CAIR-MI Files Federal Lawsuit Against U.S. Steel for Wrongful Termination of Yemini-American After Complaints of Discrimination
(CANTON, MI, 10/31/2022) – The Michigan chapter of Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), a local chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced the filing of a federal lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of a Yemeni Muslim man who claims […]
CAIR to Join Maryland Coalition of 38 Organizations to Hold Press Conference Demanding that Council Holds a Public Hearing and Rejects the Divisive IHRA Antisemitism Definition
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/31/22) – Later today, members of a coalition of 38 organizations will be holding a press conference in Montgomery County at 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850 to call for a public hearing on the contentious IHRA antisemitism definition, and demand that the Montgomery County Council remove the resolution from the Nov. 1 […]
CAIR-MA Condemns Intimidation of Migrants by Neo-Nazi White Supremacist Group
(BOSTON, MA, 10/31/2022) – The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the attempted intimidation of migrants housed at a Kingston, Mass., hotel on Sunday by a neo-Nazi white supremacist group. Kingston police reported that a group of masked men gathered outside the […]
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CAIR-NJ, IAMC Welcome Teaneck Municipal Government Statement, Anticipate Educational Meeting on Hindutva
(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 10/30/2022) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) joined community advocates at a town council meeting in Teaneck on October 25, 2022, to condemn the rising tide of far-right Hindutva nationalist ideology in New Jersey and draw local officials’ attention to it. The municipal government has subsequently published […]
CAIR Condemns ‘Go Back to Your Country’ Shooting Attack on Indian-American in Utah
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/28/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an allegedly bias-motivated shooting attack on an Indian-American in Utah. Police in Tooele, Utah, are investigating a pellet gun shooting as a potential hate crime. Gurvinder Singh said he was in front of his home […]
CAIR-NJ OP-ED: Define Islamophobia so That in New Jersey Violence Against Muslims Can Be Punished
Citing lived experiences and time-tested research, New Jersey Muslims and their allies are calling on New Jersey state lawmakers to adopt these pieces of legislation that will protect and uplift marginalized New Jerseyans. The numbers are narratives are chilling, and the only step forward is through legislative support. CAIR-NJ is the New Jersey chapter of […]
Video: CAIR-Ohio ED Joins Other Faith Leaders to Bring Peace to the Polls Ahead of 2022 Election
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BREAKING: CAIR-MN Calls for Probe of Possible Bias Motive for Vandalism Targeting North Dakota Muslim Cemetery
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 10/22/2022) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for vandalism targeting a Fargo, N.D., (8585 25th Street S.) Muslim cemetery. Local Muslim community leaders told CAIR-MN that they were alerted on Friday to vandalism of the cemetery building […]
Action Alert: Join Interfaith Advocates, Activists in Urging Montgomery County Council to Reject Resolution That Endangers Free Speech, Palestinian Human Rights
(BALTIMORE, MD, 10/21/22) – Join interfaith advocates and civil rights activists in calling on Maryland’s Montgomery County Council to reject considering a resolution that 1) mentions the disputed International Holocaust Remembrance Association’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, or 2) contains language from the definition, because it has raised significant concerns about free speech rights in the defense of Palestinian human rights. […]