CAIR Welcomes Victory Allowing Pro-BDS Event at Arizona State University Despite Unconstitutional Anti-BDS Law
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/16/18) – The CAIR Legal Defense Fund (CAIR) today reached a court-approved agreement with Arizona State University (ASU), the Arizona Board of Regents and Arizona Attorney General to allow an event with Dr. Hatem Bazian and American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) to move forward without interruption on April 3. Initially, ASU offered Dr. […]
CAIR-NY, ECBA File Civil Rights Class Action Lawsuit to Block NYPD From Removing Arrestees’ Hijabs for Booking Photos
Lawsuit claims NYPD policy traumatizes Muslim survivors of domestic violence (NEW YORK, NY, 3/16/18) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) and the law firm of Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP (ECBA), a leading civil rights firm, today filed a class action civil rights law lawsuit in federal court […]
CAIR-Columbus Testifies Before Ohio House Committee in Favor of Anti-Bullying Bill
On Tuesday, March 13, CAIR-Columbus Public Affairs Coordinator Usjid Hameed testified before the Ohio House Education and Career Readiness Committee in favor of HB 360 – The Ohio Anti-Bullying and Hazing Act. The bill, sponsored by Representative Dave Greenspan, seeks to establish an explicit and unambiguous anti-bullying state statue for school districts to implement. While […]
CAIR-Columbus 21st Annual Banquet a Success
(COLUMBUS, 3/15/18) – On Sunday, March 11, more than 400 people turned out for the Council on American-Islamic Relations Columbus chapter’s (CAIR-Columbus) 21st Annual Banquet to support the advocacy organization’s civil rights work. Guest speakers included Dr. Altaf Hussain, Imam Suhaib Webb, and comedian Jeremy McClellan. CAIR-Columbus received documents of recognition from Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, Columbus City Council, Columbus City Mayor […]
CAIR: Register for 4th Annual National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill in D.C.
(WASHINGTON, DC, 3/14/18) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), in partnership with the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), is encouraging members of the American Muslim community to register for the 4th annual National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 7 and 8. Registration is now open until May 1, […]
CAIR to Join ‘Talk-Back’ Discussions Following One-Man Performances in DC About Japanese American Internment
(WASHINGTON, DC, 3/14/2018) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will participate in talk-back discussions following several upcoming performances of “Hold These Truths” at the Mead Center for American Theater’s Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. The next discussion will be held after the March 22 viewing, followed by conversations on March 27 and April 4. Set in the events […]
CAIR-Minnesota, Community Leaders to Respond to Arrest of Bloomington Mosque Bombing Suspects
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 3/13/18) – – Later today, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) will join Muslim community leaders at a press conference in response to the FBI’s arrest made of three suspects in the 2017 bombing of the Dar Al-Farooq mosque in Bloomington, Minn. Authorities today announced the arrests of Illinois residents Michael B. Hari, […]
CAIR Opposes Nominations of ‘Islamophobe’ Pompeo for Secretary of State, ‘Torturer’ Haspel for CIA Director
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/13/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged opposition to the nominations of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state and of Gina Haspel as CIA director. Both were named to those posts today by President Trump and must now be confirmed by […]
FBI Entrapment Harms Vulnerable Muslims
By Rachel Roberts As details emerge about Matthew Aaron Llenaza, the San Jose man arrested for plotting terrorism at the behest of an undercover FBI agent, we have learned that Mr. Llenaza had a history of bipolar disorder and psychosis. This newly publicized information about Mr. Llenaza casts doubt on the portrait the FBI has […]
CAIR-Cincinnati 16th Annual Banquet a Success
(CINCINNATI, 3/12/18) – Some 160 people turned out on Saturday for the Council on American-Islamic Relations Cincinnati Chapter’s (CAIR-Cincinnati) 16th Annual Civil Rights Banquet, with the theme “Living Our Faith — Defending Freedom” at the Holiday Inn in West Chester, Ohio. Almost $100,000 was raised at the banquet to support CAIR-Cincinnati’s civil rights work. At the event, […]