CAIR Asks Donald Trump to Apologize to Muslim Woman Abused by Crowd, Kicked Out of Rally
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/8/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on leading GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump to offer a public apology to a Muslim woman verbally abused by the crowd and kicked out of one of his campaign rallies tonight in South Carolina. […]
CAIR-Dallas to Ask That Feds Probe Deadly Shooting Targeting Muslims as Act of Domestic Terror
(DALLAS/FORT WORTH, TX, 1/9/16) – Later today, the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW) will hold a media availability in Richardson, Texas, to call on federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a deadly Christmas Eve shooting in which the suspect apparently targeted his victims because he believed they were Muslim as an […]
Good News Alert: CAIR Welcomes Change in Cargill Policy That Will Allow Fired Colo. Muslim Workers to Reapply After 30 Days
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/8/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a change in policy allowing Muslim workers fired in a recent dispute over accommodation of prayers at a Cargill meat processing plant in Colorado to reapply for their positions 30 days after their termination […]
CAIR-MN to Host First Conference on Challenging Islamophobia
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 1/8/2016) – On Saturday, January 9, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) will host the first-ever conference on “Challenging Islamophobia†at the Islamic Center of Minnesota in Fridley. The conference will include workshops and panel discussions with speakers from both greater Minnesota and local areas to discuss ways to […]
U.S. Muslims to Hold 2nd Annual National Capitol Hill Advocacy Day April 18, 2016
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/8/2016) — The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a coalition of leading national and local American Muslim organizations, today announced plans to host the second annual National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2016.             […]
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CAIR Asks Feds to Probe Arson at Colorado, Idaho Businesses
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/6/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on federal authorities to investigate the motives for fires set at Muslim and Middle Eastern businesses in Colorado and Idaho. Fire damaged the Zamzam Halal International Market and Deli in Denver, Colo., last Friday […]
Protecting Your Right to Compete
On April 20, 2017, CAIR secured a religious exemption for Amaiya Zafar, a 16-year-old female American Muslim boxer in Minnesota who was previously barred from competition because she wears an Islamic head scarf, or hijab. Amaiya Zafar, who’s from Oakdale, Minnesota, will be allowed to compete wearing hijab under a new rule covering religious exemptions […]
CAIR Welcomes FBI Reward in Firebombing Attempt at Tracy Mosque
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 1/4/2016) – The Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) today welcomed the $2500 FBI reward for information leading to the arrest of suspect or suspects who participated in December 26, 2015 attempted arson and possible hate crime of the Tracy Islamic Center. On the morning of December 26th, mosque […]
CAIR Publishes ‘A Muslim Parent’s Guide to Talking to Children About Acts of Violent Extremism’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/5/2016) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today published “A Muslim Parent's Guide to Talking to Children About Acts of Violent Extremism†in response to concerns voiced by a number of American Muslim parents. CAIR’s guide, published on its Islamophobia.org website, was authored by a board-certified psychiatrist and offers strategies for having […]