CAIR-NY Condemns Pepper-Spray Attack on Muslim Teen
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called for hate crime charges for an alleged attack on a Muslim teenager who was reportedly called a terrorist and pepper-sprayed while walking in Brooklyn. A woman allegedly called the 15-year-old girl a terrorist before pepper spraying her in the face, police said. The alleged […]
CAIR LA Condemns Antisemitic Incident, Calls for Hate Crime Probe (Video)
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CAIR Cleveland Urges Reporting of Bias Incidents After Pro-Palestine Carolers Attack on Christmas
The Cleveland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) today urged community members to report bias incidents after the civil rights organization received multiple reports of an alleged physical attack on pro-Palestinian Christmas carolers in Cleveland’s Public Square. CAIR-Cleveland said the carolers were reportedly advocating for Palestinian human rights near the ice-skating rink in […]
CAIR SFBA Condemns Vandalism at Hindu Temple in Newark, Calls for Justice and Solidarity
(SANTA CLARA, CA, 12/26/2023) – The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today unequivocally condemned the recent act of vandalism at the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu Temple in Newark. The temple was desecrated with anti-India graffiti, an act currently being investigated […]
CAIR LA Condemns Antisemitic Incident in Los Angeles Neighborhood, Calls for Hate Crime Probe
The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today condemned the alleged antisemitic incident in a neighborhood in Los Angeles, Calif., over the past weekend and called for an immediate hate crime investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). SEE: Neighbors in Pico-Robertson report hate crime after man throws brick through […]
CAIR Welcomes Maryland Union’s Support for Teachers Punished for Pro-Palestine Views
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed a letter issued by the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) calling on the Montgomery County Public School System (MCPS) and its agents to cease and desist blatantly violating unit members’ rights to due process by issuing letters to school communities regarding personnel matters […]
CAIR Condemns Israel’s Killing of 100 Journalists Since Oct. 7
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the far-right Israeli government’s killing of 100 journalists since Oct. 7. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says at least 69 journalists and media workers have been killed since Oct. 7, 62 of them Palestinian. CPJ: “More journalists […]
CAIR Received ‘Staggering’ 2,171 Complaints Over Past Two Months (Video)
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CAIR Calls for Probe of Video Showing Hundreds of Stripped Palestinians ‘Humiliated’ in Captured Gaza Stadium
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for an international probe of online images showing hundreds of Palestinians civilians including the disabled, women, the elderly, and even a baby, most stripped to their underwear and paraded in a captured Gaza stadium. Under international humanitarian law, […]
CAIR Condemns Israeli Massacre of 70 Gaza Civilians, Killing of Pregnant Women
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned what it called the latest “Israeli war crimes of the day” after media reports that Israel killed at least 70 people in a strike on Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp and murdered a number of pregnant women. Associated Press […]