CAIR-MA Launches Survey to Track Bullying Among Muslim Youth Amid Rising Anti-Muslim Incidents in Massachusetts
(BOSTON, MA – June 14, 2024) – The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA) today announced the launch of its biennial survey aimed at monitoring the bullying of Muslim youth in Massachusetts public schools. This survey, following the inaugural 2019 survey and its revealing 2021 report, aims to track changes over the […]
CAIR-NJ Calls State Senate Committee to Oppose Bills Crafted to Gut Free Speech
The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today once again called on the New Jersey Senate to oppose Senate Bill 1292 and Senate Bill 2937, both of which are designed to redefine antisemitism using the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition. A State Senate committee plans to conduct a remote meeting via Zoom on Monday […]
CAIR Calls Out Islamophobic and Anti-Palestinian Bigotry in Chairman Comer’s McCarthyist Letter to Palestinian American Muslim Organization
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today sent a letter to U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, condemning the anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic bigotry in his “McCarthyist” May 29th letter addressed to American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). CAIR notes that Chair Comer’s McCarthyism-fueled investigatory letter incorrectly […]
CAIR Joins Coalition Seeking Update on Md. County’s Probe of Censorship, Discrimination in Public School System
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that it has joined the ACLU of Maryland, Howard County for a Free Palestine and others organizations in calling on the Howard County Human Rights Commission to follow up on the status of an investigation into complaints of censorship and discrimination against students […]
CAIR Calls on Biden Admin to End Support for Starvation of Children in Gaza
UN World Health Organization says 8,000+ Gaza children diagnosed, treated for acute malnutrition The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Biden administration to stop enabling and backing the starvation of children in Gaza by the far-right Israeli government. That call came after the […]
CAIR-AZ Welcomes Indictment in Alleged Planned Atlanta Racist Mass Shooting, Targeting of ‘Blacks, Jews or Muslims’
The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the indictment of a man who allegedly planned a mass shooting targeting African Americans and other minorities at a rap concert in Atlanta. The man was indicted by a federal grand […]
CAIR-LA Submits Public Records Act Request for Irvine City Council Members’ Communications with Anti-Palestinian Groups
The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today submitted a California Public Records Act request to the City of Irvine for information regarding communications between two Irvine City Council members and organizations who have allegedly exhibited anti-Palestinian rhetoric and behaviors. SEE: Irvine Struggles to Finish City Council Meetings as Ceasefire Calls Persist […]
CAIR Urges Officials to Stand with New Maryland Mosque Facing Islamophobic Opposition
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today joined more than 30 Maryland mosques and Muslim community organizations that are part of the IMAN Network in urging the public to act now to call on officials in Harford County, Maryland, to stand in solidarity with the Harford Islamic Center (HIC)/Masjid Ibrahim. TAKE […]
CAIR Says UN Report Confirms Israeli Campaign of ‘Extermination,’ Torture, Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said a new UN report confirms that the Israeli government is carrying out a campaign of extermination, torture and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. [NOTE: This report comes as video has been released appearing to show Israeli soldiers killing unarmed Palestinians as […]
CAIR Supports NAACP Suit Over Restoration of Confederate Names to Two Virginia Schools
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed support for a lawsuit by the Virginia NAACP against the Shenandoah County School Board after the board voted to restore Confederate names to two schools. The NAACP lawsuit alleges that the school board violated the Constitution, Title VI of the […]