CAIR ACTION ALERT: Urge Your Member of Congress to Vote NO on Nonprofit Killer Bill Aimed at Silencing Palestine Activism
Today, join the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in calling on your member of Congress to “VOTE NO” on the Nonprofit Killer Bill, a proposed law that would grant unchecked power to the incoming Trump administration’s Secretary of the Treasury to revoke the nonprofit tax status of any religious and advocacy organizations without evidence, charges […]
CAIR Maryland Releases Results of Online 2024 Community Election Survey
Most responding Maryland Muslim voters favored Jill Stein for president, Angela Alsobrooks for U.S. Senate and cited Gaza as top issue The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today announced the results of its online post-election community survey of American Muslim voters in Maryland. SEE: 2024 Online Exit Poll of Maryland Muslim Voters The […]
CAIR Good News Alerts: CAIR Secures Religious Accommodations for Elementary School Students
ACTION REQUESTED: If you, or anyone you know, has been subjected to discrimination, please file a report at: https://www.cair.com/report/ LOUISIANA – CAIR’s Community Advocacy Department successfully helped a Muslim family whose children’s school had initially refused to excuse them from classes to attend Friday congregational prayers. A school administrator reportedly refused to excuse the absences because, based on […]
CAIR Says Biden Admin Must End Complicity with Genocide as UN Report says 70% of Dead in Gaza are Women, Children
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said the Biden administration must end its complicity with the Israeli government’s genocide against Palestinians after a UN report said 70 percent of the dead in Gaza are women and children. The United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday […]
CAIR Exit Poll of Muslim Voters Reveals Surge in Support for Jill Stein and Donald Trump, Steep Decline for Harris
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released the first set of results from its 2024 exit poll of 1,575 verified American Muslim voters. The national results show Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein received 53% of the Muslim vote, followed by President-elect Donald Trump with 21% […]
CAIR Condemns Amsterdam Violence Sparked by Israeli Soccer Hooligans Chanting Racist Slurs, Attacking Residents, Vandalizing Homes and Stores with Palestinian Flags
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned violence in Amsterdam that reportedly started when far-right Israeli soccer hooligans chanting racist and violent anti-Arab slogans attacked Arab and Muslim residents, and vandalized houses and businesses with Palestinian flags. Video footage from the scene shows that large crowd of Israeli […]
CAIR Condemns Racist Messages Sent to Black College Students in Numerous States
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned racist messages sent to Black students and others in numerous states, telling them they were selected to be enslaved and to pick cotton on a plantation. Alabama law enforcement authorities are investigating after Black college students received racist text […]
CAIR Welcomes Hate Crime Charge for North Carolina Assault
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a hate crime charge brought against a man who allegedly assaulted a woman at a sporting goods store in North Carolina. Joshua Smith, 37, was charged with assault by pointing a gun, assault on a female, second-degree trespassing and […]
CAIR Questions Biden Inaction After Israel Confirms Ethnic Cleansing of Northern Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today questioned the Biden administration’s inaction after the far-right Israeli government reportedly confirmed its ethnic cleansing of northern Gaza. In a media briefing on Tuesday night, Israeli Brigadier General Itzik Cohen told Israeli reporters that “there is no intention of allowing the residents […]
CAIR-MA Welcomes Decision in Favor of Muslim Woman Served Bacon by McDonald’s
The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA) announced today that the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) has issued a finding of “probable cause” in a discrimination complaint against a McDonald’s restaurant in Chicopee that allegedly served a Muslim customer pork, the consumption of which is prohibited in the Islamic faith. The case […]