) – On Saturday, April 16, the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) joined the Inclusivity Ministry of the West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church in Rocky River, Ohio in hosting a presentation and panel discussion on Women in Islam. The event, which was attended by more than 70 people, was designed to […]
CAIR Welcomes Guilty Plea by Man Who Torched Missouri Mosque
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/19/16) –- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a guilty plea by a man who torched a Joplin, Mo., mosque in 2012. Jedediah Stout, 32, pleaded guilty to the mosque arson in U.S. District Court on Monday. SEE: Man Pleads Guilty to […]
CAIR-Georgia Says Failure of Anti-Islam Rally at Capitol Shows Rejection of Bigotry
(ATLANTA, GA, 4/19/16) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA) today said that the failure of an anti-Islam rally yesterday at the state capitol shows that the people of that state reject bigotry.  According to media reports, only two people showed up to support the protest. SEE: Trump-Lover’s Anti-Islam Rally in […]
CAIR-San Antonio Offers Presentation on ‘Environmental Ethics in Islam, in Relation to Climate Change’
(SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 4/19/16) – CAIR-San Antonio President Sarwat Husain recently gave a presentation on “Environmental Ethics in Islam, in Relation to Climate Change†at the North West Vista College. Some 300 students and faculty members attended the event. Husain said in part: “In the light of the critical environmental challenges faced by the human […]
MEDIA ADVISORY: USCMO to Condemn Ted Cruz’s Refusal to Meet Muslim Constituents at National Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/18/16) – This evening, representatives of the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a coalition of leading national and local American Muslim groups, will hold a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to condemn the refusal of GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and his congressional staff to meet with […]
CAIR to Call for Bias Probe After Maryland Muslim Removed from Southwest Flight in Chicago
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/14/16) – On Friday, April 15, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will hold a news conference at its Capitol Hill headquarters in Washington, D.C., to call for an investigation of a possible bias motive for an incident Wednesday in which a Maryland Muslim woman was reportedly removed from a Southwest Airlines flight […]