CAIR Releases Webinar ‘Unconstitutional Crackdowns: Protecting Your Green Cards, Visas, and Free Speech Rights’ Attended by Over 2,000
The Council on American-Islamic Relations today released a webinar sharing its latest guidance about how vulnerable members of the public can address the Trump administration’s ongoing and escalating attacks on due process, immigrant rights and free speech on Palestine. During the event, titled, “Unconstitutional Crackdowns: Protecting Your Green Cards, Visas, and Free Speech Rights,” CAIR attorneys and […]
TODAY: CAIR-NJ to Join Members of Congress in Response to Israel Breaking Gaza Ceasefire
Later today, Tuesday, March 25,CAIR-NJ Executive Director Selaedin Maksut will join U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., with Reps. Ilhan Omar, Greg Casar, Mark Pocan, Delia Ramirez, Nydia Valazquez, and Ayanna Pressley inresponse to the end of the ceasefire in Gaza. The press conference will draw attention to the resumption of violence in Gaza following […]
CAIR Community Advisory: Join March on Washington for Palestine on April 5
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on community members to join the March on Washington for Palestine to be held on April 5th at 1 p.m. in Washington, D.C. The march will oppose the Trump administration’s continuation of the Biden administration’s support for the genocidal […]
Good News Alert: CAIR Welcomes Action by Montgomery County Public Schools in Response to Reports of Teacher Misconduct
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed decisive action taken by Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in response to a complaint it received regarding the mistreatment of an 8-year-old American Muslim student at Cabin Branch Elementary School in Clarksburg, MD. These actions include removing the teacher named in the complaint […]
CAIR Calls on Media Outlets to Condemn Israel’s Assassination of Al Jazeera, Palestine Today Journalists in Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on media outlets in the United States and worldwide to condemn the murder of Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat and Palestine Today journalist Mohammad Mansour by Israeli forces in Gaza. Journalist and contributor to Al Jazeera Mubasher Hossam […]
CAIR Says “Trump is the New Biden” After Minimum Gaza Death Toll Crosses 50,000
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today responded to the minimum death toll in Gaza crossing 50,000 men, women and children killed by saying that the Trump administration’s support for the Israeli government’s war crimes makes it just as complicit as the Biden administration. More than […]
CAIR-MI Welcomes 18 Month Prison Sentence for FL Man Who Sent Death Threats to Staff
The Michigan chapter of Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the sentencing of a Florida man to 18 months in federal prison for sending death threats to its staffers. A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of […]
CAIR Condemns Chinese Government’s Forced Labor for Uyghur Muslims to Prevent Fasting
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Chinese government for reportedly forcing Uyghur Muslims to perform hard labor in a bid to prevent them from observing the fast of Ramadan. Videos circulating on social media last week showed Uyghurs performing forced labor en masse […]
Good News Alert: CAIR Wins Victory for Muslim Incarcarees Punished for Praying in Mississippi
CAIR Legal Defense Fund is excited to share that, through its advocacy efforts, three Muslim men incarcerated at a federal correctional institution in Mississippi were released from segregation housing after being unfairly accused of intimidating a corrections officer. In October 2024, a group of Muslim men were praying in congregation in the yard of their […]
CAIR-CA, Legal Partners File Lawsuit Against UCLA and Pro-Israel Extremists on Behalf of Pro-Palestinian Activists
The California Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), along with local civil rights attorneys and leading personal injury firms, announced the filing of a lawsuit against the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), California Highway Patrol, the Los Angeles Police Department, the UCLA Police Department, and several perpetrators of violence against pro-Palestinian activists at the […]