TOMORROW: CAIR and LaunchGood to Host “How to Protect Your Nonprofits in 2025 and Beyond” Training for Nonprofit Leaders
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and LaunchGood, the largest global fundraising platform for Muslims, today invited leaders of nonprofit organizations to attend “How to Protect Your Nonprofits in 2025 and Beyond” tomorrow. The training for nonprofit leaders concerned about legal and political threats to 501c3 organizations, […]
CAIR Urges Senate to Oppose Hegseth, Question Other Nominees on Civil and Human Rights
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged members of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee to oppose and question Peter B. Hegseth during his nomination hearing for Secretary of Defense, which begins on Tuesday. SEE LETTER TO COMMITTEE. Separately, CAIR is urging members of several Senate […]
CAIR Urges Johns Hopkins U. to Comply with Growing Student Demands to Divest from Israel’s Genocide Following Settlement of U.S. Probe into Harassment Based on Shared Ancestry
Civil rights group condemns reports of surveillance, calls on university to remain transparent, uphold free speech, protect safety and rights of students as it fulfills terms of resolution The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on Johns Hopkins University (JHU) officials to comply with a growing demand to divest from […]
CAIR-Chicago Welcomes Accountability Measures for Cook County Judge Following Racist Meme Incident
The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for heightened accountability and reform within the judicial system following reports of Cook County Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman sharing a racist meme targeting Black individuals. According to reports, the judge allegedly circulated a meme depicting […]
CAIR-NJ Welcomes Results of U.S. DOE Probe Concluding Rutgers U. ‘Likely Operated a Hostile Environment’ for Palestinian, Arab, Muslim Students
The Council on American-Islamic Relations of New Jersey (CAIR-NJ) today welcomed the results of an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) in response to a 2024 joint complaint filed by CAIR-NJ and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) against Rutgers University. The complaint stated that the university engaged in patterned anti-Palestinian bigotry at the Newark law school […]
CORRECTED: CAIR Calls for Transparent Probe of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Removal from Frontier Airlines Flight
Note: The original statement incorrectly stated based on initial reports that Nurmagomedov was removed from an Alaska Airlines flight. Nurmagomedov said he was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight. (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/12/25) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Frontier Airlines to “swiftly […]
CAIR Says Top Medical Journal’s Estimate of 64,000+ Killed in First 9 Months of Gaza War is Further Evidence of Genocide
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said that the new estimated death toll during the first nine months of Israel’s genocide in Gaza by the prestigious medical journal The Lancet is further evidence of the Israeli government’s genocide. Research published in The Lancet estimates that the death […]
CAIR-Chicago Welcomes Hate Crime Sentencing for Peoria County Man
The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, welcomed a hate crime sentencing against Charles Gathard for his racially-charged attack against his Black neighbors in Peoria County, Illinois. “Besides shouting slurs, Gathard threw sticks at his neighbors’ house, threatened to burn it down, and […]
Community Alert: Volunteer for CAIR Maryland’s MLK Day of Service on Monday, January 20th, 2025
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is inviting community volunteers to sign up to participate in its MLK Day of Service project to package and distribute brown bag lunches for 150 unhoused people in Baltimore City. Lunch will be provided for volunteers. […]
CAIR-Austin Welcomes Stepping Down of UT Austin President Hartzell, Hopes for Better Leadership
The Austin Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Austin, Texas), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the belated stepping down of the University of Texas at Austin President Hartzell and hoped for a successive leadership that prioritizes free speech, academic freedom, and the wellbeing of all students. SEE:UT President […]