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CAIR-MA: Vandalized Mass. Mosque to Hold Interfaith ‘We Are Americans’ Event

(BURLINGTON, MA, 11/3/15) – On Wednesday, November 4, the Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA) will take part in an interfaith “We are Americans” event at the Islamic Center of Burlington in Burlington, Mass., in the wake of hate vandalism targeting the mosque.  Yesterday CAIR-MA called for a hate crime investigation of […]

CAIR-San Diego Joins Interfaith Candlelight Vigil to Remember Deaths of Homeless

(SAN DIEGO, CA, 11/3/15) – On Sunday November 1, a representative from the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) participated in an Interfaith Candlelight Vigil to remember 91 homeless people who have died alone in the streets of San Diego between October 1, 2014 and September 20, 2015, a disturbing increase […]

CAIR Asks FBI to Probe 2nd Vandalism Targeting Nebraska Mosque

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/2/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the FBI to investigate a second act of vandalism targeting a Nebraska mosque as a hate crime. A vandal was caught on surveillance camera attempting to break a glass door at the Islamic […]

CAIR-CA Report: More than Half of California Muslim Students Targeted by Faith-Based Bullying

Civil rights group's survey of 600+ Muslim students shows bullying at rate twice as high as the national average (SANTA CLARA, CA, 10/30/15) – The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) today released a new report documenting bias-based bullying of American Muslim students in California’s schools. The report, “Mislabeled: The Impact of Bullying and Discrimination […]

CAIR-MN, Community Leaders to Asks DOJ to Probe Bias in Rejection of Islamic Cemetery

(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 10/29/2015) – On Monday, November 2, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) will join community leaders at a news conference in Hastings, Minn., to call on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate allegations of anti-Muslim bias in the rejection of a proposed Islamic cemetery in Castle Rock […]

CAIR Seeks Hate Crime Probe of ‘USA’ Vandalism Targeting Mass. Mosque

(BOSTON, MA, 11/1/15) – The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called for a hate crime investigation of apparently bias-motivated vandalism targeting a Burlington, Mass., mosque. CAIR-MA said the vandals spray-painted “USA†repeatedly on the exterior walls of the Islamic Center of Burlington. The graffiti, which appears to reflect a common […]

CAIR Welcomes Bernie Sanders’s Pledge to End Islamophobia and Racism

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/29/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’s pledge to end Islamophobia and all other forms of racism during a town hall hosted at George Mason University on Wednesday. SEE: Bernie Sanders Vows to […]

CAIR-San Diego Supports ‘Hate Free San Diego’ Statement

(SAN DIEGO, CA, 10/29/15) –  The San Diego office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) is joining other faith and civil rights leaders in declaring San Diego a hate-free zone. CAIR-SD took part in a press conference yesterday with the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium (SDIRC) and many other community leaders, faith representatives […]

CAIR-CA to Release New Report on Bullying of Muslim Students in California

(ANAHEIM, CA, 10/28/15) – On Friday, October 30, the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) will hold simultaneous news conferences in Anaheim, San Diego and Santa Clara to release a new report documenting bias-based bullying of American Muslim students in that state's schools.  The report, “Mislabeled: The Impact of Bullying and Discrimination […]