CAIR, Partners to Announce 50+ Orgs Demanding Maryland Protect Student Data Amid Federal Crackdown on Campus Free Speech
On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, the Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will join students and partners to hold a news conference outside Johns Hopkins University to announce a joint letter signed by over 50 faith-based organizations and advocacy groups including CAIR Maryland, Jewish Voice for Peace Baltimore, Doctors Against Genocide and […]
CAIR Invites Groups to Sign-On to Letter Urging Md. Officials to Protect Against Unconstitutional Distribution of Student Data
Faith-based, Advocacy, Student Groups Encouraged to Join Call to Action Amid National Reports of Student Abductions, Detentions The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is inviting faith-based organizations, advocacy groups, and student associations across the state to join the cause to safeguard students’ rights and safety by signing on to a letter to […]
CAIR Shares Protest Policy Recommendations with 60+ State Higher Education Leaders, 1,000 Universities
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced the nationwide distribution of its Protest Policy Guidance to over sixty state higher education leaders and more than 1,000 college and university administrators across the country. CAIR’s policy guidance offers recommendations that schools can adopt to protect their students and […]
CAIR Calls on Trump to Protect Civilian Life After Signal Chat Members Celebrate Killing Yemeni Civilians
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President Trump to protect civilian life when approving any military operations after national security officials “casually celebrated” the killing of Yemeni civilians, including a woman, in Signal chat messages released by reporter Jeffery Goldberg. During the Signal […]
CAIR-NJ Calls for Immediate Investigation into Biased, Harmful School Assignment at New Brunswick High
The assignment distorts the facts of Mahmoud Khalil’s detention and promotes stereotypes and misinformation The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today called for an immediate investigation into a biased social studies assignment reportedly given to students at New Brunswick High School. The assignment, which allegedly asked students to cast judgment […]
CAIR Calls Sec. Hegseth’s ‘Kafir’ Tattoo a ‘Sign of Both Anti-Muslim Hostility and Personal Insecurity’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s “kafir” (Arabic for a person who knowingly conceals or denies fundamental, divine truths) tattoo “a sign of both anti-Muslim hostility and personal insecurity.” SEE: Pete Hegseth Got a New Tattoo in Arabic. Here’s What […]
CAIR Urges Congress and All Government Bodies to Issue Eid Welcoming Statements, Resolutions
Muslim civil rights organization provides toolkit for Muslim community members and elected officials Today, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, announced it has sent a message urging all U.S. House and Senate congressional offices to welcome Eid ul-Fitr, the celebration marking the end of the month-long […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Hate-Filled Attack on African American Teenager at Brooklyn Subway Station
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today strongly condemns the racially motivated attack on a Black teenager at a Brooklyn subway station and continues to call on law enforcement to investigate the incident swiftly. According to the NYPD, a group of white teenagers physically assaulted an African American teenager at […]
CAIR Calls on Oscars to End ‘Hypocritical Silence’ on Israeli Settler Attack on Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to end its “inconsistent silence” about the brutal attack that Israeli settlers and occupation forces perpetrated against Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal. Ballal was awarded an Oscar by the documentary […]
CAIR Renews Call for Removal of US Holocaust Memorial Council Member Who Says ‘Maybe We Need to Kill More Civilians’ in Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today renewed its call for the removal of a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council (Board of Trustees), Martin Oliner after a newly-surfaced video shows him stating “maybe we need to kill more civilians” in Gaza. In a 2024 video reportedly taken at […]