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Join CAIR at our 19th annual banquet in Arlington, VA

              CAIR invites you to join us for our 19th annual banquet with the theme “Faith in Freedom,” on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in Arlington, VA. To purchase your ticket ($65), go to www.cair.com/banquet Over the past year, we have worked tirelessly to defend civil liberties, empower American Muslims, […]

Good News Alert: Illinois Police Departments Cancel Events with Anti-Muslim Trainer

CAIR-Chicago to work with appropriate agencies to ensure high standards for qualified trainers on Islam (CHICAGO, IL, 8/16/2013) — The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today announced that the Lombard Police Department has joined the Elmhurst and Highland Park police departments in cancelling previously scheduled trainings featuring controversial anti-Islam trainer Sam […]

CAIR Welcomes Court Ruling Striking Down Oklahoma Anti-Islam Amendment

(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 8/15/13) – The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today welcomed a federal court ruling permanently striking down an Oklahoma state constitutional amendment that would have banned state courts from consider “Sharia law” (Islamic principles) and “international law.” Today's ruling comes almost three years after the amendment was passed […]

CAIR Issues Video Appeal in Arabic for Release of Priest Held in Syria

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/15/13) — Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), today issued a video appeal in Arabic calling for the release of Father Paolo Dall'Oglio, who has been missing and presumed kidnapped in Syria.     Video: CAIR Appeal Release of Father Paolo Dall'Oglio         In […]

PBS series ‘Life of Muhammad’ explores diverse opinions of prophet

By Menachem Wecker, Religion News Service, Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2:42 PM RNS () — He’s born poor. By age 6, he’s an orphan. Two years later, he loses his grandfather. Yet he overcomes his circumstances, develops a reputation for business integrity and progressive views on marriage. Then he becomes a prophet of God. The […]

Why It’s Vital to Get the Truth About Ibragim Todashev’s Killing

It’s been almost three months since he was shot by the FBI. The public still has no clear explanation of what happened. Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic Earlier this summer, the FBI shot and killed Ibragim Todashev at his Orlando, Florida, apartment, where he was being questioned by law-enforcement officials. Afterward, police sources gave wildly conflicting […]

CAIR Asks Illinois Law Enforcement to Drop Anti-Muslim Trainer

(CHICAGO, IL, 8/15/13) — The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today called on Illinois law enforcement authorities to drop Sam Kharoba, a notorious anti-Muslim bigot, as a counterterrorism trainer. CAIR-Chicago asserts that Kharoba's training materials on Islam are riddled with inaccuracies, sweeping generalizations and stereotypes, that he is unqualified as a […]

Violence Against Muslims Advocated at Anti-Islam Event in Florida

J.D. Gallop, Florida Today A controversial University of Central Florida professor spoke before a full audience Tuesday night and warned that there is a “civilization jihad” being waged by Islamic fundamentalists on local, academic and political fronts. “They’ll try to whitewash the crimes that Muslims have done,” said associate professor Jonathan Matusitz, speaking before an […]

CAIR Says Obama Must Act Against Massacre of Pro-Democracy Protesters in Egypt

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/14/13) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today called on the Obama administration to take concrete steps to end the ongoing massacre of pro-democracy protesters in Egypt and to seek the restoration of democracy.       In a statement, CAIR said: “CAIR […]