CAIR-CA to Hold 19th Annual Muslim Youth Leadership Program in Sacramento
From July 23 through July 26, the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold its 19th annual Muslim Youth Leadership Program (MYLP) at the State Capitol in Sacramento. MYLP is an intensive four-day program designed to empower Muslim high school students with […]
CAIR-NY Calls Columbia University’s Adoption of IHRA Antisemitism Definition ‘An Attack on Free Speech’
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today condemned a decision by Columbia University to adopt the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. Columbia’s administration announced that it is formally adopting the definition of antisemitism promoted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), which classifies criticism of the […]
CAIR Condemns Deadly Israeli Attacks on Syria, Reiterates Call for U.S. to Demand Respect For Syrian Sovereignty
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned deadly Israeli attacks on Syria and reiterated its call for the U.S. to demand respect for Syrian sovereignty, instead of calling on Syrian forces to withdraw and let chaos spread in their own land. LISTEN: Why is Israel escalating its strikes against Syria? […]
CAIR Condemns Massacre of Starving Palestinians at Aid Concentration Site, Israeli Seizure of Ibrahimi Mosque
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the massacre of some 20 starving Palestinians after guards of the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) reportedly threw stun grenades and used pepper spray at an aid concentration site. Most of the death were reportedly caused by the […]
CAIR Supports Residents’ Push to Remove Confederate Flag from Tennessee County Seal
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed support for a group of residents in Williamson County, Tennessee, who are asking county commissioners to request a waiver from the Tennessee Monuments and Memorial Commission to change the county seal, which includes a Confederate flag. SEE: After 5 year […]
CAIR Calls for State Department to Condemn RSF’s Massacre of Villagers in Sudan, Repeats Demand that Militia Never Receive U.S. Recognition
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the State Department to condemn a reported massacre of villagers by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan and repeated its demand that the militia never receive U.S. recognition. Almost 300 people were reportedly killed by RSF […]
CAIR-SFBA Welcomes Hate Crime Charges in East Bay Knife Threat Incident
The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the filing of hate crime charges against a man accused of threatening a BART passenger with a knife while shouting xenophobic slurs. Alameda County prosecutors have charged 45-year-old Michael Eugene Sprague […]
CAIR Urges Georgetown University to Fully Reinstate Professor Jonathan Brown After Bad Faith Attacks Over Misrepresented Tweet
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today sent a letter to Georgetown University Interim President Robert Groves that calls on the university to reverse its decision to investigate and discipline Dr. Jonathan Brown, a respected scholar and professor, over a misrepresented social media post in which […]
CAIR Condemns Israeli Settler Attack on CNN Journalists in Occupied West Bank
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an attack on CNN journalists covering the murder of Saif Musallet in the occupied West Bank. In a tweet, CNN Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond said Israeli settlers attacked him and his team in their car. The back window […]
CAIR-Philadelphia ED to Join Announcement of Charging Statement by Philadelphia People’s Tribunal War Crimes and Genocide in Gaza
On Wednesday, July 16, the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will join fellow jurors at a press conference to release the official findings and charging document of the Philadelphia People’s Tribunal on Genocide and War Crimes in Gaza, organized by Fridays at […]