CAIR-San Antonio Asks Synagogue Not to Host Anti-Islam Hate Group
(SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 10/13/15) – The San Antonio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SA) today called on Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg of Rodfei Sholom Synagogue not to host a meeting tonight by the anti-Islam hate group ACT! for America. ACT! for America leader Hanah Kahwagi Tudor, who goes by the pseudonym “Brigitte Gabriel,” says […]
CAIR-MN Welcomes Columbia Heights School Board Member Grant Nichols Resignation
Community leaders plan press conference with Grant Nichols before Tuesday Columbia Heights School Board meeting (MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 10/12/15) — The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today welcomed Columbia Heights School Board Member Grant Nichols' decision to resign, effective Tuesday, October 13. Following a meeting with CAIR-MN, Muslim community leaders and local […]
CAIR Action Alert: Ask Tennessee Lawmakers, Gov. Haslam to Oppose Anti-Islam Bill
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/12/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Tennesseans of all faiths and backgrounds to contact their elected representatives in the state legislature and Governor Bill Haslam to oppose an anti-Islam bill that would prohibit schools from teaching “religious doctrine†until […]
CAIR Offers Condolences on Deaths in Turkey Terror Attack
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/12/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said it has offered condolences for those killed and injured in a terror attack in Ankara, Turkey, on October 10. In a letter to Turkey’s ambassador in Washington, D.C., CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad […]
CAIR: Anti-Islam Rallies ‘Fizzle’ Nationwide, Interfaith Partners Show Support for American Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/11/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said today that anti-Islam hate rallies planned at mosques nationwide on Saturday “fizzled†and that interfaith partners turned out at a number of mosques to show their support for the Muslim community. CAIR noted that one […]
CAIR: American Muslims Respond to Anti-Islam Rallies with Voter Registration Campaign
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/9/15) – As a proactive response to planned anti-Islam hate rallies this weekend, a coalition of national American Muslim organizations today announced the launch of a year-long nationwide voter registration campaign with the initial goal of registering 20,000 voters before the 2016 March Super Tuesday presidential primaries. Participating Muslim organizations say the voter […]
WATCH: Imam Johari Asks You to Join Him at CAIR’s Oct. 17th Banquet in Va.
Buy you ticket today at http://www.cair.com/banquet to hear Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman, comedian and author Dean Obeidallah and the Bayyinah Institute’s Omar Suleiman speak at CAIR’s “Champions for Justice” 21st Annual Fundraising Banquet on October 17th, 2015 at: Marriott Crystal Gateway 1700 Jefferson Davis Hwy Arlington, VA 22202 Individual tickets cost $65 and […]
Syrian American, Muslim Leaders Meet with White House, Host Press Conference on Russian Airstrikes
(WASHINGTON, D.C, 10/8/15) – Leaders of the nation’s leading Syrian-American and Muslim advocacy organizations today met with top-ranking White House officials to express concerns over Russia’s recent airstrikes in Syria that resulted in the killings of civilians and destruction of civilian infrastructure. At the White House meeting, the leadership discussed the ramifications of the recent […]
CAIR: DHS, FBI, DOJ Host Community Safety Call on Planned Anti-Islam Hate Rallies
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/6/15) – The Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties today hosted an Incident Community Coordination Team call with American Muslim community leaders to discuss anti-Islam hate rallies by possibly armed extremists planned to take place in front of mosques nationwide on October 9 and 10. The call came […]
CAIR Meets with State Department Officials on Syrian Refugees, Jerusalem Crisis
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/6/15) – A representative of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined other Muslim organizations at a meeting with State Department officials to discuss the need to allow more Syrian refugees into the United States and to challenge aggressive Israeli actions targeting the […]