CAIR Seeks Probe of Possible Bias Motive for Fire at Houston Mosque
(HOUSTON, TX, 12/25/2015) – The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) today called on local, state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for a fire at a mosque in that city. Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at the mosque in southwest Houston Friday afternoon. Officials are […]
CAIR Questions Release of California Man Who Threatened, Plotted to Bomb Muslims
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 12/24/2015) – The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights organization, today questioned the release of a Richmond, Calif., man who allegedly threatened and plotted to bomb local Muslims. William Celli, 55, is accused of yelling “I'm going to kill you […]
CAIR Asks DHS to Probe Whether Trump’s Muslim Ban is Being ‘Implemented Informally’ on UK Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/23/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today asked the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to investigate whether leading GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call to ban all Muslim from entering the United […]
Action Alert: Support Congressional Resolution Condemning Anti-Muslim Bigotry
Join the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, in thanking your congressman for co-sponsoring House Resolution 569, which condemns violence, bigotry and hateful rhetoric targeting American Muslims. If your member of congress has not yet co-sponsored the resolution please take part in the letter below urging support […]
U.S. Muslim Leaders Announce Campaigns to Enhance National Security, Address Rising Islamophobia
The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a coalition of leading national and local Muslim organizations, today announced major educational, outreach and civic empowerment initiatives to address growing Islamophobia in America and to enhance national security through the promotion of freedom and justice.
CAIR Welcomes Arrest in Terror Plot Targeting N. California Muslims
Muslim civil rights group concerned about violence prompted by recent rise in Islamophobic political rhetoric (SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 12/21/2015) – The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights organization, today thanked law enforcement authorities for swift action in investigating and arresting a Richmond, Calif., […]
DC: National American Muslim Leaders to Announce Results of Summit on National Security, Islamophobia
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/20/15) — On Monday, December 21, the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a coalition of leading national and local Muslim organizations, will hold a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to announce major initiatives to address growing Islamophobia in America and to enhance national security. Speakers at the […]
CAIR Welcomes Congressional Resolution Condemning Anti-Muslim Bigotry
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/18/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed congressional resolution (H.Res.569) condemning violence, bigotry and hateful rhetoric targeting American Muslims. The resolution, introduced by Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-DC), Joe Crowley (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Mike Honda […]
CAIR-Chicago: Wheaton College Students to Wear Hijabs on Flights Home in Solidarity with Muslims
A group of female students from Wheaton College plans to wear hijabs in solidarity with Muslims as they fly home for the holidays this weekend. (WHEATON, IL., 12/17/15) – Dr. Larycia Hawkins, a professor at the Evangelical Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, was recently put on administrative leave after wearing a hijab to show solidarity […]
CAIR Report: Number of Incidents Targeting U.S. Mosque in 2015 Highest Ever Recorded
More mosque incidents were recorded in 2015 than in any year since we started keeping this tally. 2015 accounted for the most ever cases in both the Damage, Destruction, Vandalism category and the Intimidation category, adding weight to assertions that the most recent cycle of Islamophobia is characterized by its violent tone. November 2015 was […]