CAIR Reiterates Call for Firing of Anti-Muslim Extremist Shaun Maguire After He Denigrates U.S. Veteran Exposing War Crimes in Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today reiterated its call for the firing of Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire after he accused a US veteran of lying about Israeli forces killing a child in front of him. In a video, Green Beret veteran Anthony Aguilar recounted […]
CAIR Welcomes Senate Reintroduction of John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) reintroduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in both the U.S. Senate and urged Muslim voters to advocate for its passage during the August congressional recess. CAIR staff and […]
CAIR-MI to Join Imams Council Appeal to Jewish Leaders to Break Silence on Gaza Humanitarian Crisis
On Wednesday, July 30, 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, will join the Imams Council of Michigan at a press conference to appeal to Michigan Jewish leaders to break their silence about the ongoing humanitarian crisis and genocide in Gaza. […]
CAIR-New Jersey to Host Families, Community Leaders to Speak on Starvation in Gaza, Demand End to Genocide
On Wednesday, July 30, the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) will host a press conference with New Jersey families whose loved ones are suffering under the US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza to highlight the impact of starvation, demand aid enters the enclave and reiterate calls to end the genocidal campaign. The press […]
CAIR Says New Trump Admin Policy on Faith in Federal Workplace Could Lead to ‘Type of Discrimination It Purports to Oppose’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said a new Trump administration outlining how federal workers can talk about religion at work “could lead to the type of discrimination it purports to oppose.” CBS reports: “In a memo to the heads of federal agencies, the Office of Personnel […]
CAIR-Minnesota to Hold Press Conference Following Federal Court Hearing on Firing of Muslim UM Employee Over Pro-Palestine Posts
Community members to rally outside courthouse in support of fired worker, Palestinian human rights On Wednesday, July 30, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Minnesota), along with the Law Office of Jordan S. Kushner, will hold a press conference outside the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Minneapolis following a key summary judgment hearing in […]
CAIR Says Sharp Drop in U.S. Support for Israel’s Genocide Shows Americans ‘Waking Up’ to Reality of Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said a new poll showing a sharp drop in U.S. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza is another indication that “the American people are waking up to the brutal reality of the war crimes Israel is perpetrating in Gaza with […]
CAIR-Chicago Welcomes Charges for Neo-Nazi Anti-Immigrant, Antisemitic Vandalism
The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today welcomed charges against a man for reportedly spray-painted neo-Nazi anti-immigrant, antisemitic graffiti in Little Village earlier this month. Police arrested a man accused of defacing multiple properties within the Little Village on July 19 and 20, in the 2700 block of West Cermak and […]
CAIR, CAIR-NY Offer Condolences to Family of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, Others Killed in Mass Shooting
Muslim civil rights and advocacy organizations also condemn baseless anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian rhetoric in wake of shooting The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its New York chapter (CAIR-NY) today offered condolences to the loved ones of all those killed or injured in a shooting spree yesterday at a Manhattan skyscraper. Those killed in the attack […]
CAIR Condemns Israeli Forces for Singling Out, Beating Only Black Man on Hijacked Gaza Aid Flotilla
Muslim civil rights group demands Trump admin ‘put America first by condemning the Israeli government’s latest violence against an American citizen and holding it accountable for its crimes.’ The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned Israeli forces for singling out and beating Black American labor rights activist Chris Smalls. Smalls, the former president of […]