Republican activists denounce leader’s anti-Muslim remarks
Steve Long, Red Dirt Report EDMOND, Okla. — As you might be well aware, State Rep. John Bennett (R-Sallisaw) made some hateful comments about Muslim Americans, stating that we should be wary of them. Understandably, the Executive Director of CAIR-OK, Adam Soltani, requested that the leaders of the GOP denounce these anti-Muslim comments. In response, […]
GWU Screening of Islamophobic Film Postponed After Sponsor Informed of Producers’ Anti-Muslim Agenda
The United Nations Foundation has announced that it is postponing a screening of the Islamophobic Clarion Project film “Honor Diaries” scheduled for September 11 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. This comes after CAIR sent a letter to the foundation outlining the producers' anti-Muslim agenda. In its letter to the foundation, CAIR wrote in […]
D.C., National Muslim Leaders to Watch President’s ISIS Speech, Offer Reaction
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/10/14) – This evening, leaders of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the local and national Muslim community will take part in a Capitol Hill viewing of President Obama's address to the nation on the threat posed by the terrorist group ISIS. Following the viewing, the Muslim community leaders will offer their […]
CAIR to Present CODEPINK with ‘Community Organization of Year Award’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/9/14) — On September 27, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will present CODEPINK, a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement, with its “Community Organization of the Year” award during CAIR’s 20th annual banquet at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va. CODEPINK works to “end U.S. funded wars and occupations, to […]
CAIR-OK: Muslim, Interfaith, Rights Groups to Call for GOP Repudiation of Officials’ Anti-Muslim Remarks
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 9/9/14) – – On Wednesday, September 10, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK), along with other civil rights and interfaith groups, will hold a news conference at the State Capitol to make a public call on the Republican National Committee (RNC) to repudiate Rep. John Bennett's and Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman […]
CAIR Delivers Testimony Seeking Muslim Holiday on Maryland County’s School Calendar
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/9/14) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today submitted testimony to Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Joshua Starr and the Board of Education seeking recognition of the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha on the 2015-16 school calendar. The school board met […]
CAIR Asks RNC to Repudiate Oklahoma Republicans’ Anti-Muslim Statements
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/8/2014) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Republican National Committee (RNC) to “publicly repudiate anti-Muslim remarks by Republican State Representative John Bennett and Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Dave Weston.” In a letter to RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, CAIR Department […]
CAIR Offers Condolences on Death of Tayyibah Taylor
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/5/14) — The board and staff of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today offered sincere condolences on the death of Tayyibah Taylor, founding editor-in-chief and publisher of Azizah Magazine. SEE: Tayyibah Taylor, US Muslim Pioneer, Passes Away “To God we belong and to Him we return,” said CAIR National Communications Director. “Sister Tayyibah […]
CAIR-NY Seeks Hate Crime Charges for Attack on Muslim Activist, Colleague
(NEW YORK, N.Y., 9/4/14) — The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling for hate crime charges to be filed against a man who allegedly attacked a Muslim activist and her colleague while shouting anti-Muslim slurs. Linda Sarsour reported on Facebook […]
CAIR Asks Oklahoma GOP to Repudiate Legislator’s Anti-Muslim Facebook Post
State Representative John Bennett says be 'wary' of 'Muslim Americans,' falsely claims Quran says non-Muslims 'should be killed' (OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 9/3/14) — The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today called on state Republican Party leaders to repudiate remarks by Representative John Bennett calling on Oklahoman's to be “wary” of “Muslim […]