CAIR Launches Robocall, Text Messaging Campaign Urging Maryland Muslims to Vote in Tuesday’s Primary Election
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today urged all registered voters in Maryland to participate in tomorrow’s state and presidential primary elections on Tuesday, May 14. CAIR is also launching a follow-up statewide robocall and text messaging campaign targeting thousands of registered Muslim voter households and supporters of CAIR urging them […]
CAIR-SFBA Condemns Assault Against Pro-Palestine Advocates, Calls on Law Enforcement to Conduct Swift, Thorough Investigation
The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today strongly condemned an alleged hate crime targeting individuals advocating for Palestine and called on law enforcement to conduct a swift, thorough investigation. On May 5, shortly after two volunteers with the […]
Action Alert: Urge Congress to Vote NO on Anti-Free Speech Bills Silencing Pro-Palestine Advocacy
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on all Americans to urge their members of Congress to vote against the Countering Antisemitism Act (H.R.7921 / S.4091) in the House and Senate, and the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act (H.R.6090 / S.4127) in the Senate. These misleadingly titled bills expand the definition of what constitutes antisemitism […]
CAIR OP-ED: Why All Americans Should Welcome 9-0 SCOTUS Ruling Against the FBI in Watchlist Lawsuit
As Yonas Fikre’s ordeal illustrates, the watchlist system as currently constituted is ripe for abuse and discrimination. Until Congress exercises its authority to regulate or end this Orwellian system, the judiciary must act as a check on executive overreach. Only then can we be assured that the liberties of all Americans – regardless of religion, […]
CAIR-MN to Join Community Members to Respond to Moratorium on Muslim-Friendly Development
Later today, representatives from the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) plan to attend a Lino Lakes City Council meeting and join community members as they respond to the council’s decision to place a moratorium on the Madinah Lakes project. This development, which proposes inclusive housing options and a mosque at its […]
BREAKING: CAIR Files Civil Rights Complaint Seeking Apology, Policy Changes on Behalf of Md. Student Following Reported Assaults, Forced Hijab Removal
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today filed an online complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights on behalf of a 12-year-old Muslim student in Cambridge, Maryland following a period of reported harassment, assaults and faith based bullying spanning […]
CAIR-LA Condemns UC Irvine Administration’s Academic Retaliation Against Students Involved in Peaceful Anti-Genocide Encampments
The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today condemned the University of California, Irvine (UCI)’s decision to suspend several students involved in the school’s peaceful anti-genocide encampment and called on UCI administration to immediately reverse the disciplinary action. SEE: BREAKING: Student Gaza Solidarity Encampment protestors issues suspensions UC Irvine […]
CAIR-LA Calls for Chapman University Probe Into Man Who Violently Threatened Anti-Genocide Protesters, Demands University Take Action To Protect Students
The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called on Chapman University to launch an investigation into the man who threatened anti-genocide student protesters on the college’s campus earlier this week. It also demanded that the university take immediate action to protect its students from harassment. SEE: Video of […]
Senate Bill Targeting Pro-Palestine Nonprofits FAILS to Pass, But Fight Is Not Over
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today thanked Americans who sent over 6,000 messages to their U.S. Senators calling on them not to advance passage of a bill aimed at shutting down pro-Palestinian nonprofit organizations by empowering a single official at the Treasury Department to strip […]
CAIR-AZ Welcomes Firing of Arizona Professor for Allegedly Harassing Muslim Woman at Protest, Calls for Arrest
The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the firing of Professor Jonathan Yudelman from Arizona State University (ASU) for allegedly harassing and assaulting a Muslim woman in a hijab during his participation in a pro-Israel protest near campus. CAIR-AZ also called […]