CAIR in the News, June 22, 2024

CAIR-Texas: Muslim civil rights group to hold press conference on an alleged hate crime in North Texas – CBS CAIR-Texas: TX woman accused of trying to kill Palestinian kids. Muslim group seeks hate crime charge. – Fort Worth Star-Telegram CAIR-Texas: Euless woman allegedly made racist statments before attempting to drown 3-year-old, police say – FOX […]

CAIR-MA Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Anti-Muslim Vandalism

The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on law enforcement authorities to investigate reported anti-Muslim vandalism in Mashpee, Massachusetts, as a possible hate crime. The Mashpee Police Department said a retaining wall was spray-painted with “Muslims not welcome” and a large […]

CAIR in the News, June 21, 2024

CAIR: New Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments churns old political conflicts – Associated Press Members of the Islamic Society of North America and the Council on American-Islamic Relations expressed concerns about the law. “Is it to highlight universal principles that everyone should embrace? Or is the intent to send a message to […]

CAIR in the News, June 20, 2024

CAIR Video: Islamophobia in France would be even worse with far-right gov – TRT World CAIR-MI: Muslim group sues Lodi Township over mosque denial – Detroit News CAIR: US civil rights NGO condemns China suppression of Xinjiang Uyghur Muslim – JURIST CAIR: CAIR condemns China’s ‘erase’ of Muslim Uyghur village names in Xinjiang – UPI […]

CAIR Condemns Chinese Government’s Attempt to ‘Erase’ Uyghur Culture by Changing Village Names

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an ongoing attempt by Chinese authorities in Xinjiang to “erase” Uyghur culture by systematically changing hundreds of Uyghur village names to ones reflecting Chinese Communist Party ideology. In a new study, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Norway-based Uyghur […]

CAIR Says Biden Admin Must Take ‘Concrete Action’ After UN Official Says Israel Waging Campaign of ‘Extermination’ in Gaza

New UN report shows that Israel repeatedly violated the laws of war in its genocidal campaign targeting the Palestinian people (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/19/2024) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said the Biden administration must take “concrete action” following the release of a new United Nations […]