MEDIA ADVISORY: CAIR-San Diego, East County Justice Coalition to Host Stop School Bullying Town Hall
(SAN DIEGO, CA, 12/3/2018) – On Tuesday, December 4, the San Diego office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) along with the East County Justice Coalition, will hold a Town Hall to allow East County students and families a safe space to discuss the bullying issues that have been prevalent in the Cajon […]
On Anniversary of Trump’s Muslim Ban, Impacted Individuals and Advocates Deliver Petition with Over 150,000 Signatures to Congress
Urge Members to Move to Repeal the Ban’s Un-American and Life Threatening Restrictions WASHINGTON, DC ”” On Tuesday, December 4th, one year after the Supreme Court allowed Muslim Ban 3.0 to go into effect, impacted individuals and organizations including NIAC, the ACLU, NILC, CAIR National, SAALT, Advancing Justice, MPower Change, CWS Global, and Franciscan Action […]
CAIR-LA Decries Racist Graffiti on African-American Mural in Los Angeles
(LOS ANGELES, CA – 11/30/2018) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today condemned racist graffiti defacing a mural celebrating African-American achievement in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. READ: Vandalism of Hyde Park Black Panthers Mural with Swastika Graffiti Investigated as Hate Crime https://ktla.com/2018/11/29/hyde-park-black-panthers-mural-vandalized-with-swastika-graffiti/ According to […]
CAIR Joins Call for Censure of Rep. Steve King After He Calls Immigrants ‘Dirt’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has joined 139 other organizations in calling on U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to censure Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King after he was caught calling Mexican immigrants “dirt” in a taped conversation with supporters. CAIR has documented numerous incidents of King engaging in anti-Muslim, […]
CAIR Applauds Introduction of Senate Bill Requiring DNI Report on Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/30/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded the introduction of a bill in the U.S. Senate requiring a public report on the murder of Virginia resident and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. Introduced by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Jack […]
CAIR Applauds Maryland County Executive-Elect’s Principled Move to Reject Islamophobia
(BALTIMORE, MD, 11/29/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), America’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded Maryland’s Anne Arundel County Executive-Elect Steuart Pittman’s decision to remove the county’s former fire chief Roger Simonds from his transition committee after controversial Islamophobic posts surfaced on his social media pages. SEE: Pittman removes former fire […]
CAIR-MA Receives 500+ Letters of Support for Muslim Girl Targeted by Threatening, Islamophobic Messages
(BOSTON, MA, 11/29/18) — The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it has received more than 500 letters of support for a 10-year-old Muslim girl from Framingham, Mass., who was targeted by Islamophobic and threatening letters two weeks ago. SEE: […]
CAIR Welcomes Guilty Plea by Man Who Murdered Va. Muslim Teen Nabra Hassanen
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/28/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a guilty plea by Darwin Martinez-Torres, 25, for the June 2017 murder of 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen of Reston, Va. CAIR said the plea deal allows Martinez-Torres to avoid a potential death penalty. After today’s plea […]
CAIR Calls for Transparency in Police Investigation into Arrest of ‘Good Samaritan’
(Baltimore, Md., 11/28/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for transparency in a police investigation of the circumstances that led to a Silver Spring man’s detainment and arrest after he reportedly assisted an inebriated neighbor home in Montgomery County, Maryland on November 17. In a […]
Video: CAIR News Conference with Family of Murdered Va. Muslim Teen Nabra Hassanen Following Plea Hearing for Martinez-Torres
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/28/18) – Today representatives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held a news conference with the family of murdered Virginia Muslim teen Nabra Hassanen following a plea hearing for Martinez-Torres, who is charged with Hassanen’s murder. Video: Full CAIR News Conference The hearing was held at the Fairfax County Courthouse (4110 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, […]