This Weekend: Mahmoud Khalil’s Attorneys To Receive Civil Rights Hero Awards at CAIR Gala, Speak at Policy Conference
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it plans to honor Amy Greer, Baher Azmy and Ramzi Kassem, the attorneys of Palestinian-American activist Mahmoud Khalil, with Civil Rights Hero awards at its upcoming gala on September 20. The attorneys are also scheduled to speak […]
CAIR Again Condemns Distribution of White Supremacist Propaganda in Montana
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today again condemned the distribution of White supremacist propaganda in Evergreen, Montana. Bags containing pamphlets with racist messages were distributed to homes in Evergreen on Saturday night. The pamphlets also reportedly promoted a White supremacist organization. SEE: Literature promoting hate group […]
CAIR Calls Genocide in Gaza ‘Undeniable’ After Recognition by UN Commission
Muslim civil rights and advocacy group calls on members of Congress to recognize genocide, back suspension of military aid to Israel The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said Israel’s genocide in Gaza is “undeniable” after release of a UN commission’s report on Israeli war crimes […]
CAIR Files EEOC Complaint on Behalf of Muslim Paramedic in Baltimore Suspended for Wearing a Beard
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced the filing a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the Baltimore City Fire Department (BCFD) on behalf of a Muslim paramedic who was allegedly wrongfully suspended without pay for refusing to shave his religiously-mandated beard. […]
BREAKING: CAIR Offers $5K Reward for Info on Shooting of Maryland Muslim Woman, Calls for Hate Crime Probe
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a reported shooting attack on a Muslim woman yesterday in Capitol Heights, Maryland, as a possible hate crime. Washington, D.C., based CAIR also offered a $5,000 reward for information leading […]
CAIR-SFBA Applauds Rep. Lateefah Simon’s Support for ‘Block the Bombs Act,’ Call for End to Genocide in Gaza
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 thanked U.S. Representative Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) for joining a Capitol Hill press conference on Thursday, Sept. 11, urging passage of H.R. 3565, the “Block the Bombs Act,” and calling for an end […]
CAIR Calls on Amazon to Lift Suspension of Engineer Who Protested Work with Genocidal Israeli Government
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Amazon to lift its suspension of a software engineer who protested the company’s work with the genocidal Israeli government. SEE: Amazon suspends engineer who protested company’s work with Israeli government – CNBC That Amazon employee reportedly spoke out during […]
CAIR Commends Sens. Van Hollen, Merkley for Report on Israeli ‘Ethnic Cleansing,’ U.S. Complicity
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today commended U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) for their courage and moral clarity in issuing a groundbreaking report accusing indicted war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of overseeing a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” against the Palestinian people – […]
CAIR Calls Sen. Tom Cotton ‘Accomplice in Genocide’ After He Claims There is No Famine in Gaza, ‘Palestine is a Made Up Fiction’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) an “accomplice in genocide” after he was caught on video denying the existence of the Israeli-manufactured famine in Gaza and falsely claiming that “Palestine is a made up fiction.” WATCH THE VIDEO HERE. In […]
CAIR Condemns Threats Targeting HBCUs, Calls for Stepped-Up Security and Swift Prosecution of Perpetrators
The Council on American‑Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned threats targeting multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), which have prompted multiple campuses to go into lockdown, shelter‑in‑place, or cancel nonessential activities. Washington, D.C., based CAIR also called for stepped-up security for those institutions and for swift apprehension and prosecution of the perpetrators. According to news […]