CAIR-DFW Renews Call for Islamophobic Plano Councilman to Resign
(DALLAS, TEXAS, 8/16/2018) – The Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW) is renewing the call for Plano City Council member Tom Harrison to resign over his sharing in February of an Islamophobic Facebook post calling on President Trump to “ban Islam in American schools.” After the council member posted the offensive video, […]
CAIR-Georgia Calls on Police to Drop Charges Against 87-Year-Old Woman Tased While Cutting Dandelions
(ATLANTA, GA, 8/16/2018) — The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today called on the Chatsworth Police Department to immediately drop all charges against Martha Al-Bashara, an 87-year-old Syrian Christian woman who was tased during an encounter with law enforcement on Aug. 10th. SEE: 87-Year-Old Woman Tasered By Police While Cutting Dandelions http://amp.wsbtv.com/news/local/87-year-old-woman-tasered-by-police-while-cutting-dandelions-family-says/812963216 In a […]
CAIR Welcomes Federal Court’s Decision to Allow Suit Challenging Maryland Islam-Specific Prison Policy to Move Forward
(WASHINGTON, DC, 8/16/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a Maryland federal court’s decision to allow CAIR’s lawsuit against a prison in that state to move forward. In allowing the case to proceed, United States District Court Judge Peter Messitte rejected Prince George’s County’s attempt […]
CAIR-Florida Demands Dismissal of TSA Supervisor Who Told Air Marshals to Surveil African-American Travelers
(MIAMI, FL, 8/16/18) — The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida), the state’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for the immediate dismissal of an allegedly racist Transportation Security Administration (TSA) supervisor who reportedly directed air marshals to search African-American travelers and used the “n-word” to do so. Rather […]
CAIR-Kansas Welcomes Missouri GOP’s Condemnation of Islamophobic, Anti-Semitic Candidate, Calls for His Expulsion from Party
(KANSAS CITY, MO, 8/15/2018) – The Kansas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Kansas) today welcomes the Missouri Republican Party’s condemnation of a racist, anti-Semitic and Islamophobic candidate who won the primary for a Missouri House seat and calls for his expulsion from the party. Republican candidate Steve West, who has never run for public office yet won 49 […]
CAIR Condemns Alleged Racist Assault on Vermont Store Clerk
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/15/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy and civil rights organization, today condemned an alleged racist assault on a convenience store clerk in Vermont. A man allegedly “went into a store, seemingly at random, and, unprovoked. . .held a loaded gun to the victim’s head because of […]
CAIR-New Jersey Applauds Members of the NJ Congressional Delegation for Demanding Removal of Islamophobic ICE Official
(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., 8/15/18) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today applauded six members of the New Jersey congressional delegation for demanding the removal of New Jersey ICE office spokesperson Emilio Karim Dabul after disturbing news reports surfaced of his connections to Islamophobic groups. On Wednesday, Reps. Bill Pascrell, […]
CAIR Seeks Probe of Louisiana Officer’s Anti-Muslim Social Media Post
(Washington, D.C., 8/13/2018) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for an investigation of a Louisiana police officer’s Islamophobic Facebook post. Joey Hester, former Shreveport police officer and current part-time police officer in the town of Blanchard, shared an anti-Muslim social media post on his […]
American Muslims to Mark End of Religious Pilgrimage With Communal Prayers, Celebration
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/13/2018) – On Tuesday, Aug. 21, American Muslims will mark the end of the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca, called Hajj, with communal prayers and celebrations at locations around the country. The prayers and the holiday that follows Hajj are called Eid ul-Adha (EED-al-ODD-ha), or “festival of the sacrifice.” Eid ul-Adha, commonly referred to […]
CAIR Condemns Racist Graffiti Discovered on Vehicles in Baltimore County, Maryland
(Baltimore, Md., 8/13/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned hate symbols and racist graffiti spray-painted on at least 15 vehicles parked in a residential area in Maryland. African-American residents of the Lochearn neighborhood of Baltimore County awoke on the morning of Aug. 10 to learn […]