CAIR Action Alert: Urge Your Senators to Oppose ‘Deceptive’ Anti-BDS Labeling Act (H.R. 5179)
Act would allow falsely-labeling as ‘Made in Israel’ goods produced in illegally-occupied West Bank The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on all Americans to urge their U.S. Senators to oppose – and if needed, vote “NO” on – H.R. 5179, the Anti-BDS Labeling Act sponsored by Representative Claudia Tenney […]
CAIR-MI Welcomes Gov. Whitmer Declining to Back Prosecution of Anti-Genocide Protesters
The Michigan chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer declining to back the recent prosecutions of anti-genocide protesters at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. When Governor Whitmer was questioned on CNN yesterday about Congresswoman Rashida […]
CAIR-Houston Demands Accountability from Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn for Disrespectful Conduct at Senate Hearing
The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) today condemned the behavior of Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America,” held on September 17, 2024. In light of this disturbing behavior, CAIR-Houston, alongside other […]
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CAIR Welcomes Decision to Drop Confederate General’s Name for Tennessee’s Highest Mountain
Mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will now go by Cherokee name ‘Kuwohi’ The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a decision to drop the name of a Confederate general for the highest mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in favor of the […]
CAIR-Georgia, UGA 6 to Call on University to Drop Disciplinary Charges for Anti-Genocide Protests
On Monday, Sept. 23, the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA) and students arrested and suspended by UGA for participating in the encampments on the UGA campus (UGA 6) plan to hold a press conference asking UGA to drop disciplinary charges given to arrested students at anti-genocide protests. Speakers will include the arrested […]
CAIR Calls Israeli Soldiers Throwing Palestinian Bodies from Rooftop in West Bank ‘Sickening and Depraved’
Bodies tossed from the rooftops were also shown being desecrated by Israeli bulldozers The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called video of Israeli soldiers throwing the bodies of Palestinian civilians from rooftops in the occupied West Bank “sickening and depraved.” The bodies dropped from the rooftops were also desecrated by […]
CAIR Calls on Biden Admin to Act After UN Committee Says Israel Violates Child Rights Treaty in Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Biden administration to take action after a UN committee accused Israel of “massively” violating the child rights treaty in Gaza. That 18-member U.N. Committee, which monitors compliance with the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child […]
CAIR Welcomes Indiana County’s Payment to Islamic Group for Denying Development Rights
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a decision by Hendricks County, Indiana, to pay a fine to an Islamic organization after denying them the right to develop land in violation of the Fair Housing Act and the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons […]
CAIR Action Alert: Call on Missouri’s Governor to Block 9/24 Execution of Imam Marcellus Khalifah Williams After DNA Evidence Proves Innocence
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on all Americans to demand that Missouri Governor Michael Lynn Parson block the execution of wrongfully-convicted death row inmate Imam Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams, which is scheduled for Sept. 24. Williams, a 55-year-old African American Muslim who serves as the Imam […]