CAIR in the News, May 21, 2026
CAIR-MI: Student sues University of Michigan over alleged surveillance tied to Gaza protests – The Guardian CAIR: ‘Buffer Zone’ Is Media’s Euphemism for Israeli Occupation – FAIR.org It’s not only the many UN experts who say that Israel is carrying out an ethnic cleansing in Lebanon. That’s the position of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the Council on American-Islamic […]
Muslim, Jewish and Allied Leaders to Hold Emergency Press Conference Following Anti-Muslim Incitement Controversy in New York City Involving Council Member Inna Vernikov and the San Diego Mosque Terror Attack.
Muslim, Jewish and Allied Leaders to Hold Emergency Press Conference Following Anti-Muslim Incitement Controversy in New York City Involving Council Member Inna Vernikov and the San Diego Mosque Terror Attack. (BROOKLYN, NY, 05/20/26) — On Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 10am, Muslim, Jewish and allied community leaders will gather at Brooklyn Borough Hall to demand accountability, reaffirm interfaith […]
CAIR-Texas, Commissioner McCoy, Community Leaders, and Elected Officials to Host Public Safety Press Conference in Response to Rising Anti-Muslim Incidents
On Thursday, May 21, at 11:15 AM, the Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Texas) and Fort Bend County Commissioner Dexter L. McCoy will host a joint public safety press conference at the Commissioner’s Richmond office. The press conference is being held to address the deeply concerning national and local rise in anti-Muslim […]
CAIR-LA, Partners to Host Interfaith Vigil for Victims of San Diego Mosque Shooting
On Thursday, May 21, the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), along with the Islamic Society of Orange County (ISOC) and the Islamic Shura Council of California, will host an interfaith vigil in honor of the three victims of the deadly Islamic Center of San Diego (ICSD) shooting, Amin Abdullah, Mansour Kaziha, and Nadir Awad. On Monday, May 18, two radicalized teenagers opened […]
CAIR Calls on DHS to Restore Muslim Community Access to Nonprofit Security Grants After Deadly Terror Attack on San Diego Mosque
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin urging immediate action at DHS and FEMA to restore Muslim community access to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) following Monday’s deadly anti-Muslim terror […]
CAIR-LA Warns UCLA’s New Framework Could Chill Free Speech, Calls on Univ. to Equally Protect Muslim and Palestinian Students
The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today warned that new recommendations from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)’s “Initiative to Combat Antisemitism Action Group Report” risk further chilling free speech and advocacy on campus. CAIR-LA also reiterated its call on the university to equally implement recommendations by UCLA’s Taskforce on Anti-Palestinian, Anti-Arab, & Anti-Muslim Racism to protect Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim students and faculty and their allies. The new report recommends the […]
CAIR ACTION ALERT: Demand Congress Condemn the Terror Attack on the San Diego Mosque Fueled by Anti-Muslim Hate
Muslim communities remain at risk as long as DHS fails to address prior denial of NSGP access to Muslim institutions (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/20/26) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin […]
CAIR-CT Welcomes Hate Crime Charge for Threats Targeting State’s First Sikh Mayor
The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the filing of a hate crime charge against a Connecticut man accused of threatening the family of the state’s first Sikh mayor. According to reports, the accused allegedly made threatening and […]
CAIR in the News, May 20, 2026
CAIR-NJ: N.J. man in Gaza-bound flotilla arrested by Isaeli navy, Islamic rights group says – NJ.com Video: CAIR-MN Calls For Federal Security Funding to Protect Mosques CAIR-MN: As Eid approaches, Minnesota mosques look to increase security after attack in San Diego – CBS Suleiman Adan of Council on American-Islamic Relations of Minnesota says the organization […]
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