CAIR Calls for Moratorium on Death Penalty Following Execution of Troy Davis
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/22/11) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty following the controversial execution of Troy Davis last night in Georgia for the murder of an off-duty police officer. Because of circumstances surrounding his trial and sentencing, Davis' execution captured worldwide attention. Seven […]
CAIR Calls for Reform of FBI’s Training on Islam, Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/21/11) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today joined a coalition of other civil rights and advocacy organizations in calling on the FBI to eliminate anti-Muslim bias from the system used to train its agents.At a press conference this morning outside FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., CAIR and the other groups expressed […]
U.S. Christian, Muslim Delegation Issues Statement on Effort to Free Iran Hikers
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/19/11) – A delegation of American Christian and Muslim leaders today issued a joint statement on their return to the United States after meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other officials in Iran to foster theological dialogue and to seek the release of hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal on humanitarian grounds. […]
CAIR Says Bill Unfairly Singles Out U.S. Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/19/11) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today urged American Muslims and other people of conscience to call members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about proposed legislation that singles out American Muslims for additional scrutiny over the threat of violent extremism in the United States.The Senate Committee will […]
CAIR Issues Report on August Spike in Anti-Mosque Incidents
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/18/2012) — A national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today issued a preliminaRamadan2012incidents.pdfry reporton a spike in anti-mosque incidents that occurred in late August following a massacre of Sikh worshippers in Oak Creek, Wis. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reports that in the 13-day period between August 6 and August […]
U.S. Muslim on No-Fly List Detained after Sea Travel to U.K.
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/12/11) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reported today that an Oregon Muslim who traveled by ship to Europe because he is on the U.S. government’s “no-fly” list has been detained in the United Kingdom when he disembarked in Southampton.CAIR recently sent letters to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and FBI Director […]
CAIR Asks NY City Officials to Enforce Law Barring NYPD Mosque Spying
Law prohibits reported use of racial, ethnic profiling by law enforcement officers (WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/31/2011) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on the New York City Council and Mayor Michael Bloomberg to enforce a law that prohibits the use of racial or ethnic profiling by law enforcement officers. The […]
CAIR to Call for Probe of Secret NYPD-CIA Program to Spy on Muslims
— MEDIA ADVISORY — CAIR to Call for Probe of Secret NYPD-CIA Program to Spy on MuslimsAP investigation reveals CIA links to widespread monitoring of Muslim communities(NEW YORK, NY, 8/24/11) — Later today, the New York and New Jersey chapters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY/CAIR-NJ) will hold a news conference in Manhattan to […]
In today’s post 9/11 America, there are 15,000 informants working with the FBI
In today’s post 9/11 America, there are 15,000 informants working with the FBI. That’s nearly three times as many as there were 25 years ago. Over the years, when there has been a surge in the number of informants the FBI recruits and uses, there’s a specific target in the FBI’s sights — first organized […]
CAIR-PA: Lessons of Ramadan and 9/11 (Philly Inquirer)
This season brings a confluence of two important events for me as an American Muslim, one spiritual, one civic. Ramadan, which coincides with August this year, is the sacred month when Muslims believe God revealed the text of the holy Quran to the prophet Mohammed. And Sept. 11 is the day when my country was […]