ACTION ALERT: Join CAIR in Supporting Sen. Sanders’ Resolution Against Arms Sales to Netanyahu’s Genocide of Palestinians

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on all Americans who stand against genocide to contact their U.S. Senators and urge them to vote YES on Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to block more than $20 billion in illegal U.S. weapons sales to Israel. […]

CAIR-Philadelphia Calls Firing of Muhlenberg College Prof Finkelstein for Pro-Palestine Remarks an ‘Attack on Academic Freedom’

The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) today condemned the firing of Maura Finkelstein, a respected tenured professor at Muhlenberg College, after she shared a post by Palestinian poet Remi Kanazi on her personal Instagram critical of the genocide being committed by Israel against Palestinians. The Intercept reported that Finkelstein’s termination followed sharing […]

CAIR Condemns Kazakhstan Government for Fining Actor Who Quoted Quran in Instagram Post

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the government of Kazakhstan for imposing a fine on a Kazakh actor for quoting from the Quran, Islam’s revealed text, in an Instagram post.  The charges stem from allegations that actor and producer Nurtas Adambay violated Kazakhstan’s laws […]

CAIR Testifies Before Md. State Board of Education Seeking Action Against Islamophobia, Anti-Palestinian Bigotry in Public Schools

The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, testified yesterday before the Maryland State Board of Education on the pressing need for swift action to address the alarming rise of Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian bigotry in public schools across the state.  Video: CAIR Testimony at MSBOE Hearing  […]

CAIR Welcomes Rep. Adam Smith and 102 Lawmakers Urging U.S. Probe into Israel’s Killing of Aysenur Eygi

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed U.S. Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) and 102 of his Democratic colleagues from the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate congressional letter calling on the U.S. government to “independently investigate” whether the Israeli military’s murder of Turkish American Muslim Aysenur Ezgi […]

CAIR-Chicago Calls for Probe of Islamophobic Survey Targeting Muslim Candidate

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for an investigation into Islamophobic campaign tactics targeting Suzanne Akhras, a Muslim candidate for Illinois’ District 82 State Representative.  Akhras has received reports of a misleading survey implying she is associated with Islamic terrorist […]

CAIR-NY Condemns Latest Police Violence Against Anti-Genocide Protesters, Demands SRG Be Disbanded

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 the NYPD Strategic Response Group’s (SRG) reported brutality that resulted in the hospitalization of several protesters demonstrating against the escalation of the genocide in Palestine into Lebanon. CAIR-NY also demanded […]

CAIR Welcomes Passage of Senate Resolution honoring Wadee AlFayoumi, Commends Muslim Civic Coalition

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the U.S. Senate’s passage of S.Res. 847 honoring Wadee AlFayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy who was brutally stabbed 26 times and murdered in Illinois due to his Palestinian Muslim identity. CAIR also commended the Muslim Civic Coalition for its role in advancing […]