CAIR-Florida Welcomes Four-year Prison Sentence for Man Convicted for Threatening to Bomb Islamic Center
(Miami, FL – 9/6/2018) The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today welcomed the four-year prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release imposed on Dustin Hughes at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The convicted felon will be serving his sentence in federal prison after pleading guilty […]
CAIR Condemns Trump Administration Proposal for Indefinite Detention of Immigrant Children
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/6/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Trump administration’s plan to withdraw from a longstanding settlement agreement that prohibits keeping immigrant children in detention for more than 20 days. That proposed change in policy, which was announced today, would allow […]
CAIR to Offer Free Legal Clinic at Mosque for Day of Dignity in Baltimore
(BALTIMORE, MD, 9/5/18) – On Saturday, September 8, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) hold a free legal clinic at the 2018 “Day of Dignity” in Baltimore, Md., which is being coordinated by Muslim Social Services Agency in partnership with Islamic Relief USA. The event is open to people of all faiths and backgrounds. WHAT: CAIR […]
CAIR Action Alert: Sign Petition Demanding that Congress Repeal Trump’s Muslim Ban
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/5/18) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined a coalition of 24 local and national organizations calling on all Americans to remind Congress that it still has the power to repeal President Trump’s “Muslim Ban” executive order and should do so immediately. […]
CAIR-Michigan to Announce Civil Rights, DOJ Complaints Against Washtenaw Co. Sheriff’s Office Over Assault on Muslim
(FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, 9/5/2018) – On Thursday, September 6, the Michigan chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim Civil Rights and advocacy organization, will hold a press conference to announce the filing of civil rights complaints with the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against the Washtenaw County […]
ISLAM-OPED Nihad Awad: American Muslims Are Making History
ISLAM-OPED is a syndication service of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) designed to offer an American Muslim perspective on current political, social and religious issues. ISLAM-OPED commentaries are offered free-of-charge to one media outlet in each market area. Permission for publication will be granted on a first-come-first-served basis. Please consider the following commentary for […]
GOOD NEWS ALERT: CAIR’s Intervention Allows U.S. Citizen on Government’s ‘No-Fly’ List to Return Home
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/4/18) – Following CAIR’s intervention, an American citizen placed on the “no-fly” list by the U.S. government was able to return to the United States from “extrajudicial exile” in the Middle East. Extrajudicial exile occurs when an American citizen travels overseas to visit family, for work or for tourism and — after that […]
Nihad Awad: American Muslims Are Making History
ISLAM-OPED is a syndication service of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) designed to offer an American Muslim perspective on current political, social and religious issues. ISLAM-OPED commentaries are offered free-of-charge to one media outlet in each market area. Permission for publication will be granted on a first-come-first-served basis. Please consider the following commentary for […]
CAIR Action Alert: Contact Senate to Question SCOTUS Nominee Kavanaugh’s Support for NSA Spying on Americans, Stop and Frisk, Unchecked Executive Authority
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/4/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on all those who value Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure to contact their U.S. Senators, and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to ask that Supreme Court Nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh be […]
Registration Now Open Online for CAIR’s National Leadership and Policy Conference, 24th Annual Banquet
Past events have been sold out, no tickets are sold at the door — so register TODAY to reserve your place WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/31/2018) — Registration is now available online for CAIR’s National Leadership and Policy Conference and 24th annual banquet. CAIR’s conference, themed “We the People, Organizing for Justice: Vision 2020,” will be held from Friday, October 19 […]