CAIR Statement on Duke University Dropping Broadcast of Muslim Call to Prayer
In a statement, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights group, said: “We appreciate the fact that the broadcast of the call to prayer from such a prominent location was designed to be a display of religious diversity and inclusion at a time when the issue of freedom of expression […]
CAIR-DFW Seeks Stepped-Up Police Protection for Muslim Conference After Online Threats
(DALLAS/FORT WORTH, TX, 1/15/15) — The North Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW) today called for stepped-up police protection for participants in a Muslim conference this weekend in Garland, Texas. The “Stand with the Prophet against Hate and Terror” event is sponsored by Sound Vision Foundation and is designed to help challenge […]
CAIR to React to New Charlie Hebdo Cover
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/13/15) — On Wednesday, January 14, representatives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will hold a media availability at the Muslim civil rights organization's Capitol Hill headquarters in Washington, D.C., to offer reaction to the publication Wednesday of Charlie Hebdo magazine in France featuring a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on the […]
CAIR Files Brief Challenging Texas Ban on Inmate-Led Religious Gatherings
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/13/15) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that it has filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which is considering whether the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's (TDCJ) policy requiring direct supervision by a chaplain or outside volunteer […]
CAIR Reps Speak at White House Rally on Gitmo Anniversary
On Sunday, January 11, CAIR staff joined a coalition of human rights activists, torture survivors, Guantanamo attorneys, 9-11 family members, and members of diverse faith communities at a rally outside the White House. After the rally, the protesters marched through the streets of D.C. to the National Archives to mark the 13th anniversary of the […]
CAIR Asks Fox News to Drop Islamophobes After Steven Emerson’s ‘Muslim-Only’ UK City Gaffe
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/12/15) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Fox News to stop using Islamophobiccommentators after self-proclaimed terrorism “expert” Steven Emerson was forced to apologize online for falsely claiming that a city in the United Kingdom is “totally Muslim, where non-Muslims just […]
CAIR Reports Threat to Central Ohio Mosque
Muslim civil rights groups seeks state, federal hate crime probe (COLUMBUS, OHIO, 1/11/15) — The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) today called on local and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a reported threat to one of that state's mosques as a possible hate crime. Muslim community leaders told CAIR-Ohio that […]
CAIR Condemns Reported Massacre by Boko Haram
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/10/15) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemn a reported massacre by the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram and urged the international community to assist that nation in efforts to eliminate the group's threat to the civilian population. In a statement following reports of up to 2,000 people being massacred by […]
Join Rally at White House January 11 to Mark Gitmo Anniversary
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/9/15) — On Sunday, January 11, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will join a coalition of human rights activists, torture survivors, Guantanamo attorneys, 9-11 family members, and members of diverse faith communities in holding a rally (1 p.m.) at the White House followed by a march (1:30 p.m.) to the National Archives […]
Ask Howard County Public Schools to grant Eid holidays
Contact the Howard County Public Schools Board of Education and ask them to vote in favor of equality for Muslim school holidays. You may have heard that Maryland Muslim leaders have been working hard to seek equality for Eid in public school systems across the state. Howard County is one of the most diverse states […]