CAIR Calls on Muslim Nations, International Community to Protect Al-Aqsa Mosque After Israeli Extremist Group Posts Video of Destruction

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said the international community and Muslim-majority nations in particular must take action to ensure the protection of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites, after an Israeli extremist organization threatened to destroy it.  The extremist organization known as […]

CAIR, Palestine Legal Call on U. of Maryland to Reverse Decision to Cancel Student Group’s October 7th Vigil

Today, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and Palestine Legal partnered to call on campus administrators at the University of Maryland College Park to reverse an illegal decision blocking student groups, including Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace, from organizing a vigil on October […]

CAIR Welcomes Removal of Confederate Monument in Mississippi

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed removal of Confederate monument from a main street in Grenada, Mississippi. That monument had been covered with tarps several years ago after the murder of George Floyd. “We welcome the removal of one more remnant of the racist and white supremacist […]

CAIR-Austin Welcomes Travis Co. Sheriff Office Hijab Policy Change for Muslim Detainees

Change came following intervention of Muslim civil rights group after anti-genocide arrests The Austin chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Texas, Austin), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed policy changes in Travis County Sheriff’s Office allowing female Muslim detainees to keep their Hijab for the photos and during […]

CAIR Welcomes Probe into Islamophobic Classroom Lesson at Md. Public School, Calls for Public Apology, Training and Corrective Action

The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed an investigation by Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) into a reported Islamophobic presentation offered to students earlier this week by a history teacher.  The teacher at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore, Maryland, reportedly offered […]

CAIR Urges U.S. House to Oppose Bill Granting Unchecked Power to Revoke Nonprofit Status of Religious, Advocacy Groups

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on the U.S. House of Representatives to reject the advancement of a bill that would allow any future administration’s Secretary of the Treasury to revoke the nonprofit tax status of religious and advocacy organizations without justification, charges or due process. TAKE ACTION: URGE CONGRESS TO OPPOSE ANTI-NONPROFIT TAX […]

CAIR-Arizona Condemns Racist, Anti-Haitian Billboard

The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the display of a billboard promoting unsubstantiated, racist claims about Haitian immigrants.  A billboard targeting Haitian immigrants that reads “eat less kittens” was put up in Phoenix. The billboard is a reference to false […]