CAIR-SFBA to Host Meeting Between Peninsula Area Muslims and Belmont, Burlingame and Foster City Elected Officials
(SANTA CLARA, CA, 3/2/2016) – On Friday, March 4, the San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) will host an “Evening with Elected Officials†event in Burlingame at the new Yaseen Foundation Center. At the event, members of the Muslim community from the Peninsula area will meet with elected officials, […]
CAIR Super Tuesday Poll Shows Muslim Voters Support Hillary Clinton, Concerned About Islamophobia
Survey shows that more older Muslim voters back Clinton, while younger Muslims support Bernie Sanders (WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/2/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released the results of a six-state “Super Tuesday†poll of almost 2000 Muslim voters indicating that almost half of those […]
CAIR-Cleveland Co-Hosts ‘Teatime for Peace’ to Challenge Islamophobia, Build Interfaith Relations
(CLEVELAND, OH, 3/1/2016) – More than 100 people gathered last night in an interfaith event to discuss the growth of Islamophobia in America. The event, called “Teatime for Peace,†was held at the West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church and was co-hosted by the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) and area social […]
CAIR-NY Urges Muslim Victims of Reported Attack in Buffalo to Come Forward
(NEW YORK, NY, 3/1/2016) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) is calling on two Muslim girls who were reportedly attacked in Buffalo, N.Y., to come forward and report the incident to police. An eyewitness reports that three men pulled up in an SUV, started yelling and threw eggs at […]
CAIR-Chicago Invites Peoria Homeowner with Anti-Muslim Display to Visit Mosque, Learn About Islam
(CHICAGO, IL, 3/1/16) – The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today invited a Peoria, Ill., homeowner with an anti-Muslim display on his lawn to visit a local mosque to learn about Islam. Dennis Murdy built lawn decorations that show a hunter pointing a shotgun at a person wearing a turban who […]
CAIR: St. Louis Islamic Leaders to Meet with Prosecutor About Armed Threat to Muslim Family
(ST. LOUIS, MO, 2/28/2016) – On Monday, February 29, representatives of the Imams Council of Metropolitan St. Louis (ICMSTL), the St. Louis chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-St. Louis) and the local Muslim community will meet with St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert P. McCulloch to request that “appropriate†charges be brought against an […]
CAIR Asks Salt Lake City Police to Release Body Cam Video Showing Shooting of Young Muslim
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/29/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on police in Salt Lake City, Utah, to release body camera video of the Saturday shooting of a Muslim teenager, identified by family members as 17-year-old Abdi Mohamed. SEE: Family IDs Teen Shot by […]
Election Update: CAIR Reminds American Muslims to Go to the Polls Tomorrow on ‘Super Tuesday’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today reminded American Muslim voters to go to the polls tomorrow on “Super Tuesday.†Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Virginia will hold primary elections for both Republicans and Democrats. Republicans in Alaska will hold caucuses, as will Democrats in Colorado. Democrats in American Samoa […]
CAIR-CA Urges California Legislators to Oppose Anti-Boycott Bills
(Santa Clara, CA – 02/29/16)Â The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) today called on California legislators to oppose AB 1551 and AB 1552 as introduced by Assemblyman Travis Allen (AD 72). AB 1551, known as the California-Israel Commerce Protection Act, requires that California's pension systems divest from any companies that boycott […]
CAIR Monitoring Probe Into Shooting Deaths of 3 Indiana Muslims
CAIR is monitoring the investigation into the shooting deaths of two Muslim men and a Muslim teenager killed Wednesday inside a Fort Wayne, Ind., home. The bodies of 23-year-old Mohamed Taha Omar, 20-year-old Adam Kamel Mekki and 17-year-old Muhannad Adam Tairab – all of African heritage – were each shot multiple times “execution style.â€Â The […]