CAIR-NJ Welcomes Guilty Plea in Vandalism Hate Crime at Rutgers University-New Brunswick Muslim Community Center
The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today welcomed a guilty plea to a federal hate crime by a man who broke into the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University (CILRU) in New Brunswick on the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr and destroyed property earlier this year. Jacob Beacher, 24, […]
CAIR Says Israeli Government ‘Out of Control’ After Attack on UN Peacekeepers, Seizure of UNRWA HQ, Massacre at Gaza School
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the “out of control” Israeli government after its seizure of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in Jerusalem, massacre of 28 Palestinians at a school at Deir al-Balah, and attack on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. […]
CAIR Designates NYU and Northwestern as ‘Institutions of Particular Concern’ for Mistreatment of Anti-Genocide Voices
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, designated New York University (NYU) and Northwestern University as “institutions of particular concern” due to their reported creation of a hostile campus environment for Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish and other students, staff, and faculty opposing the genocide of the Palestinian […]
CAIR Expresses Condolences on Passing of Imam Mahdi Bray
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed its condolences on the passing of Imam Mahdi Bray. Imam Mahdi Bray was a Muslim civil and human rights activist and a leader. He was the National Director of the American Muslim Alliance and formerly served as executive […]
CAIR-MI Files Federal Complaint Over Leaked Audio of U. of Mich. Pres Admitting Response to Islamophobia on Campus is Unbalanced
The Michigan chapter of Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today announced that it is filing a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights asking for an investigation into whether or not University of Michigan is in compliance with their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act as well […]
CAIR Welcomes Md. School System’s Apology, Support for Muslim Student Targeted by Assaults, Forced Hijab Removal
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed Dorchester County Public Schools’ apology, response and actions in support of a 12-year-old Muslim student in Cambridge, Maryland, who earlier this year reportedly endured harassment, assaults and faith-based bullying during which her hijab, or Islamic headscarf, was allegedly forcibly removed at least twice. In […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Hate Vandalism Targeting Church in Upper Manhattan
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 condemned hate vandalism targeting a Church in upper Manhattan. On Sunday, Church members found that vandals had written explicit words, strange markings, and spray painted a statue. SEE: Hate graffiti, defaced statue […]
Video: CAIR-MN Joins Groundbreaking for Muslim Cemetery After 10-Year Delay Due to Hate Crimes and Land-Use Discrimination
CAIR Condemns Israeli Massacre of Refugees at Gaza Hospital
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the massacre of refugees sheltering at a hospital in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza. Israeli forces reportedly bombed tents sheltering displaced people in the courtyard of the Al-Yemen Al-Saeed hospital in Jabalia, killing at least 15. Dozens have reportedly […]
CAIR Condemns Israeli Closure of Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim Worshipers
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the far-right Israeli government’s closure of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khalil (Hebron) to allow illegal Israeli settlers to celebrate Jewish holidays. In a statement, CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper said: “Because the far-right Israeli government […]