CAIR in the News, March 23, 2024
صلاة متزامنة بنيويورك لمسلمين ومسيحيين ويهود دعما لغزة – CAIR CAIR: US Muslims feeling unsafe after mosque attacks – TRT CAIR-Sacramento: Gaza ceasefire advocates, Muslim leaders call for meeting with Costa “Representative Costa is missing critical opportunities to hear directly from constituents and that is failing in his duty as an elected official,” said Sukaina […]
CAIR in the News, March 22, 2024
CAIR-SFBA: Muslim civil rights group demands apology after being forced to pray, break fast outside San Bruno City Hall – LA Times CAIR-LA: ‘Gathering in Gratitude’: Diversity and faith celebrated in annual dinner – Orange County Register As a policy analyst with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Los Angeles, Yousufi said the number of xenophobic incidents occurring in recent […]
CAIR-CA Welcomes Governor Newsom’s Statement Calling for an Immediate Ceasefire and Aid to Gaza
(SACRAMENTO, CA – 3/21/2024) – The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) today welcomed Governor Gavin Newsom’s call for an immediate ceasefire in an open letter to California’s Muslim, Palestinian American, and Arab American communities. The letter acknowledges the nationwide rise in Islamophobia and anti-Arab hate and highlights California’s deliverance of a humanitarian […]
CAIR in the News, March 21, 2024
CAIR-FL: Western youth turn to Islam, inspired by Gazans’ faith in God – TRT World “From September 11 onwards, you couldn’t find a single newspaper in the United States that did not mention the words “Islam” and “Muslims” daily or weekly for years, and it has obviously had consequences,” says Wilfredo Amr Ruiz, the Communications Director of the […]
Columbus City Council Drops Iftar After CAIR-OH Withdraws Support Over No Gaza Ceasefire Resolution (Video)
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CAIR in the News, March 20, 2024
CAIR: Who’s behind the pro-Palestinian protests that are disrupting Biden’s campaign events and blocking city streets? – NBC Muslim American organizations, meanwhile, say they are being flooded with reports of anti-Muslim bias since Israel invaded Gaza. The Council on American-Islamic Relations reported a rise in incidents of anti-Muslim bigotry at school, at work, after attending […]
CAIR Wins U.S. Supreme Court Watchlist Case in 9-0 Decision (Video)
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CAIR-NY Applauds Transport Workers Union of America’s Officers’ Refusal to Obey Order to Remove Students’ Hijabs at Barnard College
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded the actions of Transport Workers Union of America security officers who defied alleged orders from a security officer at Barnard College to remove hijabs from female Muslim students and called on Barnard College […]
CAIR-Ohio Joined Gaza Ceasefire Faith Leaders for an Interfaith Prayer and Iftar at Cleveland City Hall
(CLEVELAND, OH, 3/19/24) – The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) joined leaders of the Christian and Jewish faiths at Cleveland City Hall for an interfaith prayer and iftar, breaking of the fast. Last night began at the steps of City Hall with an interfaith prayer led by Faten Odeh, Rabbi Meriam, and Dr. […]
CAIR Calls 9-0 U.S. Supreme Court Victory in Watchlist Case a ‘Historic Milestone for American Muslims’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s 9-0 ruling allowing CAIR’s lawsuit challenging the federal No Fly List on behalf of Yonas Fikre to move forward over the government’s objection as a “historic milestone for Muslims.” This case marked the first time that CAIR argued […]