CAIR in the News, December 6, 2024

CAIR: High-Flying Heroes: The Attorneys Defending Muslim Americans’ Civil Rights – ABA Journal Thanks to his lawyers from Jenner & Block, the nonprofit Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Legal Defense Fund, and the University of Chicago’s Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic, he was able to file a lawsuit, return home, and get his name removed […]

CAIR Calls for Internal Review, Policy Changes at U of Maryland After Reported Assault of Muslim Students During Flag Football Tournament

The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on University of Maryland Campus Police to conduct an internal review and implement policy changes regarding security presence at campus events following an incident in October during which several Muslim students were allegedly physically assaulted and sustained serious injuries during a flag football […]

CAIR in the News, December 5, 2024

CAIR: Muslims in New England brace for the possibility of another travel ban under Trump – The Boston Globe CAIR: Study: Pickaway County judge sentences Black drug defendants more harshly than whites – The Columbus Dispatch Meanwhile, the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Ohio has called for relevant authorities to launch an ethics probe into Knece and […]

BREAKING: CAIR Says Biden Must End Arms Shipments After Amnesty International Report Concludes Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said the Biden administration must end arms shipments to Israel after a new report by Amnesty International, titled “You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza,” concludes that Israel has committed – and still is […]

CAIR Demands Va.’s George Mason University Rescind ‘Draconian’ Measures Targeting Anti-Genocide Protesters

Muslim civil rights group condemns ‘Draconian’ Police Raid on Family Home of Palestinian- American Students (WASHINGTON D.C., 12/4/24) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a “draconian” police raid on the family home of two Palestinian-American students at George Mason University who participated in anti-genocide events on […]

CAIR-Ohio Calls for Ethics Probe of Alleged Racial Disparities in Sentencing by Judge

The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) today called for an ethics investigation of a Pickaway County judge after a study reportedly showed that Black defendants were consistently sentenced more harshly than white defendants. A study by conducted by Professor Kat Albrecht of Georgia State University, and based on 1,132 drug-related cases, […]

CAIR in the News, December 4, 2024

CAIR: Muslim women students face harassment and violence on campus – Prism Reports CAIR: Islamic advocacy group calls for additional probe into Pickaway Co. Judge after allegations of racial targeting – Scioto Valley Guardian CAIR: US military takes pride in religious diversity. Would things change if Pete Hegseth takes charge? – Associated Press The Council […]