CAIR Welcomes Federal Court Decision Ordering Release of Mahmoud Khalil
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a federal court decision ordering the release of anti-genocide activist and legal U.S. resident Mahmoud Khalil. A U.S. judge ordered on Friday that Khalil, a Columbia University graduate, be immediately released from immigration custody. Khalil was arrested by […]
CAIR-Houston and Attorney Dalia Moftah Call for Immediate Release of Palestinian Asylum Seeker Indefinitely Detained in Texas by ICE
The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) and immigration attorney Dalia Moftah today demanded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immediately release Mohamed Abushanab, a Palestinian reportedly held indefinitely for more than 10 months, despite an immigration judge granting him protection from deportation due to the likelihood of facing persecution if he were deported […]
CAIR-MA Calls on Harvard Divinity School to Publish Commencement Speaker’s Anti-Genocide Address
The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), the state’s leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Harvard Divinity School to uphold its own standards of academic freedom by releasing a commencement speech that it reportedly withheld from publication because the speaker condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide in […]
CAIR Condemns World Silence After More Israeli Massacres of Starving Palestinians at Concentration Sites
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the world’s silence after yet another Israeli massacre of starving Palestinians forced to seek food at U.S.-back concentration sites in Gaza. Israel slaughtered at least 72 people on Thursday, including 21 who gathered near the concentration sites. The […]
CAIR Supports Removal of Confederate Monument in Mississippi
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed support for the proposed removal of a Confederate monument from the center of Brandon, Mississippi. That city’s Board of Aldermen voted to have a civil engineer to determine where it could be relocated. “We support every effort to […]
CAIR in the News, June 19, 2025
CAIR-Action: Mamdani’s Comment on ‘Intifada’ Motto Fuels Tension in Mayor’s Race – New York Times Basim Elkarra, the executive director of CAIR Action, the political arm of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, defended Mr. Mamdani. He said the phrase in question was used by some human-rights activists “to call for nonviolent, worldwide solidarity aimed at […]
CAIR-NJ Encourages All Schools to Permit Cultural Displays at Graduations
The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations today encouraged all public and private schools to allow students to display their cultural identity as they celebrate a major milestone in one of the most diverse states in the country. CAIR-New Jersey is calling on school officials across the state to permit students to wear […]
Video: CAIR-Chicago Demands Justice After Violent Attack on Palestinian-Mexican Mural Defenders
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CAIR in the News, June 18, 2025
CAIR-NJ: Where are the protests? Why response to Trump travel ban differs in 2025 – northjersey.com The ban’s rollout was less abrupt and shocking than the 2017 one that targeted seven Muslim-majority countries. This time, the ban was expected for months and it is more cautious, including exemptions and excluding legal permanent residents of the […]
CAIR-Chicago, Attorney Farah Chalisa, and Community Leaders to Call for Hate Crime Charges Following Violent Attack at Pilsen Mural Site
On Wednesday, June 18, the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), along with human rights attorney Farah Chalisa and community partners, plans to hold a press conference to demand hate crime charges and justice after a violent attack targeting a Palestinian-Mexican mural and its defenders. SEE: CBS: Victims rally for hate crime […]