CAIR Calls on U.S. Government to ‘Defund Israeli Apartheid’ After Human Rights Watch Report Outlines ‘Systematic Oppression of Palestinians’
(WASHINGTON, DC – 4/27/2021) –The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Congress to support “Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act,” H.R. 2590, following the release of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the Israeli government of committing crimes of […]
CAIR Action Alert: Urge Your U.S. Representative to Support the ‘Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act,’ H.R. 2590
(WASHINGTON, DC – 4/27/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is urging all Americans to contact their U.S. House Representative and urge them to support Congresswoman Betty McCollum’s (DFL-MN) historic legislation “Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act,” H.R. […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Noose Hanging at Workplace in Long Island
(NEW YORK, N.Y., 4/27/2021) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, condemned a noose hanging incident at Cooper Power and Lighting Corp in Long Island. On April 20, Kyrin Taylor, a Black electrical worker at Cooper Power and Lighting Corp, found a […]
CAIR-NJ Welcomes Charges Against Two Paterson Police Officers for Assaulting Victim and Filing False Police Report
(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 4/27/2021) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today welcomed the U.S. Attorney’s charges against two Paterson Police Officers for assaulting Osamah Alsaidi and filing a falsified police report on the incident in December of 2020. Two Paterson Police Officers are facing civil rights and obstruction of justice charges for […]
CAIR-FL Joins New Coalition Formed to End Pasco County’s Predictive Policing Program
Coalition Applauds the U.S. Department of Education’s Investigation into the Program PASCO COUNTY, Fla. (April 27, 2021) – Today, the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations joined a 30-member coalition of local, state-based, and national organizations to announce the formation of the PASCO Coalition: People Against the Surveillance of Children and Overpolicing, and to call […]
CAIR Network to Host Special May 1st ‘Uniting in Ramadan’ Event Celebrating Resilience
In addition to local and national CAIR leaders, speakers include British and French Muslims who will discuss the importance of resilience amid COVID-19 pandemic and global anti-Muslim bigotry (WASHINGTON, DC – 4/27/2021) — On Saturday, May 1, at 4 pm ET, the national office and local chapters of the Council on American Islamic-Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim […]
CAIR & ICNA CSJ ACTION ALERT: Send Eid Greetings to Maryland Muslim Inmates
(BALTIMORE, MD, 4/26/21) – As the inaugural campaign of the newly formed Maryland Muslim Prison Project, the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) Maryland office and the ICNA Council for Social Justice are urging community members to compose and submit Eid greetings to Muslim inmates incarcerated at correctional facilities in Maryland. Messages of up to 150 […]
CAIR Calls on CNN to Drop Rick Santorum as Commentator After Remarks Denigrating Native American Culture, Ignoring Genocide
(WASHINGTON, D.C, 4/26/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on CNN to drop former senator Rick Santorum as a commentator after he made comments whitewashing the genocide of Native Americans and denigrating their contributions to American culture. In remarks Monday to the right-wing Young […]
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CAIR-NY Condemns Targeting of Bronx Synagogues and Jewish Center
(NEW YORK, N.Y., 04/26/2021) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the targeting of Synagogues and a Jewish Center in the Bronx over the weekend. According to reports, the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating six incidents in […]