CAIR-Ohio Urges Decision Makers to Drop Charges Against Peaceful Protesters at OSU Campus

The Ohio Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) today calls on decision makers to drop charges against peaceful protestors and protect our First Amendment rights to free speech, assembly, and religion. On April 25, 2024, students, faculty, alumni, and community members gathered in solidarity with the Palestinian people on the campus grounds. However, […]

CAIR-SV/CC Supports Students in Advocating for Peaceful Protests at UC Merced

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, Sacramento Valley/Central California (CAIR-SV/CC) supports members of the student body who set up a peaceful encampment at UC Merced aimed at raising awareness and advocating for the divestment from companies that support the occupation of Palestine. CAIR SV/CC calls for UC Merced’s administration to engage in peaceful dialogue with their […]

CAIR-Georgia Condemns School’s Attempt to Ban Student Protests

The Georgia chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today condemned an attempt reportedly made by the principal of Innovation Academy Fulton County Schools Scott Kent to ban student protests. In an email sent to Innovation Academy parents and students on May 8, 2024, the principal allegedly threatened punitive action against students who engage […]

CAIR Calls on 400+ University Leaders to Stop Targeting Anti-Genocide Protesters and Enabling Islamophobia, Anti-Palestinian Racism

In new report “Hostile”, CAIR documents how universities have smeared and silenced students speaking in support of Palestinian human rights. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today delivered its new report documenting free speech violations and rising Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism at colleges and universities to […]

CAIR-Ohio Condemns Case Western Reserve University’s Decision to Bar Students Involved in Palestine Advocacy from Commencement

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) sent an email to more than 40 students and staff involved in Palestine advocacy notifying them that their involvement in the anti-genocide encampment was being investigated and they are interim Persona Non-Grata from the university which includes attending their commencement ceremony. Two law students’ degrees are being withheld pending the […]

CAIR Commends Pentagon Official Major Harrison Mann for Resigning to Protest U.S. Support for Gaza Genocide

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today commended Defense Department intelligence agency official Major Harrison Mann for resigning in protest of the Biden administration’s military and financial support for the Israeli government’s war crimes in Gaza. SEE: Captain Mann’s Reported Message to Colleagues Explaining Resignation In a […]