CAIR Condemns Far-Right Israeli Minister’s Al-Aqsa Mosque Assault, Calls on Biden Admin to Stop Attempts to Spark Global Religious War
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites, by mobs of Israelis led by Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and called on the Biden administration to stop enabling this “increasingly radical and openly genocidal” […]
CAIR Condemns Killing of Rohingya Muslims Fleeing Violence in Myanmar
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the reported killing of hundreds of Rohingya Muslims, including women and children, by drone strikes while they were fleeing violence in Myanmar. Witnesses says the drone strikes on August 5 hit displaced families waiting to cross a river […]
CAIR Calls on West Virginia High School, School District to Accommodate Muslim Students’ Prayer Requests
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization, today called on Morgantown High School in Morgantown, West Virginia, and Monongalia School District to provide Muslim students an adequate place to pray congregational Friday (Jummah) prayers on campus as they had in previous years. With one week left before school begins, CAIR […]
CAIR, CAIR-LA Announce Suit Against FBI for Using Illegal, Racist Watchlist Against Palestinian-Americans
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization, and its Greater Los Angeles Area office (CAIR-LA) today held press conferences in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. announcing the filing of a lawsuit against the federal government for placing one Palestinian-American on the No Fly List and seizing the electronic device […]
CAIR Welcomes Major Academic Association’s Withdrawal of Opposition to Boycotting Universities
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a change in policy by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) that now says scholarly boycotts of academic institutions “can be considered legitimate tactical responses.” The AAUP revised policy states that “individual faculty members and students should be free […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Columbia U Proposal for Campus Police to Use Force, Arrest Students on Campus
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned Columbia University for proposing that campus police should be empowered to use force and arrest students on campus. In its early stages of discussion with faculty and administration, Columbia University President Minouche […]
CAIR-Florida Welcomes Sentencing of South Florida Man for Hate Crime Attack on Hijab-Wearing Postal Worker
The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida), the state’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today welcomed the federal court sentencing of a Florida man who attacked a Muslim female U.S. Postal Service worker. On October 24, 2023, Kenneth Pinkney approached the victim—who was in her Postal Service uniform and operating […]
CAIR-MN, Dar Al-Qalam Islamic Center Leaders to Seek Hate Crime Probe for Threatening Anti-Muslim Calls to Mosque
On Tuesday. August 13th, 2024, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) will join leaders of the Dar Al-Qalam Islamic Center at a press conference to urge law enforcement authorities to investigate a series of harassing and threatening phone calls directed at the mosque as hate crimes. WHERE: Dar Al-Qalam Islamic Center, 81 NE Lowry […]
CAIR-Pittsburgh Supports ‘No War Crimes on Our Dime’ Ballot Measure
The Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pittsburgh), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed support for the “No War Crimes on Our Dime” campaign, a proposed ballot measure that would prohibit the city from doing business with entities having ties to the far-right Israeli government. That […]
CAIR Calls on Biden to Reverse $3.5 Billion Authorization for Israeli Weapons Purchases, Force Ceasefire Agreement
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Biden administration to reverse its plan to give the genocidal Israeli government $3.5 billion to spend on U.S. weapons and force war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to the ceasefire proposal that he keeps attempting to sabotage. […]