CAIR Calls on U.S. House to Reject ‘One-Sided, Dishonest’ Antisemitism Proposals, Stop Ignoring Anti-Palestinian Racism and Islamophobia

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on members of the U.S. House of Representatives to reject “one-sided, and dishonest” proposals about campus antisemitism that ignore anti-Palestinian racism and conflate criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism. In a statement, CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said: “We […]

CAIR Condemns U.S. Decision to Violate Law, Continue Funding Israeli Units that Committed ‘Gross Violations of Human Rights’

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a decision by the Biden administration to violate U.S. law by continuing to fund units of the Israeli that have been determined to have committed “gross violation of human rights.” U.S. officials have determined that five units of […]

CAIR-FL Condemns Arrest of Peaceful Anti-Genocide Protestors at Florida Universities

The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the arrest of peaceful anti-genocide protesters on the campus of the University of South Florida in Tampa and the University of Florida in Gainesville. Police arrested multiple protesters who are demanding an end to […]

CAIR-LA Demands UCI Act to Protect Student Protesters’ Right to Free Speech

The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today demanded that the University of California, Irvine (UCI) respect and protect the free speech rights of students participating in the UCI Gaza Solidarity Encampment.   UCI students, workers, and community members launched a Gaza Solidarity Encampment early this morning, April 29, […]

CAIR Condemns ADL for Slandering Jewish and Palestinian Students as ‘Iranian Proxies,’ Calls on MSNBC to Ban Him

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on MSNBC to condemn and ban Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt for the latest defamatory remarks he made on air, falsely slandering Jewish and Palestinian college student groups as “Iranian proxies” equivalent to Hezbollah. During an appearance […]