CAIR Questions Feds’ Silence After Oklahoma Business Joins ‘Muslim-Free’ Movement
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/13/2015) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said that an Oklahoma survival equipment store has joined the growing number of businesses nationwide that have declared themselves “Muslim-free.†CAIR also questioned why, despite repeated requests for action, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) […]
CAIR Expresses Solidarity with San Antonio Jewish Community Following Hate Vandalism
(SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 8/13/15) – The San Antonio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SA) today expressed solidarity with that city’s Jewish community after vandals spray-painted Nazi swastikas and racial slurs on gates, walls and monuments near the Rodfei Sholom Synagogue. SEE: NW Side Jewish Community Target of Hate Crime “San Antonio’s Muslims stand with our Jewish […]
CAIR-MA, Muslim Justice League Stand with Mass. Church Targeted by Hate Graffiti
(BOSTON, MA, 8/12/15) – The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA) and the Boston-based Muslim Justice League today joined in expressing solidarity with St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Southborough, Mass., which was again targeted with hate graffiti containing racial and religious slurs. Last Sunday, for the second time in two weeks, vandals […]
CAIR Asks Denver-Area Police to Probe Training by Islamophobe John Guandolo
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/12/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today asked police departments in the Denver, Colo., area to investigate whether any of their officers will attend training tomorrow offered by the notorious anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist John Guandolo, who claims the CIA director is a […]
CAIR: Calif. Muslims Renew Call to Stop Desecration of Jerusalem Cemetery by LA’s Wiesenthal Center
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 8/10/15) – The Greater Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today renewed its call for the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center to stop its desecration of Mamilla (Ma’manullah) Cemetery in Jerusalem.  According to historians, the site of a Wiesenthal Center “Museum of Tolerance,†which is scheduled to open […]
CAIR’s New ‘Toxic Hate’ Brief Outlines Violent Tone in Recent U.S. Islamophobia
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/7/2015) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today released a new brief, called “Toxic Hate,” indicating that the backlash against this nation’s Muslim community since Daesh (also known as ISIS) murdered two Americans in Syria last August has a “more violent tone” than past spikes in Islamophobic sentiment. The CAIR brief outlines […]
CAIR-Cincinnati Director to Take Part in Military Ceremony Honoring Relative Who Fought in Civil War
(CINCINNATI, OH, 8/7/15) – Later today, CAIR-Cincinnati Executive Director Karen Dabdoub will join other members of her family in a military ceremony at the grave of her great, great grandfather, who fought in the Civil War. Civil War veteran William Nathaniel Woodruff never had a gravestone and never received military honors at his grave. He […]
MEDIA ADVISORY – CAIR: Muslim, Civil Rights Groups in Minneapolis, Los Angeles and Boston to Speak Out on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/5/15) – On Thursday, August 6, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will join other Muslim and civil rights organizations in holding news conferences in Minneapolis, Los Angeles and Boston to express growing community concerns about proposed government-initiated “countering violent extremism†(CVE) programming. These events are being held in the three cities designated […]
Muslim Youth Learn Leadership Skills During CAIR-CA Program at State Capitol
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 8/4/15) – The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) recently held its 11th annual Muslim Youth Leadership Program (MYLP) at the State Capitol in Sacramento.  The annual conference brought together more than 40 Muslim high school students from across the state to participate in workshops on community organizing, leadership development and […]
BREAKING: Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening CAIR-San Diego
(SAN DIEGO, CA, 8/4/15) – John David Weissinger, 54, today pleaded guilty to threatening the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego). Weissinger pleaded guilty to two felonies – making a criminal threat and possessing an illegal assault rifle – and a misdemeanor charge of hate crime, violation of civil rights. […]