CAIR-WA: Hate Crime Defendant to Plead Guilty in Attack on Muslim Taxi Driver
Driver punched repeatedly in face by member of the U.S. Navy, threatened with being shot, called 'terrorist' (SEATTLE, WA, 6/9/2015) – Later today, the Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) will attend a plea hearing at the King County Courthouse, at which the defendant Jesse A. Fleming will plead guilty on two criminal charges stemming from his hate-motivated attack in […]
Oklahoma Muslims to Commemorate Month-Long Ramadan Fast with Iftar at State Capitol, Community Service
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 6/9/15) – The Oklahoma Muslim community will join Muslims from around the world in beginning the month-long fast of Ramadan (rom-a-don) on June 18. During this holy month the Oklahoma Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will encourage dialogue between Muslim community members and elected officials by hosting an Iftar […]
CAIR-Cleveland to Join Legal Effort by Religious, Civil Rights Groups Seeking Charges in Tamir Rice Case
CLEVELAND, OH – On Tuesday, June 9th, the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) will join other civil rights leaders, activists, and clergy at a press conference in front of the Cuyahoga County Justice Center to announce that they are filing a number of citizens’ affidavits for probable cause in the death […]
U.S. Muslims to Begin Month-Long Ramadan Fast
CAIR offers Muslim communities ”˜Sharing Ramadan Resource Guide’ (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/8/15) – The Muslim community in America and around the world will begin the month-long fast of Ramadan (rom-a-don) on or about June 18. [*NOTE: Because the beginning of Islamic lunar months depends on the actual sighting of the new moon, the start and end […]
CAIR Good News Alert: CAIR-Iowa Welcomes Failure of Anti-Islam Legislation
(CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, 6/8/15) — The Iowa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Iowa) today welcomed the failure of an anti-Muslim bill (HF135) in that state’s legislature. CAIR-Iowa says the bill was one of many so-called “foreign law” bills introduced in state legislatures nationwide in a campaign to demonize Islam and to marginalize American […]
CAIR-NY: Christian, Jewish and Muslim Teens Speak at UN on ‘Ending the Chains of Hate’
(NEW YORK, NY, 6/5/15) – On Monday, June 8, the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) and the Stony Point Center will stand in solidarity with Christian, Jewish and Muslim teenagers of “UNITE for Harmony” as they address the United Nations to promote interfaith dialogue and cooperation and call for “Ending […]
CAIR Offers Condolences on Passing of Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hanooti
CAIR Offers Condolences on Passing of Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hanooti (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/4/2015) – The board and staff of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today offered sincere condolences on the passing of Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hanooti, who died yesterday. Sheikh Hanooti, born in Palestine in 1937, was one of the most respected Muslim scholars in the […]
CAIR: Oklahoma Muslim Youth to Participate in Leadership Symposium on Challenging Islamophobia
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 6/4/15) — Beginning Friday June 12, the Oklahoma chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will host its 7th annual Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) at Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma City. The three-day leadership program for Muslim high school and college students will focus on challenging Islamophobia in both social and […]
CAIR-NJ Asks FBI to Probe Nazi Vandalism of Mosque Sign
(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 6/2/2015) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate the carving of a Nazi swastika into an Midland Park mosque’s entrance sign. Officials with the Elzahra Islamic Center say they discovered the hate vandalism last week. The […]
CAIR Seeks ‘Independent and Thorough’ Probe Into Shooting Death of Usaama Rahim
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/3/15) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for an “independent and thorough†investigation into the fatal shooting of Usaama Rahim by Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) agents in Boston yesterday. SEE: Man Under Surveillance by Terror Investigators Is Shot Dead (NY Times) CAIR-Boston: Law Enforcement […]