CAIR-CA Welcomes Rep. Issa’s Repudiation of Candidate’s Islamophobia
(ANAHEIM, CA, 5/9/14) – The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) today welcomed Rep. Darrell Issa's (R-CA) repudiation of an anti-Muslim Facebook posting by a California assemblyman and gubernatorial candidate. “There is nothing more un-American than a candidate for high public office resorting to inciting xenophobia to gain political points,” said Safaa […]
CAIR Joins U.S. Muslim Leaders in Condemning Boko Haram
CAIR representative Zainab Chaudry joined the Council of Muslim Organizations at the National Press Club in D.C. to call for the immediate release of the almost 300 schoolgirls who were kidnapped in Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Haram. National and local Muslim organizations also took part, including representatives from the National Council of Nigerian […]
Surveillance, discrimination stifling University of Texas Muslim community
By Syed Rizvi, The Daily Texan Three weeks ago, the New York City Police Department curtailed its surveillance program that devoted a special task force to surveil Muslims and their communities. This program was criticized for its indiscriminate surveillance of Muslims. The news of NYPD’s decision to curtail its surveillance program was commended by the […]
Join CAIR on May 23 Global Day of Action to Close Guantanamo and End Indefinite Detention
CAIR, in partnership with the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Amnesty International, Witness Against Torture, and ten other religious, human, and civil rights organizations, invites you to join communities across the U.S. and the world to urge President Obama and Congress to end indefinite detention and close the detention facility at Guantanamo. The May 23 […]
Good News: Congress Acts on Burma Persecution of Muslims, NSA Spying, Unchecked War Authorities
The second week of May included several congressional victories and prospects for the American Muslim community and all those people of conscience who support civil liberties and human rights for all people. Congress Passes House Resolution Seeking an to End Persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Burma On Wednesday, May 7, the U.S. House of Representatives […]
CAIR Rep Trains Md. Law Enforcement, Community Leaders on Security for Houses of Worship
(BALTIMORE, MD, 5/8/14) — Zainab Chaudry, chair of the Maryland outreach office of CAIR, earlier this week provided training on threat and security assessment at houses of worship to law enforcement and community members at the Coalition Opposed to Violence and Extremism’s (COVE) 2014 Hate Crimes Summit held at Towson University in Maryland. This year’s […]
CAIR-Cleveland to Host 12th Annual Banquet
(CLEVELAND, OH, 5/7/14) – On Sunday May 11, the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) will hold its twelfth annual civil rights banquet with the theme “Faith in Freedom” at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Independence, Ohio. The keynote speaker, Dr. Denise A. Spellberg, from the University of Texas at Austin, will […]
CAIR-CA Asks GOP to Repudiate Gubernatorial Candidate’s Anti-Muslim Posting
(ANAHEIM, CA, 5/6/14) – The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) today called on Republican leaders to repudiate the anti-Muslim Facebook posting of a California assemblyman and gubernatorial candidate. Republican gubernatorial candidate and Assembly Member Tim Donnelly posted a Facebook comment falsely accusing fellow candidate Neel Kashkari of making “the United States […]
Urge Congress to Pass NSA Spying Reform Bill
UPDATE, 6/5/14: CAIR and many other civil liberties organizations have withdrawn their support for the USA Freedom Act in the form that was finally adopted by the House. Please see our updated statement for details. (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/6/14) – On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee will consider the USA Freedom Act, a bipartisan reform […]