CAIR in the News, January 27, 2025

CAIR: Palestinians finally returning to devastated northern Gaza after ceasefire dispute delay – CNN US-based advocacy group the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR), said Trump’s idea was “delusional and dangerous nonsense.” “The Palestinian people are not willing to abandon Gaza, and neighboring countries are not willing to help Israel ethnically cleanse Gaza,” CAIR said on […]
CAIR Calls President Trump’s Proposal to Expel Palestinians from Gaza ‘Delusional and Dangerous Nonsense’

Muslim civil rights and advocacy group also condemns Trump administration’s transfer of 2,000 pound bombs to Israel (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/26/25) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today responded to President Trump floating the idea of ethnically cleansing Gaza by moving millions of Palestinians to Egypt and […]
CAIR-MA Condemns Cancelation of Harvard Medical School Event with Palestinian Patients Impacted by Israel’s Genocide

The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a decision by Harvard Medical School to cancel a planned event featuring a panel with patients from the Gaza genocide receiving care in Boston. The event was reportedly canceled “in response to objections that […]
CAIR-Philadelphia, Harrisburg Palestine Coalition to Call for Expedited Probe of Teacher Allegedly Calling a Muslim Palestinian-Lebanese 7th Grader a ‘Terrorist’

On Monday, Jan. 27, the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia), in collaboration with Harrisburg Palestine Coalition, parents, community leaders and civil rights advocates, will hold a press conference calling on Central Dauphin School District and the Central Dauphin School Board to expedite an investigation of a Central Dauphin Middle School teacher who […]
Video: CAIR-Philadelphia Demands Action After Teacher Allegedly Calls Palestinian Student a ‘Terrorist’

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CAIR in the News, January 25, 2025

CAIR-Philadelphia: Islamic activist reacts to local teacher allegedly calling student a ‘terrorist’ – CBS CAIR-Philadelphia: Teacher on administrative leave over alleged comment towards Central Dauphin student – ABC CAIR-NJ Condemns Reported Racist Text Messages by Monmouth County Officers, Calls for Investigation Transparency CAIR: Removal and Resistance: Reflections on Anti-Muslim Racism CAIR: What if ICE shows […]
Video: CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Neo-Nazi Vandalism Targeting Black-Owned Business in South Dakota

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CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Neo-Nazi White Supremacist Vandalism Targeting Black-Owned Business in South Dakota

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on law enforcement authorities to investigate reported neo-Nazi white supremacist vandalism targeting a Black-owned business in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as a hate crime. That business was reportedly vandalized with graffiti threatening black people, referring to the racist […]
CAIR Calls for UN Probe After New Reports of Israeli Torture and Abuse of Palestinian Detainees

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the United Nations to investigate Israel’s torture and abuse of Palestinian detainees after a new report quotes prisoners as saying they were brutally beaten, burned with hot water, urinated on by guards, denied food and medical attention, […]
CAIR Condemns China’s Sentencing of Uyghur Woman for Teaching Quran to Her Children, Calls for UN Action

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the reported sentencing of a Uyghur Muslim woman in China to 17 years in prison for teaching her children and a neighbor verses from the Quran, Islam’s revealed text. Seylihan Rozi, 49, was reportedly sentenced for providing “illegal […]