CAIR: Maryland Muslims to Join Muslim Communities Globally in Marking End of Ramadan Fast with Prayers
(BALTIMORE, MD, 4/9/2024) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), announced today that on or about Wednesday, April 10,* the Muslim community in Maryland will join over 1.8 billion Muslims around the world in marking the end of the month-long dawn to dusk fast of Ramadan with communal prayers around the state. […]
CAIR in the News, April 9, 2024
CAIR: Law Enforcement Keeps Making Women Remove Hijabs for Mugshots – Teen Vogue The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil liberties organization in the country, condemned a separate incident in March in which police officers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area forcibly removed protesters’ hijabs. A statement was released after more than a dozen protesters were arrested […]
CNN: New CAIR Civil Rights Report Reveals Highest Number of Complaints in Group’s 30-Year History (Video)
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CAIR in the News, April 6, 2024
CAIR: Tucson City Council will take up Israel-Hamas ceasefire. The vote is splitting Tucsonans – Arizona Republic CAIR-MI: A Surge in Discrimination Against Muslims – Michigan Public CAIR: José Andrés Frustrated It Took Foreign Aid Workers’ Deaths To Spark Global Outrage Over Gaza – HuffPost “While the world is justifiably outraged at Israel’s targeted killing of Western […]
CAIR in the News, April 5, 2024
CAIR: Biden Tells Netanyahu Future U.S. Support Depends On Israel Protecting Civilians In Gaza – HuffPost “What the American people want is a change in policy, not just a change in rhetoric. President Biden must not wait to see how many more innocent people the far-right Israeli government kills before he decides to change course,” […]
CAIR-Oklahoma Denounces ‘Inappropriate’ FBI Surveillance of Muslim Woman Over Pro-Palestine Posts (Video)
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CAIR Says Biden Must Change Policy, Not Just Rhetoric, After Call with Netanyahu
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said that President Biden needs to change his policy, not just his rhetoric, after a reported ultimatum to Israel’s far-right leader Netanyahu that U.S. support in the ongoing Gaza genocide depends on “immediate” steps to protect civilians and aid workers. […]
CAIR in the News, April 4, 2024
CAIR-Cleveland: Mayor Justin Bibb declines to sign City Council resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza – Plain Dealer Faten Odeh, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Cleveland outpost, called Bibb’s decision “ridiculous,” “heartbreaking” and “disgusting.” Though Odeh believes it took council too long to pass the resolution, she said she is grateful they […]
CAIR in the News, April 3, 2024
CAIR: Islamophobia in US hit record high in 2023 due to Israel’s war on Gaza – TRT World CAIR: American Muslim leaders reject Prez Joe Biden’s Iftar invitation “كير” يكشف أرقاما غير مسبوقة لمعاداة المسلمين في الولايات المتحدة بعد حرب غزة (فيديو) Al Jazeera “مشارك في الإبادة”.. مدير مجلس العلاقات الأمريكية: يجب أن نحاسب بايدن […]
CAIR-AZ Expresses Concern as Israel’s General Consul Set to Address Legislature in Closed Session Amidst Calls for Ceasefire
The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Arizona), is deeply concerned by the decision to allow Israel’s General Consul to address the legislature in a closed session this Wednesday, April 3, at 11 am. This scheduled speech, especially in the wake of a recent visit by 17 lawmakers from the House to Israel during the ongoing […]