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Anti-Islam Bills Die in Texas Legislature

CAIR GOOD NEWS ALERT: Anti-Islam Bills Die in Texas Legislature (DALLAS, HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, 6/3/15) – The Texas office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Texas) today applauded the failure of anti-Islam bills in that state’s legislature. The legislature adjourned without passing the House and Senate versions of the so-called “Anti-Foreign Law” bills. CAIR-Texas says […]

Hearing Wednesday on CAIR-MI Lawsuit Seeking Evacuation of Americans Stranded in Yemen

(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 6/2/2015) – On Wednesday, June 3, Federal District Court Judge Sean F. Cox will hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) seeking the emergency evacuation of Americans stranded in Yemen.  The lawsuit was filed on April 9 in the United States District Court, […]

CAIR Welcomes ‘Historic’ Supreme Court Ruling in Abercrombie & Fitch Hijab Case

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/1/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed what it called a “historic” ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of a Muslim woman who sued Abercrombie & Fitch after she was denied a job because she wore an Islamic head […]

CAIR Welcomes Expiration of Illegal Patriot Act Provisions, Cautions Senate May Reauthorize Some Surveillance Authorities

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/1/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed the expiration of one of the U.S. government’s major unconstitutional surveillance authorities, Section 2015 of the USA Patriot Act. Under Section 215 the NSA and FBI have illegally collected the phone, e-mail and online records of millions of law-abiding Americans in the name […]

CAIR-LA Seeks ‘Transparent’ Probe of LBPD Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Student

(ANAHEIM, CA, 6/1/15) - The Greater Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called for a “fullFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR-LA Seeks 'Transparent' Probe of LBPD Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Student (ANAHEIM, CA, 6/1/15) - The Greater Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called for a “fully transparent†investigation of the recent fatal […]

CAIR Welcomes Release of Egyptian-American Detained at Peaceful Anti-Coup Protest

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/30/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed the release of Mohamed Soltan, an American citizen detained in Egypt after he was shot in 2013 during a peaceful protest against the military coup in that nation. Soltan, a 27-year-old graduate of Ohio State University, had been sentenced to life in prison […]

CAIR-WA: Tri-Cities area Muslims to Meet Elected Officials, Staff in Kennewick

KENNEWICK, WA, 5/29/2015) – On Saturday, May 30, members of the Muslim community from the Tri-Cities area will attend an “Advocacy 101†training in Kennewick and then meet with staff members from Senator Maria Cantwell’s Central Washington office and with Kennewick Mayor Steve Young at Keewaydin Park Library. The Washington state chapter of the Council […]

CAIR Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Bills Aimed at Patriot Act Reauthorization

CAIR Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Bills Aimed at Patriot Act Reauthorization CAIR yesterday joined a coalition of more than 50 civil society organizations in letter addressed to Senate leadership in opposition to Senators Burr and Feinstein’s respectively drafted Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Improvements Act of 2015 and the FISA Reform Act of 2015, proposals that […]

CAIR-AZ to Hold News Conference About Anti-Islam Rally Outside Arizona Mosque

(PHOENIX, AZ, 5/28/15) – On Friday, May 29, the Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) will hold an 11 a.m. news conference in Mesa, Ariz., before a rally by armed members of a biker gang who are planning an anti-Islam protest that evening at a Phoenix mosque. WHAT: CAIR-AZ News Conference Responding […]