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MEDIA ADVISORY:  CAIR to Announce Challenge to Federal Government’s Watchlisting System, Including TSA’s Quiet Skies Program

(Washington, DC, 8/7/2018) – On Wednesday Aug. 8, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a press conference at its Capitol Hill headquarters in Washington, D.C. At the press conference, CAIR will announce its new constitutional challenge to the federal government’s watchlisting system, including the […]

CAIR-New Jersey Calls for Dismissal of ICE Spokesman With Ties to Anti-Muslim Hate Groups

(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 8/6/2018) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ), today called for the dismissal of New Jersey’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesman who has ties to anti-Muslim hate groups and designated Islamophobes. According to an investigation by Star-Ledger and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Emilio Karim […]

CAIR-Oregon and Portland DSA Call for Reforms in Wake of Portland Police Tactics Against Peaceful Counter-Protesters

(PORTLAND, OREGON, 8/4/2018) – The Oregon chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Oregon) and the Portland chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (Portland DSA) today called on government officials to investigate and enact reforms in the wake of the Portland Police Bureau’s violent actions that targeted Portland residents peacefully counter-protesting against racist far-right […]

CAIR Calls on Idaho GOP to Repudiate Candidate’s Anti-Muslim ‘Muzzie’ Slur

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/3/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy and civil rights organization, called on the Idaho Republic Party to repudiate an anti-Muslim slur used by a GOP candidate in that state. Kevin Rhoades, a Boise Republican legislative candidate, wrote, “happy to delete another American hating muzzie,” as he posted […]

CAIR-MA Condemns Islamophobic Mailers Targeting Congressional Candidate

(BOSTON, MA, 8/2/18) – The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), a chapter of the largest Muslim advocacy and civil rights organization in the United States, today condemned a series of Islamophobic mailers targeting congressional candidate Tahirah Amatul-Wadud.   Amatul-Wadud is running for the first congressional district in Western Massachusetts. CAIR-MA has received multiple […]

CAIR to Host Civil Rights Outreach Event in Louisiana

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/1/2018) – On Saturday, August 4, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a civil rights outreach event at a mosque in Louisiana. At the outreach event, which will be held at Masjid Omar in Harvey, La., CAIR attorneys and state executive directors […]

CAIR Welcomes New Hampshire AG’s Actions After Assault on Muslim Couple

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/1/2018) – The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, today welcomed the New Hampshire attorney general’s decision to pursue charges under the state’s Civil Rights Act after an alleged hate crime targeting a Muslim couple. According to media reports, the couple was requesting a […]

CAIR, NAACP AACo, Community Allies to Call on Anne Arundel County BOE to Address Discrimination, Racism in School System

(BALTIMORE, MD, 8/1/18) – Today, the Council on American-Islamic Relations will join the Anne Arundel County branch of the NAACP, Caucus of African American Leaders, and the United Clergy of Anne Arundel County to demand that the Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ Board of Education address allegations of an alarming pattern of racism, discrimination and reports of […]