CAIR: Muslim Civil Rights Group Offers Veterans Day Commentary for Publication
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/10/15) – The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today offered a Veterans Day commentary for publication by media outlets nationwide. CAIR’s commentary (SEE BELOW), titled “Honoring Veterans Through Actions, Not Mere Words,†is being offered through ISLAM-OPED, a syndication service designed to offer […]
CAIR-Cincinnati Announces Release of First of Four ‘Know Your Rights’ Videos
(CINCINNATI, OHIO, 11/10/15) – The Cincinnati chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cincinnati) today announced the release of the first of four short videos produced to educate members of the public about growing Islamophobia and about their civil rights in employment, in schools and in interactions with law enforcement authorities. The videos, which will […]
CAIR Calls on Oregon City Council to Repudiate Member’s Anti-Islam Smears
(SEATTLE, WA, 11/10/15) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) today called on the Dallas, Ore., city council to repudiate anti-Islam smears posted online by one of its members. City Councilor Micky Garus posted Saturday on his personal and professional Facebook accounts that Islam is “pure evil” and that Muslims […]
CAIR Questions Light Sentence for Texas Domestic Terrorist Who Planned Mosque Massacres
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/8/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today questioned what it said was a light sentence handed to a domestic terrorist who planned to massacre Muslims at American mosques. CAIR said a U.S. District Court judge in Houston sentenced Robert James Talbot Jr. […]
CAIR-LA Welcomes School District’s Ban of Depictions of Religious Figures in Class Assignments
(ANAHEIM, CA, 11/06/15) – The Greater Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today welcomed a decision by Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District banning school assignments that ask students to draw the Prophet Muhammad and other religious figures. Following complaints by a parent and CAIR-LA, District Superintendent Brent Woodard directed all staff […]
CAIR-MN Seeks Hate Crime Charges After Muslim Woman Attacked for Speaking Swahili
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 11/6/2015) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called for hate crime charges to be brought against a suspect who allegedly attacked a Muslim woman in that state for speaking Swahili. CAIR-MN said the Muslim woman suffered deep cuts to her face after being assaulted Friday at an […]
CAIR-St. Louis Joins Billboard Campaign Challenging Myths About Islam, Muslims
(ST. LOUIS, MO., 11/5/2015) —  The St. Louis chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-St. Louis) today joined the Islamic Center of Rolla Missouri (ICRM) and the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) in launching a billboard campaign to help dispel myths about Islam, American Muslims and Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. The billboard, which reads […]
CAIR-MA: First-Ever ‘Muslim Day on the Hill’ to Be Held Nov. 12 in Boston
(BOSTON, MA, 11/5/15) – On Thursday, November 12, the Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA) will join a coalition of Muslim advocacy groups at the first annual Muslim Day on the Hill at the Massachusetts State House in Boston, Mass. The event will provide Muslim voters with an opportunity to meet their […]
CAIR Joins Supreme Court Brief in Support of Affirmative Action
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/4/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it has joined 150 civil rights groups, advocacy organizations, bar associations, business associations, academic institutions and professionals, and student organizations in joining the Asian Americans Advancing Justice’s amicus (“friend of the courtâ€) brief with […]
CAIR Stands with Sikh Community After ‘Osama’ Taunt at Md. Restaurant
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/4/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed solidarity with the Sikh community after a Sikh man was reportedly delated service and taunted as “Osama†at an Aberdeen, Md., restaurant, in an apparent reference to Osama Bin Laden. SEE: Sikh Man Addressed […]