CAIR Condemns Distribution of White Supremacist Propaganda in Missouri
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the distribution of white supremacist propaganda in Joplin, Missouri. Joplin police are investigating flyers with links to a website and references to a “known white supremacist and anti-Semitic group.” Yesterday, CAIR condemned a reported demonstration Saturday by a white supremacist neo-Nazi group, […]
CAIR Extols Pope Francis’ Legacy of Opposition to War Crimes, Compassion for Poor
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today offered its condolences to the Catholic community and Christians around the world on the passing of Pope Francis and commended his legacy of compassion for the poor and opposition to war crimes, including the Israeli government’s bombing in Gaza, […]
CAIR’s Maryland Office Applauds ‘Historic’ UMD College Park Vote in Support of Divestment Referendum
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded a historic vote by students at the University of Maryland College Park (UMD) last evening to pass a ballot referendum in favor of the institution boycotting and divesting from entities complicit in violating Palestinian human […]
CAIR Condemns Trump Admin’s ‘Double Tap’ Slaughter of 70+ Yemenis, Including Paramedics, as ‘War Crime’
Muslim civil rights organization calls on Trump to fulfill campaign pledge to end forever wars, stop Gaza genocide The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the killing of 74 people in Yemen in a US airstrike as a war crime. US airstrikes targeting an oil […]
GA Civil Rights Orgs, Kuck Baxter Condemn International Students’ Visa Revocations, Seek Temporary Restraining Order
Georgia civil rights organizations—CAIR-Georgia, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta and American Civil Liberties Union-Georgia—today held a press conference with Kuck Baxter Immigration, a private immigration law firm, condemning the visa revocations of international students at Kennesaw State University, Georgia Tech, Emory University, University of Georgia and other Georgia colleges. The press conference followed an emergency Temporary […]
CAIR-NJ Calls on Gov. Murphy to Veto Bill Designed to Place Vague Restrictions on First Amendment Rights
The Council on American-Islamic Relations of New Jersey (CAIR-NJ) today calls on Gov. Phil Murphy to veto Bill A4652 / S3507, a deeply flawed piece of legislation that threatens the fundamental democratic rights of free speech and peaceful assembly. The bill passed by the New Jersey legislature on March 24, 2025, and is on Governor Murphy’s […]
CAIR Welcomes Dismissal of 2 Delaware Firefighters Charged with Hate Crime
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the dismissal of two Delaware firefighters charged with a hate crime for allegedly chasing another employee with a noose. Two men who worked with the Millville Volunteer Fire Company were fired and charged with a hate crime after […]
CAIR-LA Announces Successful Resolution in Complaint Filed Against UCLA Medical School for Discrimination Targeting Muslim Palestinian-American Med Student
The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today announced the successful resolution of a federal civil rights complaint filed last year against the University of California, Los Angeles’ (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) for allegedly violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On July […]
CAIR Designates N. Arizona U., U. of Pittsburgh as Hostile Campuses for Targeting Anti-Genocide Voices
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today designated Northern Arizona University (NAU) and the University of Pittsburgh (UPitt) as Hostile Campuses due to ongoing suppression, intimidation, and criminalization of student activism advocating for Palestinian human rights and opposing genocide. Despite public commitments to free expression and diversity, both institutions have escalated punitive […]
CAIR-SFBA Welcomes Hate Crime Charges in Attack on Indian Mother and Child in Fremont
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, today welcomed hate crime charges filed by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office against a man accused of assaulting an Indian woman and her children at a Fremont McDonald’s earlier this month. According to […]