CAIR-NY Expresses Concerns Over New Mask Law’s Threat to Civil Rights, Peaceful Protest
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the state’s leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today raised alarm over the threat to civil rights and peaceful protest posed by Governor Kathy Hochul’s support for a new statute that creates a Class B misdemeanor for wearing a mask to conceal identity […]
CAIR ACTION ALERT: Demand Congress Strike Dangerous ‘Nonprofit Killer Bill’ Provision from GOP Tax Proposal
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on all Americans to urge their members of Congress to strike and not include the “Nonprofit Killer Bill” provision, recently approved by the House Ways and Means Committee and quietly inserted into page 380 of President Trump and House Republicans’ […]
BREAKING: CAIR Applauds Order to Release Georgetown Scholar Badar Khan Suri
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded a judge’s order to release Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri, who was arrested and detained by ICE, apparently due to his wife’s connections to Gaza and criticism of the Israeli government’s genocide. A federal judge found that Suri, who has […]
CAIR Calls Israel’s Slaughter of 22 Children in Gaza a ‘Transparent Attempt to Sabotage’ President Trump’s Peace Push
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Israeli government’s escalating slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, including at least 22 children, as a “transparent attempt to sabotage” the Trump administration’s recent push to restart ceasefire negotiations and pursue an end to other regional conflicts. CAIR […]
CAIR Condemns Vandalism Targeting Church in South Dakota
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned vandalism targeting the Mitchell Congregational United Church of Christ in Mitchell, South Dakota. The church was vandalized with derogatory graffiti over the weekend, the third such incident in recent years. SEE: Church Struck by Vandalism Again, But Faith Remains […]
CAIR Condemns Latest Israeli Bombings of Gaza Hospitals as Netanyahu Says Half of Gazans to Be Ethnically Cleansed
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the latest Israeli deadly bombings of Gaza hospitals as indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu says half of Gazans will be ethnically cleansed and there is “no way” Israel will halt its genocide in Gaza, even if a ceasefire is achieved. […]
CAIR Welcomes President Trump’s Removal of Sanctions on Syria
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed President Trump’s removal of sanctions on Syria. President Donald Trump said he will order the end of sanctions against Syria to “give them a chance of greatness” in an effort to normalize relations with the new Syrian government. […]
CAIR Welcomes Ruling Allowing Lawsuit Over N.C. Confederate Monument to ‘Faithful Slaves’ to Move Forward
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a ruling that a lawsuit seeking the removal of a Confederate monument stating “appreciation of our faithful slaves” from outside of a North Carolina courthouse can move forward. U.S. District Judge James Dever III denied a motion to […]
CAIR Encourages Community to Attend May 14 Hearing for Georgetown Scholar Badar Khan Suri in Alexandria, Va.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today encouraged community members to attend a hearing for Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri in Alexandria, Virginia, on May 14. Suri was arrested and detained by ICE, apparently due to his wife’s connections to Gaza and criticism of the Israeli […]
CAIR Welcomes the Successful Evacuation of Americans from Gaza, Calls on State Department to Continue Evacuating Remaining Clients
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization, and the Law Office of Maria Kari today welcome the successful evacuation of clients Khalid Mourtaga and Mariam Harara from Gaza to the United States where they have reunited with loved ones after surviving months of genocide. SEE: Motion for Preliminary Injunction Filed in […]