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CAIR-Ohio Urges Oberlin College to Investigate Anti-Muslim Arabic Lecturer

(CLEVELAND, OH – 4/1/14) – The Cleveland chapter of the Council on Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) today expressed concern about a lecturer in the Arabic language department at Oberlin College, Dr. Samir Amin Abdellatif, who openly promotes anti-Muslim bigotry and crude stereotypes of Muslims in his writings and on campus. CAIR-Cleveland requested that the college “investigate the matter […]

Seattle Interfaith Leaders to Seek Probe of Imam’s Forced Removal from Delta Flight

Incident part of nationwide trend of Muslim religious leaders being forcibly removed from flights (SEATTLE, WA, 3/31/2014) — On Tuesday, April 1, the Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA), along with a group of pastors, rabbis, imams, and labor leaders, will hold a news conference to ask Delta Air Lines and […]

CAIR-San Diego Asks GOP Women’s Group to Drop Anti-Muslim Speaker

(SAN DIEGO, CA, 3/30/14) – The San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) today called on Navajo Canyon Republican Women (NCRW) to drop notorious Islamophobe James Horn as a speaker for the group's April 8 meeting. SEE: San Diego Republican Women's Group to Host Anti-Muslim Speaker Horn, who is scheduled to […]

CAIR-SV to Call for Rejection of Islamophobia After Calif. Muslim Shot Dead in Hate Attack

(SACRAMENTO, CA, 3/27/14) – Later today, the Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) will hold a news conference with community leaders to call on state and national leaders to speak out against growing Islamophobia. WHAT: News Conference to Denounce Hate Murder, Growing Islamophobia WHEN: Thursday, March 27, 1 p.m. WHERE: CAIR-SV Office, […]

CAIR-MN Co-Sponsors ‘Jewish-Muslim Youth Day’ Today at the Capitol

(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 3/27/14) — On Thursday, March 27, Jewish and Muslim youth will participate in the 1st Annual “Jewish-Muslim Youth Day at the Capitol.” The event is co-sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Minnesota (CAIR-MN) and Jewish Community Action (JCA). Youth selected for the groundbreaking program will receive training on how to lobby elected […]

CAIR-NY Joins City Council Member in Support of Halal School Meals

(NEW YORK, NY, 3/26/14) — The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today joined New York City Council Member Rafael L. Espinal, Jr., of Brooklyn at a news conference on the steps of City Hall in support of his resolution (Resolution No. 54 for Halal Menu Lunch Option) urging a halal […]

CAIR-Chicago Seeks FBI Probe of Shot Fired at Illinois Mosque 

(CHICAGO, IL, 3/25/14) — The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) is calling for an FBI hate crime investigation after a bullet was reportedly fired early this morning at the dome of the Prayer Center of Orland Park (OPPC) in Orland Park, Ill. A single shot was reportedly fired through the dome […]

CAIR Says Harassment of Md. Muslim Journalist Exposes Tenn. Mosque Opponents’ Bigotry

(COLUMBIA, MD, 3/25/14) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned the harassment of a Muslim student journalist by opponents of the expansion of a Murfreesboro, Tenn., mosque cemetery. At a hearing on the issue yesterday, former Republican congressional candidate Lou Ann Zelenik questioned the intent of Noor Tagouri, a University of Maryland journalism student and radio reporter in Washington, […]

St. Louis Muslim Youth Organize First ‘Walk+Run Against Hunger’

(ST. LOUIS, MO., 3/24/2014) — On April 20, Project Downtown St. Louis (PDSTL), the Muslim Student Association Unity Project (MSA Unity) and the St. Louis chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-St. Louis) will host the first Muslim-organized “Walk+Run Against Hunger” to raise money for the needy and the homeless. WHAT:  St. Louis Walk+Run […]