200+ Delegates to Lobby Congress at First National Muslim Advocacy Day
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/31/2014) — On Monday, April 13, more than 200 delegates from 22 states will take part in the first National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The lobbying effort is sponsored by the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a coalition of leading national and local American Muslim organizations. Muslim […]
CAIR Calls for FBI Hate Crime Probe of ‘Get Out’ Vandalism Targeting Sudanese Refugees in Alaska
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/1/15) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate vandalism targeting Sudanese refugeesin Anchorage, Ala., as a hate crime. According to media reports, the refugees found graffiti with messages such as “Leave Alaska,” “Get […]
Muslim community’s food drive honors Chapel Hill shooting victims
[Editor’s note: CAIR and a number of other national Muslim organizations have endorsed the FeedTheirLegacy project] KNOXVILLE (WATE) – The movement, coordinated by a Knoxville man, started as a way to honor three Muslim students shot in the head at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It has grown into a nationwide campaign, collecting almost 100,000 cans […]
‘Patriot’ Terrorist Frames Muslims with Quran Bomb
Dean Obeidallah, The Daily Beast The Georgia man who planted a bomb was willing to see innocents die so that people would blame Muslims. And he called himself a ‘patriot.’ I thought I had seen every imaginable way to stoke the flames of anti-Muslim bigotry in America. There have been countless people on Fox News, […]
California Muslim police officers allege harassment
by Halima Kazem, Al Jazeera America Patrolling around mosques and checking in on schools in the dangerous south side of town was second nature for Richmond, California, police officer Mujaheed Rasheed. “I felt like I could talk to people who were at their lowest point and reach out to them,” said Rasheed, who was born […]
CAIR, ALC Say SFPD Officer Broke City Law While Investigating with FBI
By Alex Emslie and Mina Kim, KQED News Two civil rights groups filed a complaint Wednesday alleging a San Francisco police inspector violated department rules and city law while working with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. The complaint filed with the San Francisco Office of Citizen Complaints, comes in the context of a years-long […]
Urge Arkansas Lawmakers to Reject Anti-Muslim, Foreign Law Bill
CAIR is calling on Arkansas residents who who value constitutional freedom and civil liberties to contact the Arkansas State Legislature to reject anti-foreign bill “American Laws for American Courts” designed to stigmatize state Muslim communities. Today in the Arkansas State Legislature the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a vote on whether or not to send […]
CAIR’s Explore the Quran Campaign
This campaign was a product of CAIR’s strategic approach to reshaping perceptions about Islam and Muslims. In 2005, a CAIR survey confirmed earlier findings that 60 percent of Americans are not knowledgeable about Islam. However, a significant percentage welcomed the opportunity to learn about Islam. Nearly 1 in 5 Americans said that they would like […]
CAIR Asks Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz to Drop Appearance at Event Featuring Hate Group Leader
(Washington, D.C., 3/24/15) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on Sen. Ted Cruz, a presidential candidate, to cancel his scheduled appearance at a conference in New Hampshire later this week because the event is hosted by a group with ties to white supremacists and other speakers include the leader of a designated […]
National Muslim Groups Call on Jeb Bush to Drop Anti-Muslim Activist as PAC Advisor
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/23/15) — A coalition of leading American Muslim civil liberties, human rights, faith, and cultural organizations sent a letter today to former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and his Right to Rise PAC requesting that Jordan Sekulow be removed from his position as senior advisor to the PAC because of his long history of […]