CAIR Condemns Gaza ‘Apocalypse’ as Israel Commits Massacre at Child’s Birthday Party, Babies Starve, Hospital Stops Dialysis Treatment, Aid Seekers Killed
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Gaza “apocalypse” after Israeli forces committed a massacre at a child’s birthday party; doctors warned that thousands of babies now face starvation; the Al Shifa hospital announced a complete shutdown of dialysis treatment due to a fuel […]
CAIR Analysis Says Heritage Foundation’s Project Esther Targets Anti-Genocide, Pro-Palestine Activism by Weaponizing Anti-Palestinian Racism
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today issued a special report on the Heritage Foundation’s Project Esther, which is designed to block the growing anti-genocide, and pro-Palestine movement by weaponizing “anti-Palestinian racism and the concept that speech critical of Israel is criminal.” Crafted by the Heritage Foundation, the Project targets […]
CAIR Sues Oregon Prison Officials Over Denied Halal Meals and Eid Family Visitations
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced the filing of a federal lawsuit on behalf of three incarcerated Muslim men challenging the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) for its systemic denial of religious accommodations. The lawsuit alleges that ODOC officials violated the constitutional and statutory rights of […]
CAIR Renews Demand for Release of Gaza Doctor Who Walked Toward Israeli Tank After Fears of Abuse in Detention Grow
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today renewed its call for the release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the Gazan doctor who walked toward Israeli tanks in an iconic video, as fears of his abuse in Israeli detention grow. Before his detention, Dr. Abu Safiya, was the […]
CAIR Condemns Texas Rep. Gill’s ‘Idiotic Racism and Islamophobia’ Against NY Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani Over Finger Food
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned what it called the “idiotic racism and Islamophobia spewed” by Texas Congressman Brandon Gill (R-TX), Laura Loomer and other extremists against New York Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani over how he ate a meal. Rep. Gill posted a video of Mamdani […]
CAIR Calls for European Leaders to Stop Promoting Anti-Muslim Hate After Mosques in UK, France Targeted
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today repeated its call for European leaders to stop promoting anti-Muslim hate after mosques in the United Kingdom and France were targeted with attacks. Emergency services were called to the Masjid Al Aqsa mosque in Lancashire, England, after the building […]
CAIR Urges Senate to Pass Kaine War Powers Resolution Tonight Following Failed Classified Briefing and Escalating Iran Crisis
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the U.S. Senate to VOTE YES on Senator Tim Kaine’s War Powers Resolution (S.J.Res.59), scheduled for a vote later this evening. CAIR’s message follows Thursday night’s contentious classified briefing on the Iran strikes, where senators emerged with […]
CAIR, CAIR Action Call on House to Reject “Misguided” Rival Iran War Powers Resolution
Urges Congress to Support the Massie-Khanna and Kaine resolutions Instead The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on members of the U.S. House of Representatives to oppose War Powers resolution introduced by Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Adam Smith (D-WA), and Jim Himes (D-CT) that could inadvertently give President Trump open-ended authority to attack Iran in the future based on the false pretense of preventing an “imminent attack” on American allies. […]
CAIR Calls on DOJ to Reject Rep. Ogles’ ‘Racist, Anti-Muslim’ Denaturalization Demand Targeting Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to swiftly and publicly reject Representative Andy Ogles’ (R-TN) racist and Islamophobic demand that the federal government pursue denaturalization proceedings against New York Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani. READ CAIR’S LETTER: CLICK […]
CAIR Calls SCOTUS Ruling Limiting Federal Court Nationwide Injunctions ‘Recipe for Judicial Chaos, Abuses of Power’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that lower courts lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions to block President Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship “a recipe for both judicial chaos and more abuses of power.” In a statement, CAIR […]