BREAKING: CAIR Welcomes Virginia Sheriff’s Decision to Drop Anti-Muslim Event
BREAKING NEWS: CAIR has learned that Virginia’s Amherst County Sheriff’s Office today informed the Amherst County Republican Committee that a Tuesday evening event featuring Islamophobic conspiracy theorist Chris Gaubatz must be moved to another venue. Earlier today, CAIR urged the sheriff’s office and the Amherst County Republican Committee to drop the event. SEE: CAIR Asks […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Harassment of Muslim NYPD Officers
(NEW YORK, NY, 1/8/2018) — The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the alleged harassment of two Muslim NYPD officers, whose lockers were reportedly vandalized with messages, including “F–k you, Muslim b—h.” According to police, the graffiti was discovered on Saturday […]
CAIR Asks Virginia Sheriff, GOP to Drop Anti-Muslim Event
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/8/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on a Virginia law enforcement agency and the Republican Party in that state to drop an upcoming event featuring a representative of an anti-Muslim hate group, the leader of which claims a former CIA […]
Action Alert: CAIR is Hiring – Join our Team in Washington, D.C.
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/5/2018) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on qualified applicants to submit resumes for a number of new positions at the nation’s largest American Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. “Due to the increasing number of cases of discrimination, attacks and policies targeting American Muslims, and the […]
Action Alert: CAIR Urges Senate to Vote ‘No’ on Torture-Supporting Judicial Nominee Howard Nielson
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/5/18) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote “NO” on the nomination of Howard C. Nielson to the position of United States District Court Judge for the District of Utah because of his past support for torture. […]
Good News Alert: CAIR Applauds Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh for Denying Requests to Disclose Confidential Voter Information
(BALTIMORE, MD, 1/4/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations(CAIR) today welcomed the dissolution of a problematic voter fraud commission that raised concerns about voter suppression and was widely believed to discriminate against minority communities. Several states, including Maryland, refused to supply voter data. CAIR’s Maryland outreach department thanked that state’s Attorney General Brian Frosh for denying requests to disclose confidential voter […]
CAIR to Join Local, National Groups at January 11 White House Rally to Demand Gitmo Closure
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/3/2018) – On January 11, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will join human rights activists, torture survivors, Guantánamo detainee attorneys, 9-11 family members, ex-military officials, and members of diverse faith communities at a rally in front of the White House to mark the […]
ACTION ALERT: CAIR-Florida Calls on the Republican Party of Polk County to Drop Anti-Muslim Presentation
(MIAMI, FL, 1/2/18) – The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations -Florida (CAIR-Florida), the state’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today called on the Republican Party of Polk County to denounce the Florida Republican Club of Lakeland’s scheduled anti-Muslim presentation by Jeffrey Sanow. According to Lakeland’s GOP Club website, Sanow’s presentation will focus on what sharia (Islamic […]
CAIR: Trump’s Call for Imprisonment of Clinton Aide is Attempt to ‘Politicize’ DOJ
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/2/2018) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said President Trump’s call to jail a former aide of Hillary Clinton is an attempt to politicize the Department of Justice. In a tweet this morning, Trump called for the imprisonment of former State Department aide […]
CAIR-NY Welcomes Hate Crime Probe for Suspects Who Assaulted Muslim Woman, Shouted ‘Terrorist’ and ‘Go Back to your Country’
(NEW YORK, NY, 12/28/2017) — The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the decision of the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force to probe the allegedly bias-motivated attack on a Muslim woman in Brooklyn. During the attack, the suspects allegedly punched, kicked and […]