CAIR in the News, August 8, 2024
CAIR: After Japan snubs Israel for Nagasaki commemoration, U.S., other envoys plan to skip event – UPI Meanwhile, theWashington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, America’s largest Muslim civil rights advocacy organization, was critical of the U.S. decision to reject the Nagasaki invite simply over Israel’s non-invite over Gaza. “Instead of coming to the defense of a […]
CAIR in the News, August 6, 2024
CAIR: Biden aims to defuse Mideast tensions – Voice of America Advocates for the American Muslim community, which has criticized Biden’s staunch support for Israel, say Washington should take a firm line on Israel’s aggression in Gaza. “The United States possesses a wide array of diplomatic and political tools to hold Israel accountable, whether that’s […]
CAIR Expresses Solidarity with UK Muslims Targeted by Racist, Far-Right Rioters
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed its solidarity with Muslims in the UK who have been targeted by mobs in the riots that have spread across the country, sparked by false claims that a Muslim migrant was responsible for a recent deadly stabbing attack […]
CAIR in the News, August 5, 2024
Video: CAIR-SFBA to Host Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Permanent Building CAIR: More ‘genocidal statements’ coming from the Israeli government – Al Jazeera CAIR: Students gearing up for round 2 of pro-Palestinian protests: ‘We’ve been working all this summer’ – The Hill “There’s definitely conversations happening regarding how they can continue to advocate, to raise […]
CAIR Condemns ‘Seemingly Endless’ Israeli Massacres of Palestinian Children
At least 30 killed, the vase majority being children, in Israeli attacks on UN-run schools (WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/4/2024) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned what it called the “seemingly endless” massacres of Palestinian children in Gaza by forces of the far-right Israeli government. At […]
CAIR in the News, August 4, 2024
CAIR-MN: A Battle Over a Farm, a Mosque and the Moral High Ground – The New York Times The Love Lino Lakes organization was called a hate group by one of the Robinsons. And the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights organization also known as CAIR, asserted that the […]
CAIR Says Biden Either ‘Doesn’t Know or Doesn’t Care’ About Dead Palestinian Children After Ignoring Israel’s Latest School Massacre
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said President Biden either “doesn’t know or doesn’t care” about the Israeli government’s daily massacres of Palestinian children after the administration failed to condemn the latest Israeli bombing of Palestinian civilians, this time an airstrike on a school sheltering displaced […]
CAIR-MN Condemns Neo-Nazi Vandalism of Lawmaker’s Home
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned racist, neo-Nazi vandalism targeting the home of a state lawmaker. The house, shed and political signage in the yard of Minnesota House Representative Kim Hicks (DFL-Rochester) was vandalized with Nazi swastikas, racial slurs, and […]
CAIR in the News, August 3, 2024
CAIR-Philadelphia: Shapiro’s College-Era Criticism of Palestinians Draws Fresh Scrutiny – New York Times Mr. Shapiro’s explanation did not satisfy the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which later on Friday called on him to apologize. “We are deeply disturbed by the racist, anti-Palestinian views that Governor Shapiro expressed in this article,” Ahmet Tekelioglu, […]
CAIR in the News, August 2, 2024
CAIR-OK: Southern state tears itself apart as schools attack parents and authorities for pushing new religious directive – Daily Mail The head of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations slammed the directive as a clear violation of the Constitution’s Establishment Clause, which prohibits the government from ‘establishing’ a religion. CAIR-PA: Man killed […]