CAIR-MN: Community-Led Task Force, Supported by 50 Muslim Organizations, Holds First Meeting.
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 5/14/15) – Community led task force announces a successful first meeting. The task force met last night at the Abubakar Islamic Center. Leaders from different faith based organizations as well as other community activists and family members of the recently arrested youth were in attendance. “Those who attended were hopeful to hear the […]
CAIR Co-Sponsors Md. Tribute to Malcolm X on His 90th Birthday
”Ž(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/14/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, announced today that it is co-sponsoring a tribute to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) on what would have been his 90th birthday on Tuesday, May 19th. WHO: Caucus of African American Leaders, Council on American-Islamic Relations, […]
CAIR-Florida Rep Meets Secretary of Labor Perez
(MIAMI, FL, 5/14/15) – CAIR-Florida Representative Wilfredo Amr Ruiz today participated in a round-table discussion with Secretary of Labor Tom Perez. Ruiz and other immigrant and workers’ community leaders on topics including immigrant workers rights, minimum wage and wage theft. After the secretary’s visit to Miami Beach, Ruiz stated: “Thomas Perez is a secretary with […]
Events Reporting for 2015
BREAKING ADC, CAIR ACTION ALERT
By 6 p.m. Tonight, Urge Congress to Pass Amendments Asking the President to Evacuate U.S. Citizens from Yemen, Close Prison at Guantanamo Bay (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/14/15) – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) are urging all Americans concerned about the thousands of U.S. citizens trapped in Yemen to contact […]
CAIR Asks D.C. Metro to Explain Removal of Muslim Woman Train Operator
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/13/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has called on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) to explain why a Muslim woman driver who wears an Islamic head covering (hijab) was prevented from operating her train with a group of political VIPs as […]
CAIR-LA Calls for Resignation of El Monte Official Over Anti-Islam Facebook Post
(ANAHEIM, CA, 5/13/15) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called for the resignation of an El Monte, Calif., official who posted an Islamophobic comment on social media. Art Barrios, a planning commissioner for the City of El Monte and a former El Monte city council member, […]
Teen beaten by Israeli police meets at White House as he prepares to return to Jerusalem
(CNN)As the debate about excessive police force against unarmed civilians rages throughout the U.S., the Obama administration is involving itself again in the case of an American teen severely beaten by members of the police force of Israel, a U.S. ally with whom there already exist increased tension. CNN has learned that White House National […]
CAIR Reps Meet with DHS Secretary on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/8/15) – CAIR representatives this week engaged with DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson during two separate meetings focused on the Obama administration’s new countering violent extremism (CVE) program in New York. CAIR officials met previously with the secretary on the same issue in both Minneapolis and Los Angeles. SEE: Homeland Security Chief Hears Skepticism […]
CAIR: Arizona Muslims Condemn Attack on Anti-Islam Event in Texas
(PHOENIX, AZ, 5/7/15) – Leaders of the Arizona Muslim community today condemned the recent attack Sunday on an anti-Islam event in Texas. In a joint statement, a number of Muslim community group said: “We condemn Sunday’s attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, and reiterate our condemnation of all forms of terrorism and religious […]