Breaking News: CAIR-CT Acknowledges Hate Crime Charge for Assault on Two Muslim Students in Waterbury

(HARTFORD, CT, 3/21/2025) – The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today acknowledged the hate crime charge for the alleged violent assault on two Muslim students in Waterbury, Connecticut, reportedly targeted because of their Arab heritage and Islamic faith. Video: CAIR-CT Speaks Out Against Assaults […]
CAIR Concludes #MYDAC2025 With Muslim Youth Visiting Maryland State Capital

The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced the successful conclusion of its Muslim Youth Day at the Capital #MYDAC2025 yesterday in partnership with Tarbiyah Academy to bring dozens of Muslim students to Annapolis to tour the State House and government buildings, learn about the legislative process and meet with state […]
CAIR in the News, March 21, 2025

CAIR-LA: Pro-Palestinian Activists Sue U.C.L.A. Over Encampment Attack – The New York Times CAIR-LA: Pro-Palestine protesters file lawsuit against UC, UCLA, police, counter-protesters – Daily Bruin CAIR-LA: Pro-Palestinian group files lawsuit, says UCLA failed to protect protesters – KTLA CAIR-LA: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators sue UCLA over its “failure to protect activists” – Los Angeles Daily News […]
BREAKING: CAIR-NY, CAIR, Law Firm Granted Order to Prevent Columbia University from Complying with Federal Orders in Violation of First Amendment

BREAKING UPDATE: “Pending the March 25 hearing, the Columbia Defendants are ENJOINED from 1) providing, directly or indirectly, the records outlined at Dkt. 15-1 at 6 to Congress or any federal agency; and 2) releasing the names or any other identifying information of any student included in the records outlined at Dkt. 15-1 at 6.” […]
Video: CAIR-Maryland Civil Rights Report Reveals Alarming Surge in Islamophobia

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Video: CAIR-SFBA Calls Out Islamophobia after Assault on Elderly Muslim

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CAIR in the News, March 20, 2025

CAIR: Ben & Jerry’s accuses Unilever of trying to silence former chief on social issues including Palestine CAIR: Trump admin removes segregation prohibition from government contracts – USA Today Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization Council on American-Islamic Relations also criticized the measure. “As our nation unfortunately becomes more divided and polarized, the last thing […]
CAIR Maryland Releases 2024 Civil Rights Data Signaling Rising Islamophobia, Constitutional Violations

Civil Rights group urges Calls for Swift Policy Changes to Uphold Justice, Protect Communities (BALTIMORE, Md., 3/19/2025) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today released its 2024 civil rights data, highlighting a troubling rise in incidents impacting the safety, rights and well-being of Muslim communities. From last January through December, […]
CAIR-FL Welcomes Miami Beach Mayor Dropping Proposal to Evict O Cinema for Screening No Other Land

The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) today welcomed Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner dropping his unconstitutional proposal to evict O Cinema as a reprisal after his initial failed attempt to censor them from showing the Oscar-winning Palestinian documentary No Other Land. O Cinema, an arthouse theatre, showed the documentary after having initially pulled it […]
CAIR Says President Trump Acting Like ‘Hostage of Netanyahu’ After Israel Slaughters 183 Palestinian Children, Drags Region Closer to All-Out War

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said that President Trump is acting like a “hostage of Benjamin Netanyahu” after the far-right Israeli government used American weapons to slaughter 183 Palestinian children in just 36 hours, destroying the ceasefire agreement that President Trump brokered and triggering the risk […]