CAIR-NY Welcomes Hate Crime Charges in Assault on Muslim Uber Driver
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the indictment of a Manhattan woman on hate crime charges for allegedly pepper spraying a Muslim Uber driver in anti-Muslim attack in July. Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, faces charges of second-degree […]
CAIR, N. Virginia Mosque to Host Election Watch Party for Muslim Community
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), in partnership with Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center’s Minara Café, is pleased to announce a Presidential Election Watch Party for the local Muslim community on Election Day, November 5, from 7 to 11 PM. This event offers a welcoming and inclusive space for community members to gather and experience the unfolding […]
CAIR-Philadelphia, ADC File 32-Page Title VI Complaint Against Swarthmore College over Anti-Muslim, Anti-Palestinian Environment
Today, the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia), in collaboration with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), and Swarthmore College students and faculty, held a press conference announcing a Title VI complaint with the Department of Education against Swarthmore College. The 32-page-long Title VI complaint said Swarthmore College’s repeated violations of student rights […]
CAIR Welcomes UN Experts’ Calls for France to Reverse Hijab Ban in Sports
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a statement by experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council calling on France to reverse bans that prevent Muslim women and girls who wear the hijab, or Islamic head scarf, from participating in sports. Those experts said: “Muslim women […]
CAIR Expects ‘Morally Bankrupt’ Biden Admin to Remain Silent After Israel Kills 100+ in Bombing of Gaza Residential Building
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today predicted that the Biden administration will once again remain silent after the Israeli government bombed and levelled a residential building in Gaza, killing more than 100 people, including children. Last night, the victims, mostly women and children, were slaughtered in an Israeli attack on a five-story […]
CAIR Calls on Tennessee County Sheriff to Allow Hijab in Police Photos
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Knox County, Tennessee Sheriff’s Office to allow the wearing of the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, in police photos. A Muslim woman is suing the Knox County Sheriff’s Office in federal court over a booking photo of her taken without her […]
BREAKING: CAIR, IMAN Network Welcome ‘Just’ Closure of Probe Targeting Johns Hopkins Physician Who Protested Gaza Genocide
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today joined over 30 Maryland mosques and Muslim community organizations that are part of the Islamic Maryland Action Network (IMAN Network) in welcoming news that the investigation against Dr. Zoobia Chaudhry, a respected Johns Hopkins physician and longtime community member, has been officially closed. The […]
CAIR-Minnesota, Coalition to Address Tragic Drownings, Urgent Safety Measures for Children with Autism
Tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 29, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN), Somali Parents Autism Network, MN Legislators and community members will address the recent tragic drownings and urgent safety measures for children with autism, specifically Somali American children in Minnesota. In response to two recent tragedies within Minnesota’s Somali-American community, the Council […]
CAIR Says Israel Ban on UN Aid Agency Helping Palestinians in Gaza is Further Evidence of ‘Genocidal Intent’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said the far-right Israeli government’s passage of a law to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) that is serving the suffering people of Gaza is further evidence of Israel’s genocidal intent. UNRWA is the main […]
CAIR-Houston to Join the Islamic Society of Greater Houston and IslamInSpanish for the Commemoration of New Wudu Room and Prayer Facilities at IAH Airport
The Council on American-Islamic Relations-Houston (CAIR-Houston) is proud to recognize the leadership team at Houston Airports for their forward-thinking initiative in constructing a wudu (ablution) room and prayer facilities at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). As one of the first airports in the U.S. to offer such amenities, Bush Airport is setting a new standard […]