CAIR in the News, July 14, 2024

CAIR: Delta Air Lines adopts new rules for flight attendant uniforms after Palestinian pin flap – Associated Press CAIR: US Muslim group to Biden: ‘Stop enabling these daily massacres’ – Al Jazeera “President Biden’s continuing support for and silence about the genocide gives a green light for more Israeli abuses and war crimes,” CAIR Executive […]

CAIR Condemns Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump, Calls for End to ‘Hateful, Divisive Rhetoric’

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned yesterday’s assassination attempt targeting former President Donald Trump and call for an end to “hateful, divisive rhetoric.” In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said: “We condemn yesterday’s assassination attempt targeting former President Donald Trump. Political violence […]

CAIR in the News, July 13, 2024

CAIR: Delta apologizes for now-deleted ‘anti-Palestinian’ tweet – News Nation CAIR-Chicago: Woman flooded with hateful messages after she expressed pro-Palestinian views, appeared in misleading video, suit claims – Chicago Sun-Times An Illinois woman filed a lawsuit this week alleging she receiving “thousands” of threatening calls for expressing support for Palestinian people, according to the Chicago […]

CAIR Calls on President Biden to ‘Stop Enabling’ Israeli Massacres After Mass Slaughter in Gaza ‘Safe Zone’

Muslim civil rights group also condemns Biden administration decision not to sanction Israeli unit that committed gross human rights abuses The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President Biden to “stop enabling” the mass slaughter of Palestinian civilians after Israel killed more than 70 […]

CAIR Welcomes Alabama Decision to Forego Autopsy After Muslim Incarceree’s Execution

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a decision by Alabama authorities to accept a request from a Muslim incarceree that no autopsy be performed on his body after execution, in accordance with his religious beliefs. CAIR previously supported the request by Alabama Death Row […]

CAIR in the News, July 12, 2024

CAIR: U.S. Faces Calls To Halt Arms Sales To Israel, After Medical Journal Says Gaza Death Toll Likely Worse – HuffPost “As the world witnesses the mass slaughter and wholesale destruction the far-right Israeli government is carrying out in Gaza, it is unconscionable that the Biden administration would send more American taxpayer-funded bombs to kill […]

CAIR in the News, July 11, 2024

CAIR: Calls for Delta Airlines boycott over ‘racist, anti-Palestinian’ X post – The New Arab The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) also weighed in, demanding an apology from the airline. CAIR: Delta airline under fire after linking staff wearing Palestine badges with Hamas – Middle East Eye The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on […]