CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Charge in Stabbing Attack on Young Muslims After Pro-Palestine Protest
The Austin office, Dallas office and national headquarters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to file hate crime charges against Bert James Baker, the man accused of attacking a group of young Muslims after a pro-Palestinian protest, […]
CAIR Welcomes Guilty Pleas in Wisconsin Hate Crime Assault on Muslim Women
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed guilty pleas by the perpetrators of a hate crime targeting Muslim women in Milwaukee last July. Two women pleaded guilty for assaulting three Muslim women wearing hijabs (Islamic headscarves) in Milwaukee’s Cathedral Square Park. One of the perpetrators […]
ACTION ALERT: Urge Members of Congress to Oppose Funding for Israel’s Genocide
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is inviting community members to sign its action alert urging members of Congress to oppose bills that would send more funds to the Israeli government as it continues its genocidal campaign in Gaza. TAKE ACTION House Speaker Mike Johnson declared […]
TONIGHT: CAIR to Join Maryland’s Howard County Community at Rally, Hearing for Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
This evening, the Maryland office of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) plans to join community partners at the George Howard Executive Building in Ellicott City, Maryland, for a #ceasefirenow rally for Gaza, immediately followed by a Howard County Council hearing in which CR22-2024 Ceasefire Resolution is expected to be presented for a vote. Last […]
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CAIR Welcomes Arrest in Oregon White Supremacist Vandalism Targeting Synagogue
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the arrest of a suspect in the white supremacist vandalism targeting a synagogue in Eugene, Oregon. A man was arrested on Wednesday on four counts of second-degree bias crime for allegedly vandalizing a synagogue on multiple occasions. The […]
CAIR Welcomes Federal Court Declaration that Israel’s War on Gaza ‘Plausibly’ Amounts to Genocide
Muslim civil rights group also welcomes actions by government officials in U.S. and Europe against Israeli genocide The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a declaration by a federal court in California that Israel’s on Gaza “plausibly” amounts to genocide, despite dismissing a case calling for […]
Court Advances CAIR’s Challenge to Maryland Jail’s ‘Christian Faith’ Test
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a federal court’s decision denying the government’s motion for summary judgment today in Bridges v. Prince George’s County in the District of Maryland. READ THE RULING. In that case, CAIR says Prince George’s County and their contractor, the Prison […]
CAIR-Philadelphia to Join ‘Pilgrimage for Peace’ from Philadelphia to D.C. Demanding Gaza Ceasefire
The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) today announced that it is joining a coalition of faith leaders, artists, and activists on the “Pilgrimage for Peace” to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. From Feb. 14 to 21, pilgrimage participants will march from Independence Hall in Philadelphia to the White House in Washington, D.C., to urge […]
CAIR-FL Renews Calls to Censure FL Rep. Mast Following Latest Anti-Palestinian Genocidal Rhetoric
The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the nation, today renewed its call on Democrat and Republican leadership to censure Florida Rep. Brian Mast following his latest anti-Palestinian genocidal rhetoric. When asked by activists from Code Pink if he had seen images of […]