CAIR Asks FBI to Probe Paris-Related Vandalism Targeting Nebraska Mosque
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/16/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the FBI and local police to investigate vandalism related to the recent terror attacks in Paris targeting a Nebraska mosque as a possible hate crime. Officials with the Islamic Center in Omaha told […]
CAIR Thanks DOJ for Probe of Terror Threats to Florida Mosques, Seeks Hate Crime Charges
(TAMPA, FL, 11/15/15) – The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida) today thanked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for its prompt investigation of phoned terror threats to mosques in that state and called for hate crime charges to be brought against the alleged perpetrator. CAIR-Florida reported that a voicemail threat was […]
CAIR’s Executive Director Nihad Awad Condemns Terror Attacks in Paris
CAIR’s Executive Director Nihad Awad condemns terror attacks in Paris and suggest ways the American Muslim community and all Americans should respond at a news conference organized by the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Muslim Coalition to Respond to Paris Terror Attacks
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/14/15) — On Saturday, November 14, the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a coalition of leading national and local Muslim organizations, will hold a noon news conference in Washington, D.C., to condemn yesterday's terror attacks in Paris and to suggest ways in which the American Muslim community and all Americans should respond […]
CAIR Condemns Paris Terror Attacks
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/13/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned terror attacks in Paris that left many people dead and injured. In a statement, CAIR said: “These savage and despicable attacks on civilians, whether they occur in Paris, Beirut or any other city, are […]
CAIR Calls on Ben Carson to Drop Adviser Who Claims Muslims ‘Infiltrated’ U.S.
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/12/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on leading GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson drop a top foreign policy adviser who claims Muslims have “infiltrated†the United States. Robert F. Dees, a retired Army officer, has demonstrated longstanding anti-Muslim bigotry and […]
CAIR Welcomes New Jersey AG’s Rejection of Anti-Islam Police Training
(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 11/11/15) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today welcomed an announcement by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office that it will issue new guidelines on police training to all 21 county prosecutors after the Muslim civil rights organization challenged a November 2 training program featuring notorious Islamophobe Walid […]
CAIR-Houston to Hold 5th Annual Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium
(HOUSTON, TEXAS, 11/10/15) – On Saturday, November 14, the Houston chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) will hold its 5th Annual Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Masjid El Farouq (1207 Conrad Sauer, Houston, Texas, 77043). The Symposium focuses on leadership, activism and service as it […]
CAIR-San Diego Joins Call for Accountability in Death of Anastasio Hernandez-Rojas
(SAN DIEGO, CA, 11/10/15) – The San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) yesterday joined other faith leaders, community organizations and the family of Anastasio Hernandez-Rojas at a rally for the undocumented immigrant and Santee resident who was shot with a Taser by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents in May […]
CAIR Welcomes Decision by Maryland School Board to Close on Muslim Holiday
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/10/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a decision by Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education to close schools on the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha during the 2016-17 school year. [NOTE: Eid ul-Adha (eed-al-ODD-ha), or “festival of the […]