CAIR Welcomes Dismissal of Louisiana Police Officers Over Alleged Racist Harassment of Colleagues
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the dismissal of two police officers in Westlake, Louisiana, due to their alleged racist remarks and harassment of colleagues. An internal investigation of two officers at the Westlake Police Department due to allegations by colleagues of racist remarks […]
CAIR-MI Offers Reward for Info on Reported Assault Targeting Jewish Teen in Ann Arbor
(CANTON, MI, 9/16/2024) – 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 offers a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who allegedly attacked a Jewish teenager in Ann Arbor, Michigan, yesterday. A 19-year-old man reported […]
CAIR Seeks Hate Crime Charges for Alleged Assault on Anti-Genocide Protester at Johns Hopkins U
(BALTIMORE, MD, 9/16/2024) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called for a hate crime investigation of an alleged assault on an anti-genocide protester at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Sunday morning by a pro-Israel individual who, according to video and multiple eyewitness accounts, struck a woman wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh as an Islamic […]
CAIR-Austin Joins Call to Remove Confederate Statue from Williamson County Courthouse Ground
The Austin chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Austin) today joined the call of Williamson County residents who gathered outside the county courthouse demanding commissioners to remove the Confederate statue from the courthouse ground. SEE:Residents in Williamson County call for removal of Confederate statue “As symbols of oppression, slavery, and white supremacy, statues honoring […]
CAIR Action Alert: Call on DNC to Take Action Against Men Responsible for Islamophobic Attack at Convention
Take action today to demand that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) clearly and publicly condemns the Islamophobic attack on a Muslim woman and other silent anti-genocide protesters during its August convention, takes action against any DNC members responsible and cooperates with the ongoing law enforcement investigation. CLICK HERE: TAKE ACTION NOW! During President Biden’s DNC speech on August […]
CAIR Calls on Biden Admin to Speak Out After Illegal Israeli Settlers Poison Palestinian Livestock
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Biden administration to speak out after illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank reportedly poisoned Palestinian livestock. A Palestinian said Israeli settlers poisoned 50 of his sheep in Arab al-Melahat community near Jericho. A report published by the International Crisis […]
Video: CAIR-Austin Welcomes Travis Co. Sheriff Office Hijab Policy Change for Muslim Detainees
Video: CAIR-MI Condemns AG Nessel for Targeting Student Protesters
CAIR-NY Announces Release of ‘Feeling the Hate in Our Schools’ Report
Today, the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) announced the release of its new report, “Feeling the Hate in Our Schools.” As a result of the increase in Islamophobia in New York, CAIR-NY conducted comprehensive surveys to better understand Muslim students’ experiences with Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate within the school settings. […]
CAIR-Sacramento Calls on Feds to Probe Pig’s Head Left at Family’s Front Door
The Sacramento chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Sacramento), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate as a possible hate crime an incident in which a pig’s head was reportedly left at a family’s front door. Surveillance video shows a man in […]