CAIR-CT Welcomes Waterbury School Board’s Recognition of Muslim Holidays
(HARTFORD, CT, 2/6/15) — The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) today welcomed the recognition of Muslim school holidays by the Waterbury Board of Education. Thursday night, the Waterbury Board of Education voted unanimously to officially recognize two Muslim holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. A note to the listings states: “The […]
CAIR Welcomes President Obama’s Prayer Breakfast Remarks on Islam, Urges Visit to U.S. Mosque
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/6/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed President Obama's remarks yesterday at the National Prayer Breakfast in which he stated that terrorists who “professed to stand up for Islam. . .in fact are betraying it.” He also described the terrorist group […]
CAIR Joins 150+ National Organizations in Opposing H.R. 399, the ‘Secure Our Borders First Act’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/6/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said today that it has joined with more than 150 other national immigration, faith, labor, environmental, privacy, civil rights, and human rights organizations in urging Congress to oppose the Secure Our Borders First Act, H.R. 399 on the House floor. The legislation is sponsored by […]
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U.S. Muslims to Condemn ISIS’s ‘Unspeakable’ Brutality in Killing of Jordanian Pilot
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/3/15) — Later today, representatives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and other national and local leaders of the American Muslim community will hold a news conference at the Muslim civil rights organization's Capitol Hill headquarters in Washington, D.C., to condemn the terror group ISIS's “unspeakable and anti-Islamic” brutality in the burning […]
CAIR Welcomes Minnesotans Arlene El-Amin and Lori Saroya to National Board
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/2/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed two new additions to its national board of directors. Arlene El-Amin and Lori Saroya, both from Minnesota, bring years of civil rights, nonprofit and community serviceexperience to the Washington-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy group. Arlene El-Amin is a long-time community leader and […]
Sacramento Muslims Stand with Jewish Community in Wake of Hate Vandalism
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 2/2/15) – The Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) today expressed the Muslim community’s solidarity with the Jewish community following hate vandalism of a UC Davis Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi, which was painted with Nazi swastikas Saturday. In a statement, CAIR-Sacramento Valley Executive Director Basim Elkarra said: […]
Tell Congress Not to Reauthorize USA PATRIOT Act’s ‘Domestic Spying’ Provision, Set to Expire on June 1
If you’re concerned about privacy rights, use this letter to contact your representatives in Congress and urge them not to reauthorize Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act and to let it expire on June 1, 2015.
FBI Withdraws from Texas Event Initially Sponsored by Hate Group and Featuring Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/31/15) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed the withdrawal of an FBI representative from a February event in Texas that was initially sponsored by the anti-Muslim hate group ACT! for America and featured notorious anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist John Guandolo, who claims the CIA director is a secret Muslim agent. CAIR […]