CAIR Calls on Biden Admin to Condemn Rape and Torture of Palestinian Detainees Held by Israel
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Biden administration to condemn the reported rape and torture of Palestinian detainees held by Israel’s far-right government. The New York Times reports the Israeli military tortured detainees by impaling them with hot metal rods in their rectums and tying them […]
CAIR Action Alert: Tell Your House Rep. How You Feel About Their Vote on Pro-Genocide ICC Sanctions Bill
The Council on American Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, calls on community members to take action by thanking the representatives who opposed the bill and expressing severe disappointment to those who supported the misleadingly titled Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, which passed with a vote of 247 – 155. Although the […]
CAIR Urges Md. Muslim Community to Use State AG’s New Hate Crimes Reporting Website
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed a new hate-crime reporting website intended to help increase reporting of hate or bias-motivated incidents and encouraged Maryland Muslims to utilize this tool in addition to reporting incidents to CAIR. This week, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced the new reporting website, stating: […]
CAIR-NJ Demands ‘Transparent and Fair’ Probe of East Brunswick High School Yearbook Photo Incident
The New Jersey office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today demanded a transparent and fair investigation into an incident at East Brunswick High School in which a yearbook photo of apparently Muslim students was used to illustrate members of a Jewish school club. A photo of the yearbook page has gone viral online, triggering […]
CAIR Seeks Probe of Bias Motive After Wisconsin Parent Seen Pushing Superintendent During Graduation Ceremony
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for an incident in which video shows a white man pushing a Black Wisconsin school district superintendent away before he can shake hands with his daughter. Baraboo, Wisconsin, […]
Community Alert: CAIR Encourages American Muslims to Join June 8th Anti-Genocide Protests
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today encouraged American Muslims and people of all faiths and backgrounds to join protests and marches on June 8th to mark eight months of slaughter and starvation in Gaza and demand that President Biden enforce his red line on Rafah by […]
CAIR Condemns Israeli Soldiers’ ‘Celebration’ of Blowing Up Gaza Mosque, Destroying Palestinian Home ‘For You Mom,’ Dragging of Body
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned what it called the latest “Israeli war crimes of the day” after video was posted online showing Israeli soldiers celebrating blowing up a mosque in Gaza. “Today we are blowing up a mosque. No more Friday prayers, yeah,” said the […]
CAIR Condemns Israeli Massacre at UN School
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the massacre of 40 people by Israeli forces at a UN-run school in central Gaza. An Israeli air raid on a UN-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp killed at least 40 people, 23 of […]
CAIR Applauds NAACP Call for End to U.S. Weapon Deliveries to Israel Over Gaza Genocide
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded a call by the NAACP for President Joe Biden to “indefinitely” halt all weapons deliveries to Israel and to put pressure on Israel to end its genocide in Gaza. In a statement, CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said: “We welcome […]
CAIR-CT Welcomes Sentencing in Assault on Muslim State Lawmaker
The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) today welcomed the sentencing of a man convicted of attempting to assault Connecticut State Representative Maryam Khan. The man was convicted of attempted third-degree sexual assault, attempted first-degree strangulation and risk of injury to a minor for an incident that occurred last year. Rep. Khan, […]