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CAIR Action Alert: Support McCain-Feinstein Torture Ban

(WASHINGTON, D.C.,6/15/2015) – Join the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, in calling on the U.S. Senate to vote Yes on the McCain-Feinstein torture ban that would bar CIA torture techniques and force the U.S. government’s interrogation program out of the shadows.

CAIR: Minnesota Muslims to Begin the month of Ramadan this week.

(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 6/16/15) – On June 18,* the Muslim community in Minnesota and around the world will begin the month-long fast of Ramadan (rom-a-don), the 9th month of the Islamic lunar calendar during which Muslims abstain from food, drink and other sensual pleasures from dawn to sunset. Ramadan is the month on the Islamic lunar […]

CAIR-Cleveland Welcomes Judge’s Finding of Probable Cause to Charge Police Officers inTamir Rice’s Death

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR-Cleveland Welcomes Judge’s Finding of Probable Cause to Charge Police Officers inTamir Rice's Death (CLEVELAND, OH, 6/12/15) – The Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) today welcomed a municipal court judge’s ruling Thursday that there is probable cause to charge two Cleveland police officers in the shooting death last […]

Christian, Children’s Author Win CAIR’s Anti-Islamophobia Instagram Contests

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/12/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today announced a Christian woman and a Muslim children’s author won a recent Instagram photo contests soliticing creative ways ordinary people can respond to rising Islamophobia. CAIR announced the contests in conjunction with the launch its new […]

CAIR: Ted Cruz’s Tenn. Campaign Chair Smears Muslim Appointee, Senator’s Rep Calls It ‘Defending American Law’

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/12/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today rejected a bizarre claim by Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign that his Tennessee chair was “defending American law†when he smeared a Muslim woman state government appointee. On Monday, CAIR urged Cruz to remove […]

CAIR Urges Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz to Drop Anti-Muslim Tennessee Campaign Chair

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/9/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged Republican presidential candidate and Texas Senator Ted Cruz to remove Kevin Kookogey as his state chairman for Tennessee because of his longstanding support for anti-Muslim and Islamophobic causes. SEE: Knoxville News Sentinel: Cruz Names […]

CAIR-MI Action Alert: Urge Governor Not to Sign Child Placement Bill Allowing Discrimination

The Michigan chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today urged voters and other concerned residents in that state to call Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to voice opposition to a bill that would allow religious discrimination by organizations receiving state funding for child placement services. The Michigan Senate yesterday passed House Bill 4188, […]

CAIR-MI Seeks Resignation of School Board VP for Posting Anti-Muslim Hate on Facebook

(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 6/10/2015) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today called for the resignation of a Roseville, Mich., school board member who – for the second time – posted an anti-Muslim message on Facebook. Roseville Community Schools Board of Education Vice President Alfredo Francesconi posted an image yesterday from Jan […]