CAIR Calls on PayPal to Stop Freezing, Denying Transactions Involving Common Muslim Names
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on PayPal to stop freezing and denying transactions involving common Muslim names. CAIR sent a formal letter requesting an urgent meeting with PayPal’s executive and compliance teams after receiving detailed data showing a pattern in which tuition and […]
CAIR Supports Federal Hate Crime Charge for Racist Shooting Targeting Black Jogger in South Carolina
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today supported a federal hate crime charge for a man who allegedly shot a Black jogger in South Carolina due to his race. Federal authorities say they are reviewing the case. Last month, CAIR welcomed a hate crime charge brought against […]
CAIR-Chicago Denounces Dangerous Islamophobic Misinformation Campaign Targeting Peaceful Arbaeen Procession
– For Immediate Release and Distribution – The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, strongly denounces a series of inflammatory and Islamophobic social media posts being circulated by RAIR Foundation USA that mischaracterize and vilify a peaceful Arbaeen observance held in downtown Chicago. […]
CAIR Condemns State Dept. Firing of Press Officer Over Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the firing of Shahed Ghoreishi, the State Department’s top press officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs. over how to characterize Trump administration policies, including a controversial plan for ethnic cleansing of Gaza. CAIR said the firing indicates that public officials are […]
CAIR Calls on USCIS to Rescind ‘Israel First’ Immigration Policy that Threatens Benefits and Free Speech on Palestine
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today demanded that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) immediately rescind a new policy that threatens both immigration benefits and the First Amendment rights of immigrant communities, particularly those advocating for Palestinian human rights. On August 19, USCIS released Policy Alert PA-2025-16, instructing […]
CAIR-AZ Welcomes Charges for Antisemitic Threats Targeting Phoenix Synagogue
The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) today welcomed felony charges for alleged threats targeting Sha’arei Shalom Congregation in Phoenix. Kevin Charles Pyles, 32, was charged with making a terrorist threat and computer tampering to threaten, both felonies. In a statement, CAIR-AZ Executive Director Azza Abuseif said: “We unequivocally condemn these reported antisemitic threats targeting […]
CAIR Demands Transparency, Consistency After Israeli Official Arrested for Pedophilia Allowed to Flee U.S.
Muslim civil rights and advocacy group files FOIA and open records requests with local and federal law enforcement The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it has filed federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Nevada Public Records Act requests seeking a full public […]
CAIR Calls on U.S, World Athletic Associations to Condemn Israeli Killing of Palestinian Basketball Player
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the “Israel First” firing of Shahed Ghoreishi, the State Department’s top press officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs. over how to characterize Trump administration policies, including a controversial plan for ethnic cleansing of Gaza. CAIR said the firing indicates that public […]
Diverse Coalition Denounces Pro-Israel ‘Classroom Censorship’ Bill (AB 715) at Capitol Press Conference and Rally
The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), California Faculty Association (CFA), Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) Action, and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Bay Area held a press conference and rally yesterday to oppose AB 715. After the program, participants visited lawmakers’ offices to urge a NO vote on AB 715 […]
CAIR Calls on Md. Restaurant to Apologize, Reinstate Fired Employees, Respect Palestinian Cultural Expression
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Bunny’s Buckets & Bubbles restaurant in Fells Point, Maryland, to publicly apologize and immediately reinstate at least six employees who were reportedly fired after joining a protest against the restaurant’s suppression of Palestinian cultural expression. […]