CAIR in the News, June 24, 2025
CAIR: Texas Passes Bill Limiting Expressive Activity on Campus – T-SPAN “[SB 18] was championed as protecting expression on campus, setting an example for the rest of the country to encourage, not penalize, thoughtful debate, dialogue and expression,” Sameeha Rizvi, who works for the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Texas chapter, said at the hearing. “SB 2972 directly […]
Video: CAIR-MN Responds to ‘Illegal and Unjustified’ U.S. Attack on Iran
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Video: CAIR Calls for Independent Probe, Release of Police Bodycam Video After Shooting of Baltimore ‘Arabber’
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CAIR in the News, June 23, 2025
CAIR-DFW: Houston nonprofit aims to help Southeast Asian refugees amid mass deportations – Houston Chronicle In recent months, US deportation planes have also carried Iranian Christians to Panama and Indians to India. A North Texas man has sought help from the Council on American-Islamic Relations to advocate for his Saudi Arabia-born Palestinian wife who was […]
Video – CAIR Action: U.S. Attack on Iran ‘Illegal and Unjustified,’ Puts Netanyahu Above American People
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CAIR Responds to ‘Illegal and Unjustified’ U.S. Attack on Iran
CAIR-MN: Minnesota community relations leaders offer opposing reactions to US military strikes as Iran vows to retaliate – KSTP CAIR: Iran warns it ‘reserves all options’ after US airstrikes on nuclear sites: Recap – USA Today “We condemn President Trump’s illegal and unjustified act of war against Iran,” CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said […]
BREAKING: CAIR Calls for Release of Police Bodycam Video After Shooting of Baltimore ‘Arabber’
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR Maryland), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for the immediate release of bodycam video following a police-involved shooting of a well-known Baltimore “arabber,” Bilal Abdullah Jr. [NOTE: “Arabbers,” a Baltimore tradition, are street vendors selling fruits and vegetables from horse-drawn […]
CAIR-NJ to Join Allies in Testifying Against Bill that Would Chill Free Speech on Israel’s Genocide
On Monday, June 23, a coalition of civil rights, student, Muslim, Jewish, and Palestinian advocacy groups will hold a rally and testify at the New Jersey State House to oppose Assembly Bill A3558, which seeks to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism into state law and would chill free speech on Israel’s genocide in […]
Video: CAIR-NJ Demands ‘Systemic Changes’ Following Release of Political Prisoner Mahmoud Khalil
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CAIR-NY Condemns Death and Bomb Threats Against Zohran Mamdani
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 the series of Islamophobic death threats targeting New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, including a disturbing threat to bomb his car. SEE: NYPD Hate Crime unit investigating death and car […]