CAIR ACTION ALERT: ACT NOW to Demand MCPS Apologize, Retract Anti-Free Speech Letter Targeting Palestinian Advocacy
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on community members to take urgent action after Sherwood High School in Montgomery County, MD, censored a student’s senior yearbook quote expressing solidarity with Palestinians. CLICK HERE TO SEND A LETTER TO MCPS NOW! The student’s quote — […]
CAIR Encourages Virginia’s Muslim Voters to Participate in Primary Election on June 17
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is encouraging all eligible Muslim voters in Virginia to take part in the June Primary Election for June 17th for the purpose of nominating a candidate for the Democratic and Republican Parties for the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, […]
CAIR-WA Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Threat Targeting Islamic Center of Bothell
Civil rights group also expresses concern over reported harassment of Muslim women in an Edmonds park The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Washington state attorney general and the FBI to investigate a written threat […]
CAIR-SFBA: Community and Faith Leaders to Rally at SFO As CBP Detains Palestinian Human Rights Speakers
Later this morning, the San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, plans to join faith and human rights advocates at San Francisco International Airport to protest the U.S. government’s detention and refusal of entry to two Palestinians—Eid Hthaleen and Ouda Alhadlin—who […]
CAIR Calls on Trump Admin to Clarify Stance After Amb. Huckabee Says Palestinian State No Longer U.S. Policy Goal
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Trump administration to clarify its stance on the creation of a Palestinian state – which has been U.S. policy since 1993 – after Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said it is no longer a goal. SEE: U.S. […]
Community Alert: Registration Opens for CAIR’s 10th Annual D.C. ‘Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium’ on Capitol Hill – #MYLS2025
Today, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, announced that registration has opened for its 10th annual Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (#MYLS2025). This year’s event will be held on Friday, July 25, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Open to students ages 13 to 19, #MYLS2025 […]
CAIR, CAIR-CA Strongly Condemn Trump’s Militarized Crackdown on Anti-ICE Protests, Welcome Governor Newsom’s Opposition to Escalation
The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) today strongly condemned the Trump administration’s militarized crackdown on immigrant communities and peaceful protesters across California, including the deployment of National Guard units and U.S. Marines to communities in Los Angeles, Orange County, and the Inland Empire, in response to mass demonstrations against recent U.S. […]
CAIR-AZ Welcomes Governor’s Veto of Anti-Free Speech Bill Targeting Teachers
The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) today welcomed Governor Katie Hobbs’ veto of an anti-free speech bill that would allow students and their parents to sue teachers over allegations of antisemitism. In her veto statement, Governor Hobbs said that the bill is “not about antisemitism,” but rather about “attacking our teachers.” […]
CAIR-AZ Calls on Governor to Veto Anti-Free Speech Bill
The Council on American-Islamic Relations of Arizona (CAIR-AZ), the state chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, strongly condemns Arizona House Bill 2867 (HB2867) as a dangerous attack on free speech and academic freedom and calls on Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs to veto the bill. HB2867 seeks to punish students and […]
CAIR-Philadelphia, Lower Merion Alliance for Free Speech on Palestine Condemn School District for Censoring Palestinian Keffiyeh, Subjecting Student to Police Surveillance and Search at Graduation
The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) and Lower Merion Alliance for Free Speech on Palestine (LM AFSP) today strongly condemned the actions of the Lower Merion School District (LMSD) after a high school student was reportedly forced to remove a Palestinian keffiyeh-patterned headscarf at their graduation ceremony, subjected to a search, […]