CAIR Condemns Racist Comments Targeting Black Employees of South Carolina Police Departments
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned racist social media posts targeting Black employees in two South Carolina police departments. Officials of the Goose Creek Police Department and the neighboring North Charleston Police Department say they were inundated with racist comments on their Black History Month […]
CAIR Calls on Media to Address CPJ Report Showing Israel Killed Two-Thirds of All Journalists Killed in 2024
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on U.S. and international media outlets to address a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (IPJ) showing that a record number of journalists were killed in 2024, almost two-thirds of them Palestinians who were killed by Israel. Of […]
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The Council on American Islamic Relations, New York (CAIR-NY) is a dynamic non-profit that aims to serve the American-Muslim community throughout the state of New York. CAIR-NY engages in a number of advocacy tools, including counseling potential clients, public education, media engagement, and strategic litigation to protect and advance civil liberties for all New Yorkers. […]
CAIR & CPHB Urge Parents, Educators to Attend Webinars on Supporting Muslim Students in Ramadan
As Ramadan approaches, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, in collaboration with the Center for the Prevention of Hate and Bullying (CPHB), encourage parents and educators to attend two upcoming webinars focused on supporting Muslim students during the holy month. These free, 30-minute sessions will provide […]
CAIR Renews Demand for Release of Gaza Doc Tortured by Israel, End to Ethnic Cleansing of West Bank
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today renewed its demand for the release of a Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has reportedly been subjected to torture in Israeli custody. CAIR also called for an end to the ethnic cleansing […]
CAIR Urges Iowa State Legislature to Reject House File 115, Defend Free Speech
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it sent a letter to the Iowa State Legislature vehemently opposing House File 115 (the so-called “Combatting Terrorist Sympathizers Act”). In its letter, CAIR’s Director of Government Affairs Robert S. McCaw condemns the legislation as a “dishonest, overbroad, and […]
CAIR Condemns Neo-Nazi Vandalism Targeting Family of ‘Middle Eastern’ Descent in West Virginia
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned reported neo-Nazi vandalism targeting the property of a family of “Middle Eastern” descent in West Virginia. That family said two Nazi swastikas were spray-painted on the front of their property. Law enforcement authorities are calling the incident “an […]
CAIR-AZ Works with Arizona Senate, House to Pass Proclamation Honoring Lives Lost in Palestine, Sudan, Lebanon, and the Congo
The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) today announced that after weeks of collaboration with the Arizona Senate and House of Representatives, a proclamation honoring the innocent lives lost in Palestine, Sudan, Lebanon, and the Congo was officially read on the Senate floor yesterday, February 11, 2025. SEE: Month of remembrance; lives lost […]
CAIR Welcomes Hate Crime Penalty Enhancements for Assault on Muslim Woman in Utah
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/12/25) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed hate crime penalty enhancements to charges brought against a man in Utah who allegedly assaulted a Muslim woman last week. Zachary Cole Holman, 39, was charged with attempted rape, a first-degree felony; forcible sexual abuse, […]
CAIR-CT Calls on Connecticut Dept. of Correction to Ensure Religious Accommodations for Muslim Inmates During Ramadan
Today, the Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT), a leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, issued a letter to the Connecticut Department of Correction and facility administrators across the state, urging them to ensure religious accommodations for incarcerated Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan. “We call on Connecticut correctional facilities […]