CAIR-Austin Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Alleged Attack on UT Muslim, Friend
Alleged attackers reportedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ and fake Arabic to mock student in Islamic cultural attire The Austin, Texas, chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Austin), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate an allegedly bias-motivated attack on a UT Austin […]
CAIR Supports Foreign Press Association Call for Immediate Media Access to Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed support for a demand by the Foreign Press Association (FPA) board calling on the far-right Israeli government to grant the international media “expanded and unfettered access to Gaza,” stating that the “blanket ban has limited the world’s ability to witness the […]
CAIR: U.S. Muslims to Mark End of Ramadan Fast with Prayers
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said today that on or about Wednesday, April 10,* the Muslim community in America will mark the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan with communal prayers around the country. [NOTE: Ramadan is the month on the Islamic lunar calendar […]
CAIR Calls on Biden to Take ‘Concrete Action’ After Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Shooting Palestinians Trying to Collect Air-Dropped Aid
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Biden administration to take “concrete action” after video surfaced showing Israeli soldiers deliberately shooting Palestinians desperately trying to collect air-dropped humanitarian aid in Gaza. In exclusive footage obtained by Al Jazeera, Israeli soldiers appear to shoot at a number […]
CAIR-NY Welcomes Settlement with City for Muslim Women Forced to Remove Hijabs in Mugshot Photos
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today welcomed a $17.5 million settlement between New York City and two women who were forced to remove their Islamic headscarves, or hijabs, before being photographed by police. New York City has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by two […]
CAIR-TX Joins ACLU, Emgage, Muslim Bar Association Release Open Letter to Universities Calling for Free Speech Protections
The Houston office of the Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-TX) today announced the publication of an open letter to the Presidents and Chairs of the Board of Regents at Public Universities across Texas. This letter is in response to Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order 44 concerning antisemitism on campus. The letter, a […]
CAIR-Georgia, Palestine Legal File Civil Rights Complaint Against Emory University for Hostile Anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic Environment
CONTACT: Azka Mahmood, CAIR-Georgia Executive Director, azkatmahmood@cair.com | Palestine Legal, media@palestinelegal.org (ATLANTA, GA, April 5, 2024) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) and Palestine Legal today announced the filing of a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) demanding an immediate investigation into the hostile environment […]
CAIR-NY Welcomes Conviction of Perpetrator in Anti-Muslim Slashing
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today welcomed the conviction of a man who assaulted a Muslim man on New Year’s Eve. A New Jersey man was found guilty of hate crime assault and weapons for slashing a Muslim man in Manhattan on New Year’s Eve after having gone on […]
CAIR Calls on Law Enforcement to Probe Possible Bias Motive, Arrest Suspects Who Broke Into Maryland Mosque
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for a break-in and burglary targeting a mosque in Montgomery County, Maryland, and to arrest the suspects who broke the door of the mosque and forced their way in. According to a police […]
CAIR-DFW Welcomes Sentence in Hate Crime Shooting at Muslim-Owned Business
The Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW) today welcomed the sentencing of the perpetrator of a hate-motivated shooting at a Muslim-owned business in 2015 that left one dead and 4 injured. Anthony Paz Torres, 39, was sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty in September to 5 federal hate crime counts for the […]