American Muslims: A Journalist’s Guide to Understanding Islam and Muslims:
American Muslims: A Journalist’s Guide to Understanding Islam and Muslims: A CAIR Initiative to Promote an Accurate Image of Islam in the Media According to a report by Media Tenor, a research firm that monitors and analyzes media coverage, “Islam is not only the religion that is the most frequently mentioned in television news in […]
CAIR Testimony and Other Documents
Below are selected documents from CAIR’s governement affairs department that fall into these categories: Recent Testimony to Congress Press Releases Coalition Letters Letters by CAIR Recent CAIR Testimony to Congress Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killing (May 2013) Written Statement of the Council on American-Islamic Relations submitted to the Senate […]
CAIR voter guides
2012_Presidential_Voter_Guide.pdf CAIR 2012 General Election State Voting Guides: Arizona Voting Guide Print Copy Electronic Copy California Voting Guide Print Copy Electronic Copy Connecticut Voting Guide Print Copy Electronic Copy District of Columbia Voting Guide Print Copy Electronic Copy Florida Voting Guide Print Copy Electronic Copy Georgia Voting Guide Print Copy Electronic Copy Illinois Voting Guide […]
Sample Exit Poll and Press Release
This sample exit poll and press release are designed to aid community members when gauging and report on the Muslim community’s political preferences and impact after an election. Sample Exit Poll As-salaamu ‘alaykum, I’m [name] calling from [organization name], [description of organization]. [State] had an election today. I’d like to ask you a couple […]
Sample Election Advisory
This is a sample advisory you can customize and use to remind voters about the election and make sure they know when, where and how to vote. [Note: This was modified from a CAIR-California advisory.] Headline: Election Day is [day of the week, date] (e.g. Tuesday, November 6) As a U.S. citizen, it’s your […]
Sample Calling Script
Feel free to use all or part of this script when you’re making calls to get out the vote. Salaam alaykum, I’m [name] calling from [group name], [description of group]. We are calling Muslims in [state] to urge them to vote on [day of week, month, day] Are you planning to go vote? Is […]
Get Out the Vote Drives and Other Election Activities
This page is designed to aid community members when planning to conduct get out the vote and other related election activities. Contact your local CAIR chapter to join your efforts with theirs. Obtain a list of eligible voters in your community. Lists of registrants can be obtained from city, county or state boards of […]
Creating Voter Guides
This page is designed to aid community members or organizations who want to create voter guides. A voter guide is a document that provides information to help voters to vote. A basic voter guide gives information about how, when and where to vote. An advanced guide adds information about the positions of different candidates. […]
Conducting a Voter Registration Drive
This page is designed to aid community members when planning to conduct a voter registration drive. To conduct a successful voting drive, we recommend you follow these steps: Contact your local CAIR chapter to join your efforts with theirs. Find your closest CAIR chapter. Gather a reliable core team. If CAIR does not have […]
Election Center
If you Don’t Vote, Don’t Complain It is essential that American Muslims participate in our nation’s democratic process. There are many ways to do this; one of the simplest and most critical is voting in national and local elections. Civic participation, especially voting, is a citizenship right. It is our duty to give our leaders […]