CAIR Joins Interfaith Working Group on Foreign Assistance Letter on Dismantling of USAID
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that it has joined the Interfaith Working Group on Foreign Assistance, a network of Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist organizations to write to the House of Representatives and Senate to express their grave concerns over the sudden order to stop lifesaving foreign assistance work around the […]
CAIR Maryland Welcomes Johns Hopkins U.’s Action to Bar Violent Counter-Protestor at Anti-Genocide Rally
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR Maryland) today welcomed Johns Hopkins University’s decision to ban an individual from campus following an incident in which a peaceful demonstrator carrying a Palestinian flag was reportedly physically assaulted by him during a rally protesting the Israeli military’s genocidal campaign in Gaza. The incident, which […]
CAIR Action Alert: Support the Congressional Gold Medal for Muhammad Ali, A True Icon
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on all Americans urge their member of Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives to support the reintroduction of Congressman Andre Carson’s Muhammad Ali Congressional Gold Medal Act. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian award in the United States, along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In posthumously recognizing the incomparable Muhammad Ali — an American Muslim athlete, humanitarian, and advocate whose impact reaches far beyond the boxing ring — we can solidify his status as one of the greatest athletes and recognize his pivotal role in advancing civil rights and promoting […]
Over 70 Civil Rights, Faith Groups Demand President Trump Abandon Gaza Expulsion Plans, Embrace Comprehensive Peace
Over 70 national, regional, state, and local civil rights organizations, civic groups, houses of worship, and faith-based advocacy organizations today sent a joint letter to President Donald Trump urging his administration to abandon plans to unilaterally control Gaza following the president’s repeated proposed expulsion of nearly two million Palestinians from their ancestral homeland. The letter […]
CAIR Condemns Racist Comments Targeting Black Employees of South Carolina Police Departments
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned racist social media posts targeting Black employees in two South Carolina police departments. Officials of the Goose Creek Police Department and the neighboring North Charleston Police Department say they were inundated with racist comments on their Black History Month […]
CAIR Calls on Media to Address CPJ Report Showing Israel Killed Two-Thirds of All Journalists Killed in 2024
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on U.S. and international media outlets to address a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (IPJ) showing that a record number of journalists were killed in 2024, almost two-thirds of them Palestinians who were killed by Israel. Of […]
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The Council on American Islamic Relations, New York (CAIR-NY) is a dynamic non-profit that aims to serve the American-Muslim community throughout the state of New York. CAIR-NY engages in a number of advocacy tools, including counseling potential clients, public education, media engagement, and strategic litigation to protect and advance civil liberties for all New Yorkers. […]
CAIR & CPHB Urge Parents, Educators to Attend Webinars on Supporting Muslim Students in Ramadan
As Ramadan approaches, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, in collaboration with the Center for the Prevention of Hate and Bullying (CPHB), encourage parents and educators to attend two upcoming webinars focused on supporting Muslim students during the holy month. These free, 30-minute sessions will provide […]
CAIR Renews Demand for Release of Gaza Doc Tortured by Israel, End to Ethnic Cleansing of West Bank
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today renewed its demand for the release of a Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has reportedly been subjected to torture in Israeli custody. CAIR also called for an end to the ethnic cleansing […]
CAIR Urges Iowa State Legislature to Reject House File 115, Defend Free Speech
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it sent a letter to the Iowa State Legislature vehemently opposing House File 115 (the so-called “Combatting Terrorist Sympathizers Act”). In its letter, CAIR’s Director of Government Affairs Robert S. McCaw condemns the legislation as a “dishonest, overbroad, and […]