CAIR Joins ADC in Urging Retailers to Discontinue Racist Halloween Costume Sales
Washington, DC | www.adc.org | October 27th, 2015 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), joined by the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), is calling on Walmart, Amazon, eBay and Sears Marketplace to remove the “Israeli Soldier Kids Costume†and “Sheik Fagin Nose†from their shelves and websites, […]
CAIR-NJ Asks School Officials to Address Bullying of Muslim Students After ‘ISIS’ Incident
(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 10/28/15) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today called on public school officials in that state to address the issue of bullying of Muslim students after an incident in which a graduate of Colonia High School in Woodbridge Township who wears an Islamic head scarf reported […]
CAIR-MI Welcomes DOJ Suit Over Zoning Denial for Islamic School
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 10/27/15) Â- The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today welcomed a U.S Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit against Pittsfield Township, Mich., over its denial of zoning for an Islamic school. CAIR-MI said the suit, filed by the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, accuses Pittsfield Township of violating the Religious Land […]
CAIR Asks NJ Sheriff to Reject Training by Islamophobe Who Calls Islam ‘the Devil’
(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 10/27/15) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today announced that it has asked a sheriff in that state to disassociate his department from a November 2 training program featuring notorious Islamophobe Walid Shoebat, who has called Islam “the devil.” [NOTE: CAIR-NJ sent similar requests to other […]
CAIR-NY Banquet a Success
(NEW YORK, N.Y., 10/26/15) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) held its Annual Awards Banquet, with the theme “Strengthening Our Voices, Advancing Together,†on Saturday in Brooklyn, N.Y. At the banquet, CAIR-NY presented the Mid-Hudson Islamic Association with the “2015 Faith in Action Award†for its involvement in CAIR’s […]
CAIR-NY Asks Officials to Repudiate Islamophobia After Man Stabbed for Speaking Arabic
(NEW YORK, N.Y., 10/23/15) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and national public officials to speak out against growing Islamophobia in America after a man was stabbed in Brooklyn, N.Y., allegedly for speaking Arabic. Two brothers […]
CAIR-St. Louis Stands with African-American Christians After 7 Church Arsons
(ST. LOUIS, MO., 10/22/15) – The St. Louis Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-St. Louis) today expressed solidarity with the Christian community following a string of seven arson attacks on area churches in predominately African-American areas. SEE: Arson Suspected at Seven St. Louis Area Churches (Washington Post) “Whenever a house of worship is […]
CAIR-MI and Advance America Announce Settlement in Lawsuit Over Religious Head Scarf
(10/22/15) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) and Advance America Cash Advance Centers, Inc. today announced that they had reached a settlement in CAIR-MI’s federal lawsuit against Advance America. The lawsuit challenged a company security policy that required the temporary removal of any head covering for entry to Advance America […]
CAIR Condemns Donald Trump’s Statement on Closing U.S. Mosques
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/21/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s apparent willingness to close down American mosques. During an interview today on Fox Business with Stuart Varney, Trump was asked whether, as president, he would follow the lead of […]
CAIR: Interfaith Coalition to Seek Repudiation of Maryland County Commissioner’s Islamophobic Commentary
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/21/15) – On Thursday, October 22, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will join interfaith and community coalition partners at a news conference outside the Carroll County Office Building in Westminster, Md., to call on the Board of County Commissioners of Carroll County to repudiate an inflammatory Islamophobic commentary authored by County Commissioner […]