CAIR Welcomes Baltimore City Councilmembers’ Abstention on Resolution Ignoring Palestinian Death Toll, Surge of Islamophobia

(BALTIMORE, MD, 12/5/2023) – The Maryland office of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) today applauded Baltimore City Councilmembers Kristerfer Burnett, Ryan Dorsey, Phylicia Porter, and Odette Ramos for abstaining from voting on a resolution introduced that ignored the catastrophic death toll of Palestinian civilians in Gaza – mostly women and children – as well as […]

CAIR Questions Whether U.S., Global North Regard Palestinians as ‘Human’ After 700+ Civilians Massacred by Israel in 24 Hours

(WASHINGTON, DC – 12/3/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today questioned whether leaders in the United States and the Global North even regard Palestinians as “human” after more than 700 women, children and men were massacred by Israel within just the last 24 hours. Israel […]

CAIR Condemns Latest Massacre of 100+ Civilians in Residential Buildings Hosting Displaced Families in Jabalia Refugee Camp

(WASHINGTON, DC – 12/2/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned the latest “Israeli war crime of the day” after more than 100 men, women and children were killed in the bombing of residential buildings hosting displaced families in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp.  SEE: Airstrike flattens residential building hosting displaced families in Jabalia refugee camp  […]

CAIR Calls on FBI to Probe Bomb Threat Targeting Maryland Mosque

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/2/23) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities – including the FBI – to investigate a reported bomb threat targeting a Maryland mosque as a hate crime. Officials with the Idara Jaferia Islamic Center in […]