CAIR Welcomes End of DHS Quiet Skies Traveler Surveillance Program, Calls for End to Use of Secret Watchlists
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the announced end of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Quiet Skies traveler surveillance program, but called for a similar end to the use of secret watchlists.. That DHS announcement said the surveillance program “failed to stop a single terrorist attack while costing […]
CAIR Condemns Latest Israeli Massacre of Starving Palestinians Seeking Food for Their Families in Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the latest Israeli massacre of starving Palestinians who were seeking food for their families in Gaza. Israel killed at least 12 people and wounded many others as they headed toward two aid concentration sites in Gaza operated by an Israeli […]
CAIR-Minnesota to Hold Press Conference Monday to Condemn President Trump’s Expanded Muslim and African Ban
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Minnesota) will hold a press conference on Monday, June 9 at 3:30 p.m. CT to denounce President Donald Trump’s newly implemented travel and immigration ban affecting 19 countries—primarily Muslim-majority, African, and Southeast Asian nations. The executive order goes into effect today, June 9, and bars or restricts travel from 12 countries, […]
Community Alert: What You Need to Know About Trump’s New Travel Ban Order
Assalamu alaikum, We write to share updates and guidance about the newly expanded Muslim and African Ban. Yesterday, President Trump issued an order blocking or restricting new immigration or travel entry into the United States for citizens of 19 countries who do not already have U.S. legal status—mostly from Muslim-majority and African nations. It is […]
CAIR Action Alert: Urge Congress to Support the ‘Block the Bombs Act’ and End Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is urging all Americans to use CAIR’s click-and-send action alert to call on their U.S. Representatives to support H.R. 3565, the “Block the Bombs Act.” CLICK HERE: URGE CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE BLOCK THE BOMBS ACT! Championed and introduced by Representatives Delia […]
CAIR Welcomes South Carolina County’s New Hate Crime Ordinance
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a new hate crime ordinance by Richland County in South Carolina, the first such measure passed by a county in that state. “We welcome this new ordinance and hope it sends a message to bigots of all types that […]
CAIR Condemns Israeli Killing of 3 Gaza Journalists, Supports Call by 130+ Groups for Media Access to Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the killing of three journalists in an Israeli strike on a hospital in Gaza City. SEE: 3 Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli strike on hospital in Gaza City, death toll rises to 225 CAIR also expressed support for a call […]
CAIR Calls Trump’s Expanded Travel Ban Targeting Mostly Muslim, African Nations, Free Speech ‘Unnecessary, Overbroad and Ideologically Motivated’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today responded to President Trump’s new and expanded travel ban, which targets 19 mostly Muslim and African nations and raises the specter of more vague ideological screening tests on immigrants, by calling the order “unnecessary, overbroad and ideologically motivated.” CAIR also […]
CAIR-NY Welcomes Indictment of Off Duty LI Detective on Hate Crime Related Charges
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the indictment of John Murphy for an alleged hate-crime he reportedly committed in early November. SEE: Off-Duty LI Detective Indicted On Hate Crime-Related Charges: PD SEE: Local News Hate crime charges levied […]
CAIR Condemns Nazi Swastika Mowed into Illinois Lawn
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and its Chicago chapter today condemned a Nazi swastika mowed into the grass of a residential lawn in Illinois. Authorities in Alhambra, Illinois, are investigating whether the act qualifies as a hate crime. Yesterday, CAIR’s Pittsburgh chapter condemned the racist and neo-Nazi […]