CAIR-LA Condemns LA Times’ Blocking of Journalists Reporting on Gaza, Calls on Editor-In-Chief for Immediate Action
(LOS ANGELES, CA – 11/30/2023) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today condemned the Los Angeles Times’ decision to prohibit more than three dozen journalists from covering Israel’s ongoing violence in Gaza. SEE: LA Times blocks reporters who signed open letter criticizing Israel from covering Gaza Nearly 40 LA Times journalists signed […]
CAIR Calls for U.S., UN Probes of Reports that Israeli Army Left Palestinian Babies to Die and Decompose After Hospital Takeover
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/30/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for the United States and the United Nations to launch investigations of reports that Israeli forces left newborn babies to die and decompose in a hospital seized in Gaza. Agence France Presse (AFP), a French international […]
CAIR MN Files Complaint against School on Behalf of Students Suspended for Pro-Palestine Protests (Video)
CAIR-SFBA Applauds City of Oakland for Passing Resolution Demanding Ceasefire in Gaza
(OAKLAND, CA 11/28/23) – The San Francisco Bay Area Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today applauded the city of Oakland for passing a resolution that calls on members of Congress to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. At its November 27 city council meeting, Oakland became the second Bay Area city to adopt […]
Community Advisory: Join CAIR’s Ceasefire Now Visual Action on Capitol Hill on 11/28
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/27/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today invited community members to join a visual demonstration tomorrow Nov. 28 at 2 p.m. on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. CAIR and community partners plan to take part in a visual action intended to build on […]
CAIR Condemns Md State Delegate’s “Dishonest and Dehumanizing” Attack on Palestinian Women and Children Released from Israeli Custody
Post comes amidst surge of unprecedented Islamophobia, anti-Arab hate (BALTIMORE, Md., 11/27/2023) – The Maryland office of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), today denounced State Delegate Ryan Spiegel’s social media post yesterday today criticizing what he perceived as media drawing equivalencies between Palestinians unjustly imprisoned by Israel and Israeli hostages released to their families […]
CAIR’s Zainab Chaudry Interviewed on Shooting of 3 Palestinian Students in Vermont (Video)
CAIR CT Director Reacts to Shooting of Palestinian Men in Vermont (Video)
CAIR in NC, Triangle Area Imams to Call on Members of Congress to Demand an End to Killing and Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza, West Bank
News conference will address growing anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bigotry nationwide (DURHAM, NC – November 27, 2023) – On Tuesday, Nov. 28 (6:30 p.m.), the North Carolina office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR in NC) and the Triangle Imams Council (TIC) – a coalition of Islamic leaders representing diverse communities in the Triangle region – will […]
CAIR Welcomes Arrest of Suspect in Shooting of Three Palestinian Students in Vermont, Calls on Public Officials to Condemn and Reject Anti-Palestinian Racism
(WASHINGTON, DC – 11/27/2023) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, welcomed law enforcement’s arrest of a suspect in the shooting of three Palestinian university students in Burlington, Vermont. Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad said Jason J. Eaton, 48, was detained Sunday afternoon after ATF agents encountered […]