CAIR-CA Joins California Palestine Solidarity Coalition in Expressing Disappointment in Gov. Newsom’s Passage of Three Bills That Will Chill Pro-Palestine Speech, Fail to Address Rise in Islamophobia
The California chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations California (CAIR-CA), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) California, the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC), and other members of the California Palestine Solidarity Coalition today expressed deep disappointment with Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing of three bills—SB 1287, SB 1277, and AB 2925—that effectively censor and […]
CAIR Condemns Biden Admin’s ‘Racist Refusal’ to Evacuate or Protect U.S. Citizens, Residents Under Threat of Israeli Attack in Lebanon
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Biden administration’s “racist refusal” to evacuate or protect American citizens and residents in Lebanon under threat of attack under Israel’s indiscriminate bombing campaign using U.S. taxpayer-supplied weapons. While many other countries are evacuating or assisting in the […]
CAIR Reiterates Call to Designate India a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ Due to Religious Persecution After USCIRF Recommendation
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today reiterated its call on the State Department to designate India a country of particular concern due to its persecution of Muslims, Christians and other religious minorities after the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended it be designated […]
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Community Advisory: CAIR Encourages All Muslim Nonprofit Organizations and Mosques to Apply for DHS Security Grants
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged Muslim nonprofit organizations, mosques, and other Muslim institutions to prepare to apply for the newly announced $210 million in Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) funding. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed that these funds, intended to protect faith-based […]
CAIR-MI Announces Settlement with Lodi Township to Allow First Mosque in Township
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 announced that it has reached a settlement in its case against Lodi Township on behalf of Masjid Al-Farook. The settlement will allow for the establishment of the first Muslim place of worship […]
CAIR Condemns Israeli Massacre of 51 People, Including Infants, in Southern Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the killing of 51 people, including infants, in an Israeli operation in Southern Gaza. At least 51 people were reportedly killed and 82 wounded in the operation in Khan Younis that began early Wednesday. Records at the European […]
CAIR-Minnesota to Host a Prayer Event for Families Ahead of the Federal Trial for Derrick Thompson
Tomorrow, Thursday, October 3, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) will join the families of five Muslim women killed in a June 2023 car crash, along with community members, to pray for and remember their loved ones ahead of the federal trial scheduled for Derrick Thompson next Monday, October 7. The event […]
CAIR Calls on N. Va. School District to Protect Teacher Threatened Over Critical Thinking Lesson on ‘South Africa vs. Israel at the Hague’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Arlington Public Schools in Northern Virginia to step up protection for a teacher who has reportedly been threatened after being targeted by a smear campaign over a critical thinking lesson she assigned to students that asked them to analyze […]