CAIR-LA Launches New Billboard Campaign for Gaza in Barstow, California

The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) announced the launch of its newest billboard campaign for Gaza in Barstow, Calif. SEE: ‘While Veterans Struggle, We Give Israel $3.8 Billion a Year’ Billboard The billboard, which reads “While veterans struggle, we give Israel $3.8 billion a year,” highlights the billions of American […]

CAIR Offers Condolences on Passing of Islamic Scholar Dr. Muhammad Adam Al-Sheikh

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today offered its condolences on the passing of Islamic scholar and former Imam of the Dar al-Hijrah Mosque in Northern Virginia, Dr. Muhammad Adam Al-Sheikh.  Born in 1945 in Sudan, Dr. Muhammad Adam al-Sheikh was educated in fiqh, or Islamic […]

60+ Muslim, Arab & Allied Groups Condemn ADL for Anti-Palestinian Hate, Call for Firing of CEO Greenblatt

Over 60 Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and allied organizations today condemned the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for its pattern of enabling anti-Palestinian hate and called for the termination of CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, who recently sparked an uproar by analogizing the Palestinian keffiyeh scarf to a Nazi swastika. READ THE FULL JOINT STATEMENT The joint statement reads, in part: “Hate crimes […]

CAIR-FL Applauds Swift Police Action in Fatal Shooting at Miami Gas Station

The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) today applauded the swift action taken by the Miami Police Department in apprehending the suspect involved in the tragic shooting incident at a Chevron gas station in Liberty City.  According to an arrest report released by Miami police, Shamun Shaukat, a 42-year-old employee of the […]