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Urge Senate to Include Anti-Profiling Protections in Immigration Reform Bill

Note: The click-and-send letter for this alert is outdated and has been deactivated. Please go to our updated alert to take action for immigration reform!   CAIR Action Alert #695: Urge Senate to Include Anti-Profiling Protections in Immigration Reform Bill (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5-16-13) — CAIR is urging voters to contact their representatives in the U.S. […]

Indiana: Muslim teen helps veteran overcome prejudice

By Rondrell Moore, WTHI, 5/13/2013TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) – A military man’s beliefs have been changed for the better, thanks to a new addition to his family. Brian Miller served in the army in the 1980s in various locations. He’s a military vet, with a pride for country, you’d be hard pressed to match. His […]

CAIR-CA: Are The Feds Unfairly Targeting Muslim Students Who Oppose Israel?

By Nick Schou, OC Weekly, May 14 2013 In Washington D.C. today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) opened a probe of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), following reports that the IRS was unfairly targeting conservative non-profit groups affiliated with the Tea Party movement. Closer to home, the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic […]

Urge Pentagon to End Forced Feeding of Guantanamo Hunger Strike Prisoners

CAIR Action Alert #694 Urge Pentagon to End Forced Feeding of Guantanamo Hunger Strike Prisoners (WASHINGTON, DC, 5/14/13) – Yesterday, the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) joined a coalition of 19 other civil liberties and human rights groups and health professionals in sending an open letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel requesting an end to […]

Dearborn Heights Police Department now providing halal food to detained Muslims

The Arab American News, 5/9/2013 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Local civil rights groups have welcomed the Dearborn Heights Police Department’s recent decision to provide halal food to Muslims who are detained in their custody. In recent months, members of the Council on American Islamic Relations of Michigan has held meetings with the Dearborn Heights mayor and […]

CAIR-CT: Conn. Muslims to Serve Food to the Needy

(NEW LONDON, CT, 5/10/2013) — On Saturday, May 11, the Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) and the Islamic Center of New London (ICNL) will join with members of the local Muslim community to help serve food to the needy at the Parish Hall (66 Union Street). “As Muslims, we are committed […]

Investigative Report: American Islamic Congress Funded by Islamophobes

Max Blumenthal, The Electronic Intifada, 7 May 2013 On 18 April, three days after a bombing killed three and left many more wounded at the Boston marathon, a figure unknown to most Americans stepped suddenly into the national spotlight. At a nationally broadcast interfaith service addressed by President Barack Obama, a Mauritanian-born social media activist […]

CAIR-WA to Seek ‘Maximum Penalties’ for Threats to Muslim Family

Civil rights groups says incident part of pattern targeting American Muslims (SEATTLE, WA, 5/9/2013) — The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) will hold a news conference today to call for maximum legal penalties for a man who allegedly harassed and threatened a Muslim family at Seattle Center last month. At […]

CAIR Submits Testimony for House Hearing on Boston Bombings

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/9/2013) — The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights organization, today submitted written testimony for a House hearing on the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings. Today's hearing by the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, chaired by Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), is a first in a series of […]