4th National Muslim Advocacy Days May 7-8 on Capitol Hill to Focus on ‘Muslim Ban,’ DACA
(WASHINGTON, D.C, 5/2/18) — On May 7-8, Muslims from around the country will attend the fourth annual National Muslim Advocacy Days on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. This year, advocacy days participants will focus their lobbying efforts on issues such as the Trump administration’s “Muslim Ban,” “Digital Muslim Ban” and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. […]
CAIR-Chicago, Hughes Socol Law Firm Sue USCIS, DHS Over Secret Citizenship Vetting Program
(CHICAGO, IL, 5/1/2018) – The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), in conjunction with the law firm Hughes Socol Piers Resnick and Dym, Ltd. (HSPRD), today announced the filing of a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeking documents related to a secret government vetting […]
CAIR Condemns Apparent Anti-Semitic Attack Targeting University Students in Maryland
(BALTIMORE, MD, 5/1/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an apparent anti-Semitic attack on two Jewish students at Towson University in Baltimore County and expressed solidarity with that state’s Jewish community. SEE: Towson University investigating possible hate crime against two Jewish students According to […]
CAIR Asks Marine Corps to Drop Islamophobic, Anti-Arab Books From Reading List
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/30/2018) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the United States Marine Corps to drop two Islamophobic and anti-Arab books from a recommended reading list on its official website. CAIR asked the Marine Corps to remove any reference to and perceived […]
CAIR-Minnesota to Hold Vigil for Shukri Ali Said, Somali Woman Killed by Police in Georgia
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN., 4/30/18) — Later today, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) will hold a vigil and rally outside the Cedar Cultural Center for #ShukriAliSaid. This past Saturday, Shukri Ali Said, 36, was tragically killed by JOHNS CREEK, GA police after she was experiencing a mental health crisis. Said’s family called […]
CAIR-San Antonio to Release Civil Rights Report Showing That Trump’s Muslim Ban Resulted in Increased Islamophobia
(San Antonio, TX, 4/30/2018) – On Tuesday, April 30, the Council on American-Islamic Relations San Antonio chapter (CAIR-SA) will hold a press conference about the release of a one-of-its-kind report showing “concrete evidence” that the Trump administration’s Muslim Ban resulted in increased anti-Muslim discrimination and violence nationwide in the past year. CAIR’s 2018 civil rights […]
CAIR-Georgia, The Awad Law Firm to Conduct Civil Rights Investigation for Family of Mentally-Ill Woman Shot by Police in Johns Creek
(ATLANTA, GA – 4/29/2018) — The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) and The Awad Law Firm today announced that they have agreed to represent the family of Shukri Said, a mentally-ill Georgia woman shot and killed by law enforcement in Johns Creek on April 28. SEE: Police Identify Woman Killed in Officer-Involved Shooting Woman Killed […]
CAIR Asks Louisiana Official to Apologize for Islamophobic Facebook Post
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/26/2018) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on a public official in Louisiana to apologize for an Islamophobic post on Facebook. Jack Clampit, a member of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury, shared a post on his personal Facebook page showing a […]
CAIR-LA Calls for End to Use of Stereotypical ‘Enemy’ Attire in UCLA ROTC Training
Muslim civil rights group says portraying Arabs and Muslims as the ”˜enemy’ could negatively impact Muslim students and feeds false and harmful stereotypes (ANAHEIM, CA, 4/26/2018) – The Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called for an immediate end to — and apology for – the use of […]