CAIR-FL to Call on the University of South Florida and Hillsborough County Police Department for Endangering Peaceful Student Protestors
On Thursday, May 2, the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida) will hold a news conference to call on the University of South Florida for tear-gassing and brutally arresting their students for peacefully protesting against the genocide in Gaza. WHAT: CAIR FL and Partners To Address Recent Violence Against USF Students WHEN:Thursday May […]
CAIR-LA Condemns Pro-Israel Mob’s Violent Attack on UCLA Anti-Genocide Student Encampment (Video)
CAIR-LA, Partners to Address Recent Violence Against UCLA Students
Later today (Wednesday, May 1), the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), along with the University of California, Los Angeles’ Muslim Student Association (UCLA MSA), Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), and other prominent Muslim-serving organizations will address […]
CAIR Welcomes Hate Crime Charges for Virginia Shootings of Hispanic Men
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed hate crime charges for the shooting of two Hispanic men in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, earlier this year. Douglas Wayne Cornett, 57, was arrested Feb. 29 on two counts of aggravated malicious wounding and two counts of using a firearm in […]
CAIR-LA Condemns Pro-Israel Mob’s Violent Attack on UCLA Anti-Genocide Student Encampment
Muslim civil rights group calls for repudiation of attacks, probe of lack of police protection for protesters The Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today strongly condemned violent attacks by a mob of pro-Israel extremists on UCLA’s peaceful anti-genocide student encampment last night, injuring […]
CAIR-NY Denounces Columbia, CCNY Actions Unleashing Police Violence, Calls on Manhattan DA to Drop Charges
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, denounced Columbia University and City College of New York (CCNY) for calling on the NYPD to arrest student protesters condemning the ongoing genocide in Palestine and calls upon the Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, to drop […]
Take Action: Urge UMBC Administrators to Drop Charges Against Student Group Over Campus Advocacy
(BALTIMORE, Md., 4/30/2024) — The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is joining over thirty Maryland mosques and Muslim community organizations in the IMAN Network in calling on officials at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) to drop charges against the campus’ Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), alleging the group violated the […]
CAIR Encourages Community Support for Johns Hopkins University Encampment in Solidarity with Palestine
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged the public to attend and support a student-led Palestine solidarity encampment at Johns Hopkins University that was launched yesterday afternoon. WHAT: Hopkins Solidarity Encampment WHERE: Johns Hopkins University aka The Free Palestine University, (The […]
CAIR Says Israeli Official’s Call to ‘Annihilate’ Gaza Cities is Further Evidence of Genocidal Intent
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said a call to “annihilate” cities and refugee camps in Gaza by an Israeli official is further evidence of that far-right government’s genocidal intent. Haaretz reported that Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who is a member of the security cabinet, called for […]
700+ California Muslims Attend CAIR-CA’s 13th Annual Muslim Day at the Capitol
The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said over 700 Muslim community members, religious leaders, students, and activists took part in yesterday’s 13th Annual Muslim Day at the Capitol (MDAC) in Sacramento. SEE: CAIR-CA Holds Muslim Day at the Capitol “MDAC connects […]