CAIR Joins National Coalition Urging President to Eliminate Profiling Loopholes in DOJ Guidance
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/27/2015) — This week, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, joined The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 80 other national and state organizations in calling on President Obama to address serious concerns about the Department of Justice's (DOJ) recent revision of […]
Md. Muslim Leaders to Hold ‘Youth Unity Event’ in Aftermath of Attacks on American Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/27/15) – This evening, the Maryland Outreach Department of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will partner with Maryland Muslim leaders to hold the state’s first “Youth Unity Event.” This event, which brings together representatives from mosques across the state, is intended to provide […]
CAIR-San Diego: Muslims to Feed the Homeless in Memory of Chapel Hill Shooting Victims
(SAN DIEGO, CA, 2/27/15) – The San Diego Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego), in collaboration with local community organization AKhwaty Incorporated, is dedicating this month’s “A place at the Table” event to feed the homeless to the memory of the three Muslim youth shot to death recently in Chapel Hill, N.C. […]
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CAIR ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ After Supreme Court Arguments on Hijab Case
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/25/15) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said it is “cautiously optimistic” following oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court today in a case about religious accommodation in the workplace. In EEOC v Abercrombie & Fitch, the court is considering whether the clothing […]
CAIR Asks Tennessee GOP to Repudiate Lawmaker’s Racist Facebook Post
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/25/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Republican Party leaders in Tennessee to repudiate a racist comment posted on Facebook by a state lawmaker. Video: CAIR Asks Tennessee GOP to Repudiate Lawmaker's Racist Facebook Post CAIR: Rep. Sheila Butt Says […]
CAIR Director Nihad Awad Takes Part in Mecca Anti-Terror Conference
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/25/15) – Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) took part in a three-day “Islam and the Fight Against Terrorism” conference held in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia and attended by that nation's new King Salman bin Abdulaziz. The conference, which ended Wednesday, was organized […]
California Muslim Groups Vote to Oppose Federal CVE Program, Cite Concerns About Stereotyping
(ANAHEIM, CA, 2/24/15) – The Greater Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today announced that the member organizations of the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California and the Muslim Student Association of the West Coast (MSA West) voted to oppose the narrow scope of the federal government's new Countering Violent Extremism […]
Civil Rights Groups to React to Supreme Court Arguments on Abercrombie & Fitch Hijab Case
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/24/15) – On Wednesday, February 25, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will join other national civil rights and advocacy organizations at a news conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court to offer reaction to oral arguments in EEOC v Abercrombie & Fitch. WHAT: News Conference to React to Oral Arguments in EEOC v […]