CAIR Sends Congressional Briefing Memo Urging Lawmakers to Reject Unconstitutional, Anti-Muslim ‘Anti-Sharia’ Bills
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it has distributed a formal congressional briefing memo “Weaponized Islamophobia: The Return of the Anti-Sharia Hoax,” to every member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, along with a companion educational document titled “Sharia in American Life.” CLICK HERE: READ […]
CAIR California Attorneys Meet with Sami Hamdi in ICE Detention, File Habeas Petition and Emergency TRO to Block Transfer
The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it met with detained British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi in ICE detention yesterday at Golden State Annex, in McFarland, California and have filed for a habeas petition to protect his constitutional rights and […]
CAIR Demands Virginia High School Reverse Removal from Classroom of Virginia Muslim Students Based on ‘Racist Tropes and Stereotypes’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today publicly called on Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County to immediately reverse the removal form classroom imposed on a number of Thomas Jefferson Muslim Student Association members based on “racist tropes and stereotypes […]
TODAY: CAIR-Philadelphia, Emgage Pennsylvania to Co-Host Muslim Capitol Day in Harrisburg
On Tuesday, October 28 (press conference: 12:15 p.m.), the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) and Emgage Pennsylvania (Emgage-PA) will co-host Muslim Capitol Day in Harrisburg, which is designed to help Muslim Pennsylvanians’ engagement with state-level politics and policymakers. WHAT: Muslim Capitol Day by Emgage-PA and CAIR-PA WHEN: October 28, 2025; 9:30 a.m. – 2 […]
CAIR Maryland Releases 2025–26 Statewide School Bullying Prevention Toolkit During National Bullying Prevention Month
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced the release of its 2025–2026 Statewide School Bullying Prevention Toolkit, a comprehensive resource guide designed to help Muslim families recognize, report, and prevent bullying in Maryland schools. The toolkit launch coincides with National Bullying Prevention Month, which is October. DOWNLOAD CAIR’S 2025–26 MARYLAND […]
CAIR Action Alert: Tell Congress to Demand Release of Sami Hamdi, Reject Anti-Muslim Hate in U.S. Government
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization and CAIR Action, today is urging all Americans to call on Congress to denounce anti-Muslim extremist Laura Loomer’s apparent influence over Trump administration policy and demand that ICE immediately release British journalist Sami Hamdi, who was detained at San Francisco International Airport after criticizing […]
CAIR Welcomes NYT Exposé on Biden Cover-Up of Shireen Abu Akleh’s Murder, Calls for Trump to Hold Israel Accountable for Killing American
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a New York Times exposé of the Biden administration’s cover-up of the 2022 murder of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Retired Colonel Steve Gabavics, who investigated Abu Akleh’s murder, told […]
CAIR Calls on State Department to Increase Sanctions on Sudan’s RSF After Massacres of Fleeing Civilians
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the ongoing massacres committed against Sudanese civilians, including racist attacks on Black refugees, by the Rapid Support Forces militia. CAIR also today called on the Trump administration and Congress to condemn the group, which allegedly receives military support from […]
BREAKING: CAIR Calls on ICE to Release Sami Hamdi, British Journalist Abducted Over Criticism of Israel’s Genocide
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for the immediate release of British Muslim journalist and political commentator Sami Hamdi, who was detained at San Francisco International Airport this morning, apparently because of his criticism of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and at the urging of a […]
CAIR-SFBA Welcomes Hate-Crime Arrest in Assault of Fairfield High School Student
The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the arrest of a suspect in Fairfield on suspicion of a hate crime after a high school student was reportedly targeted over her perceived immigration status. SEE: Fairfield police investigating hate […]