CAIR Video: Anti-Masker Attacks Islam at Wisconsin School Board Meeting
WATCH THE VIDEO. SEE ALSO: CAIR Applauds Wisconsin School Board for Response to Anti-Islam, Anti-Mask Statements During Meeting
CAIR Calls for Resignation of Tenn. City Official Over Islamophobic, Racist, Conspiracy-Promoting Posts
(WASHINGTON D.C., 8/10/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for the resignation of a city official in Tennessee over her Islamophobic, racist and conspiracy-promoting social media posts. Screenshots Mt. Juliet, Tenn., City Commissioner Jennifer Milele was reportedly involved with included Islamophobic statements such […]
Video: CAIR Calls on DHS to Release Quran Tiles for Va. Mosque That are Threatened with Destruction
Today we joined community leaders at Manassas Mosque in VA to call on the U.S. Department of the Treasury and President Joe Biden to release 750 lbs of tiles with Quranic inscriptions that were seized because they came from Iran. Seizing these sacred objects was unwarranted and destroying them would be unacceptable. WATCH THE VIDEO
DC/VA: CAIR, Community Leaders to Hold Press Conference to Call on DHS to Release Quranic Tiles for N. Virginia Mosque Held at IAD, Threatened with Destruction
(WASHINGTON D.C., 8/9/2021) – On Tuesday, August 10, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a news conference with community leaders at a Virginia mosque to urge the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Department of the Treasury to release almost 750 pounds […]
BREAKING NEWS: CAIR Calls on DHS to Release Quranic Tiles for Virginia Mosque Held at IAD, Threatened with Destruction
(WASHINGTON D.C., 8/7/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Department of the Treasury to release almost 750 pounds of decorative tiles with verses from the Quran destined for a Virginia mosque that officials […]
BREAKING NEWS: CAIR Welcomes Ruling Ordering Islamophobe Laura Loomer to Pay Almost $125K in Fees for Anti-CAIR Lawsuit
(WASHINGTON, 8/4/21) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a Florida federal magistrate judge’s ruling ordering far-right Islamophobic conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer and her company Illoominate Media to pay CAIR almost $125,000 in attorney’s fees and costs stemming from a lawsuit falsely claiming the […]
CAIR Calls for Resignation or Removal of Wisconsin County Supervisor Who Spreads Conspiracy Theories, Anti-Muslim Bigotry Online
Civil rights group encourages public official to meet with local Muslim leaders (WASHINGTON D.C., 8/4/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for the resignation or removal of Wisconsin’s Brown County Supervisor James Murphy over revelations that he is spreading Islamophobia and false allegations of election fraud […]
CAIR-Missouri Says Governor’s Pardon of Couple Who Pointed Weapons at Peaceful BLM Protesters Encourages ‘Vigilante Action’
(MISSOURI, 8/4/2021) – The Missouri Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MO), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today condemned Gov. Mike Parson’s pardoning of a couple who pointed weapons at peaceful Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters as they marched past the couple’s home in St. Louis last year. […]
CAIR Welcomes N.C. City Council Vote to Remove Confederate Monument, Repeats Call for Confederate Monuments Removal in Other N.C. City
(WASHINGTON D.C., 8/4/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a vote by the Wilmington, N.C., city council to permanently remove two Confederate monuments from public view. CAIR also renewed calls for the removal of a Confederate monument in Catawba County, N.C. The Wilmington, […]
CAIR-MN Calls for Probe of Possible Bias Motive for Vandalism Targeting Mankato Islamic Center Worshiper’s Vehicle
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 8/2/21) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on local law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for vandalism targeting the vehicle of a Mankato Islamic Center worshiper early Saturday morning. Officials with the Mankato Islamic Center reported to CAIR-MN that two vandals spray-painted hate messages on […]