CAIR, CAIR Action Condemn Israeli State Terrorism After Back-to-Back Bombings of Tunisia, Qatar, Lebanon and Syria While Gaza Genocide Rages
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and CAIR Action, one of the nation’s leading 501c(4) Muslim political organizations, today condemned the Israeli government’s acts of state terrorism after back-to-back bombings of Tunisia, Qatar, Lebanon and Syria. In a statement, CAIR said: “We strongly condemn the out-of-control […]
CAIR, CAIR-LA Say SCOTUS Decision Gives ICE “License to Profile and Terrorize” Latino Community
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and its Greater Los Angeles Area office (CAIR-LA) today expressed strong opposition to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively permits Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to resume racially profiling, detaining, and interrogating Latinos who gather in public in Los […]
CAIR-MI Offers Reward, Calls for Hate Crime Probe in Warren Mosque Vandalism
The Michigan chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), a local chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction and calls for a probe into a possible hate motive for a recent vandalism of a mosque and construction equipment in […]
Video: Cenk Uygur Invites You to Upcoming CAIR Leadership and 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 feature Cenk Uygur, founder and host of The Young Turks as a speaker at its upcoming leadership and policy conference. WATCH THE VIDEO The event, which is open to registered and vetted members of the public, […]
CAIR Appeals Court’s Qualified Immunity Decision Shielding Navy Prison Officials Who Punished Incarcerated Muslim for Growing a Beard in Accordance with Faith
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it has filed a notice of appeal of a federal court’s qualified immunity decision that protects prison officials at Joint Base Charleston from facing a lawsuit for punishing an incarcerated Muslim who exercised his right to grow a […]
CAIR, CAIR-TX Say Texas Muslims Will Continue “Freely and Openly” Practicing Islam Despite Fearmongering by Texas Governor Abbott
Muslim civil rights and advocacy group encourages Abbott to visit a Texas mosque The Texas chapter and national office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today responded to Texas Governor Abbott’s latest dishonest fearmongering about Islam in Texas by saying that Texas Muslims will continue freely, openly and proudly practicing their faith. CAIR-Texas also encouraged […]
CAIR Concerned by AMAC Report That Almost Half of Tennessee Muslim Students Report Faith-Based Bullying
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed concern following a report by American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC), which found that almost half of Muslim students in Tennessee report faith-based bullying. That AMAC survey of Muslim families and students found 46 percent of students reported experiencing faith-based bullying, while […]
BREAKING: CAIR-Minnesota Calls for Probe of Possible Bias Motive for Fire at Dar Al Farooq Mosque in Bloomington
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for an investigation of a possible bias motive for a fire that broke out Friday, September 5, after Friday noon prayers (Jummah) at Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington. Security cameras and eyewitnesses alerted mosque leaders […]
CAIR-CT Welcomes Lifting of Israeli Travel Ban on Meriden Family
The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT), together with the Abdelghani family of Meriden, welcomes the news that U.S. citizens Intifada Abdelghani and her 14-year-old son Musa, both U.S. citizens, will now be able to return home after Israel lifted a security ban that had prevented them from leaving the country. CAIR-CT recently called on state elected officials […]
CAIR Call on State Dept. to Cancel ‘Lawless’ Sanctions on Human Rights Groups for Providing Evidence to the ICC’s Gaza War Crimes Probe
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Trump administration to reverse “lawless” sanctions imposed on Palestinian human rights organizations that have provide evidence to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into war crimes committed by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza. The U.S. sanctions target several […]