Take Action: Urge President Biden to Cancel Student Debt, Establish Interest-Free Student Loans
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, welcomes the White House’s latest extension of the moratorium on student loan repayments but reiterated its call on the administration to grant long-term student debt relief by adopting a plan submitted by the Muslim community. In January, dozens of Muslim American organizations sent […]
Muslim Organizations Renew Call on President Biden to Establish Interest-Free Student Loans, Cancel Significant Amount of Existing Debt
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/6/22) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined other local and national Muslim organizations in welcoming the White House’s latest extension of the moratorium on student loan repayments and again calling on the administration to grant long-term student debt relief by executive action. In January, […]
CAIR Welcomes Appeals Court Ruling Allowing Removal of North Carolina Confederate Monument
(WASHINGTON D.C., 4/6/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a ruling by the North Carolina Court of Appeals allowing the City of Asheville to remove a Confederate monument. CAIR last year welcomed an Asheville city council vote to remove the Vance Monument from its […]
CAIR-Oklahoma to Hold Ramadan Iftar with Keynote Speaker Mayor David Holt
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 4/6/2022) – On Friday, April 8 (7 p.m.), the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold its Annual Ramadan Iftar with our Elected Leaders at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City. NOTE: An Iftar (IF-tar) is the meal […]
Video: CAIR–LA Condemns College Professor’s Islamophobic, Xenophobic Rhetoric, Seeks Public Apology
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CAIR Welcomes Passage of Inclusive Athletic Attire Act, Child Interrogation Protection Bill in Maryland General Assembly
(BALTIMORE, Md., 4/5/2022) – The Maryland office of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded Maryland lawmakers for passing the historic Inclusive Athletic Attire Act and the Juvenile Interrogation Protection Act. Both bills are now headed to Governor Hogan’s desk to be signed into law. The […]
Video: CAIR-NY Condemns Attack on Elderly Sikh Man in Queens
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CAIR Condemns Racist Harassment of Virginia Teacher
(WASHINGTON D.C., 4/3/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the alleged racist harassment of a Black Virginia teacher by one of his students. That history teacher at Menchville High School in Newport News, Va., says a student left a banana at least six times […]
BREAKING: CAIR–LA Condemns Santa Ana College Professor’s Islamophobic and Xenophobic Rhetoric, Seeks Public Apology
(LOS ANGELES, CA – 4/4/2022) –The Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today condemned the biased and Islamophobic statements made by Adjunct Professor Jamie McDonough at Santa Ana College (SAC). In a recording of her Introduction to Psychology lecture discussing social roles, Professor McDonough is heard making derogatory and biased comments about […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Attack on Elderly Sikh Man in Queens
(NEW YORK, N.Y. 4/4/2022) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an attack on a 75-year-old Sikh man who was reportedly punched in an unprovoked assault in Queens that police are investigating as a possible hate crime. According to […]