Roula Allouch – Board Member Emeritus
Roula Allouch is a trial attorney with experience handling a range of litigation matters including in the areas of employment, commercial disputes, civil rights, personal injury, and appeals. Ms. Allouch earned her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Kentucky in 2003 and her juris doctor from the University of Kentucky College of […]
Ahmed Al-Shehab – Board Member Emeritus
Mr. Al-Shehab has been involved in community work for over 20 years. He Co-founded CAIR-NJ in 2003 and then was elected to the CAIR National Board in 2011. He served as the CAIR National Board Treasurer from 2012 – 2022. In 2023, CAIR National Board appointed Mr. Al-Shehab as its founding Emeritus Board Member. From […]
CAIR Sues Oregon Sheriff’s Office Over Hijab Removal, Booking Photos of Muslim Women
Lawsuit filed over forced removal of religious headscarves and booking photos taken during wrongful arrest at peaceful protest The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced the filing of a federal civil rights lawsuit against Oregon’s Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office for forcibly removing the Islamic headscarves […]
CAIR Renews Call on DOJ to Probe Killings of U.S. Citizens by Israeli Soldiers and Illegal Settlers
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today sent a response letter to U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon renewing its call on the DOJ to reverse its position and exercise its clear statutory and treaty-based authority to investigate and […]
CAIR, CAIR-DFW Welcomes Release of Palestinian Woman Detained by ICE While Returning from Honeymoon
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its Dallas Fort Worth chapter (CAIR-DFW) today welcomed the release of Ward Sakeik, a Palestinian woman detained by ICE as she was returning from her honeymoon with her husband. Sakeik was released from the Prairieland Detention Center on Tuesday evening. A stateless Palestinian born in Saudi Arabia, she […]
CAIR Condemns Israel’s Assassination of Indonesian Hospital Director and Family in Gaza, Calls on Medical Groups to Speak Out
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today reiterated its call for U.S. and international medical organizations to condemn the Gaza genocide after Israeli forces murdered Marwan al-Sultan, the director of the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza City, and his family. Al-Sultan and his family were killed in […]
CAIR Condemns Shooting Attacks on Hindu Temple in Utah
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned reported shooting attacks on a Hindu temple in Spanish Fork, Utah. The Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple was reportedly targeted by gunfire several nights in June, with bullets hitting the temple, including the dome arches and a second-story window. Utah law enforcement […]
CAIR-LA, ALC File Lawsuit Against County of Orange, OC Sheriff Don Barnes, and OC Sheriff’s Department Deputies Over Forced Removal of Two Women’s Hijabs
The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today announced the filing of a lawsuit with Asian Law Caucus (ALC) against the County of Orange, Orange County (OC) Sheriff Don Barnes, and individual deputies of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) for violations of religious freedom. During a peaceful, student-led demonstration last […]
CAIR-CA Says State Hate Crime Report Fails to Capture Scope of Anti-Muslim, Anti-Palestinian Hate
The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the release of California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s 2024 Annual Hate Crime Report, while emphasizing that the report significantly underrepresents the extent of Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian hate impacting communities across the state. SEE: Hate Crime […]
CAIR Condemns Segregated White Supremacist Community in Arkansas
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the reported establishment of a segregated white supremacist community in Arkansas from which “Jews and non-whites are explicitly banned.” The Forward reports: “’Return to the Land,’ a white supremacist group co-founded by Eric Orwoll and Peter Csere in […]