CAIR Invites Community Members to Attend Gathering in Solidarity with Virginia’s Dar Al-Nur Mosque After Continued Harassment
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today invited community members to attend a gathering in solidarity with the Dar Al-Nur Islamic Center after its congregants were subjected to continued anti-Muslim harassment and intimidation. The event will be held on Sunday, June 28 at Dar Al Hijrah […]
New CAIR Podcast Episode Features Miko Peled, Israeli-American Advocate for Palestinian Freedom
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced the release of the latest episode of its weekly recorded podcast CAIR on AIR featuring Miko Peled, an Israeli-American activist, author, speaker, and founder of Palestine House of Freedom in Washington, D.C. Peled shares what it was like […]
Registration Opens for CAIR’s 11th Annual D.C. ‘Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium’ on Capitol Hill – #MYLS2026
Today, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, announced that registration has opened for its 11th annual Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (#MYLS2026). This year’s event will be held on Thursday, August 6, 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Open to students ages 13 to 19, #MYLS2026 is themed “Understanding […]
CAIR-CT Issues Security Alert to Mosques After Reports of Additional Anti-Muslim Calls Across Connecticut
The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) today issued a statewide security advisory to Connecticut mosques and Islamic centers after receiving reports that additional Muslim institutions may have received anti-Muslim telephone calls similar to the hateful voicemail recently directed at the Islamic Center of Vernon. Earlier this week, Vernon Police announced that […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Terroristic Threat Against US State Senator Lea Webb
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a racist threat made against New York State Senator Lea Webb and is calling for full accountability under the law. A Broome County man was arrested and charged with a […]
CAIR-CA Welcomes Rep. Derek Tran’s Call for Release of American Woman Kidnapped by Israel
The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed a statement from Representative Derek Tran (D-CA) calling for the release of Sama Safi, a 20-year-old American citizen and student who was kidnapped by the Israeli military earlier this month in the illegally occupied West Bank and is being held without charges. SEE: US […]
CAIR Supports Effort to Honor Mississippi Black Veteran Gunned Down by KKK
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed support for efforts to honor a Black World War II veteran who was murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi more than six decades ago after local officials rejected a proposal to rename a road in his […]
CAIR Says U.N. Report Documenting Israel’s Deliberate Targeting of Children Should Lead to U.S. and Global Sanctions
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said that sanctions on Israel, not just an end to western military aid, should follow a United Nations commission of inquiry reporting that Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, actions the commission said amount to genocide, […]
CAIR Letter Urges House to Strike U.S.-Israel Military Merger and Anti-Boycott Amendment from NDAA
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed Amendment #2 to the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), submitted by Representatives Thomas Massie (R-KY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Jim McGovern (D-MA), Jesús “Chuy” Garcia (D-IL), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). The bipartisan amendment would strike Section 219, […]
CAIR Condemns Distribution of White Supremacist Mailers in Tennessee
Muslim civil rights organization urges elected officials to reject and denounce racist, extremist propaganda The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the distribution of white supremacist mailers in Tennessee reportedly linked to a local Republican Party official and called on political leaders of all parties to unequivocally […]