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CAIR ACTION ALERT: Sign CAIR’s Change.org Petition Urging RNC to Denounce Islamophobia

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/14/15) – Sign the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) Change.org petition calling on the Republican National Committee (RNC) to denounce Islamophobia and anti-Muslim rhetoric within the Republican Party. CHANGE.ORG PETITION: The Republican Party Must Denounce the Dangerous Islamophobia of Candidates and Elected Officials Sponsored by CAIR, the petition includes a forward by award-winning […]

CAIR Capitol Hill HQ Evacuated After Receiving Foreign Substance in Hate Letter

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/10/15) – Earlier today, the Capitol Hill headquarters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, was evacuated after a letter containing an unknown foreign substance was received in the mail. CAIR’s headquarters was evacuated and three staffers who came into contact with the letter […]

CAIR-WA Seeks ‘Thorough and Transparent’ Probe of Muslim Teen’s Death

(SEATTLE, WA, 12/9/2015) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) today called on law enforcement authorities to conduct a “thorough and transparent†investigation into the death for 16-year-old Hamza Warsame, a Muslim teenager who fell from a building on Saturday and later died of his injuries. Family members say they […]

CAIR-Alabama Asks Officials to Repudiate Islamophobia as KKK Recruits to Fight ‘Spread of Islam’

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/9/15) – The Alabama chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Alabama) today called on public officials to repudiate growing Islamophobia following reports that the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is recruiting in that state to “fight the spread of Islam in our country.†CAIR-Alabama says KKK recruiting fliers have reportedly been […]

CAIR Joins Condemnation of KKK Fliers Left at Home of Vt. Black Lives Matter Activist

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/1/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined widespread condemnation of an apparent act of racist intimidation in Vermont in which Ku Klux Klan (KKK) fliers were left recently at the homes of at least two Burlington, Vt., residents, including that of […]

CAIR-Philadelphia Welcomes Investigation of Pig’s Head Thrown at Mosque

(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 12/8/15) — The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) today welcomed the ongoing investigations by Philadelphia police and FBI of an incident in which a severed pig's head was tossed at a mosque on Sunday night. Surveillance video outside the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society, in Philadelphia's Kensington section, showed a red […]

CAIR to Condemn Donald Trump’s Call to Ban All Muslims from U.S.

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/7/15) – Later today, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to condemn a policy statement by leading GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump “calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the […]