CAIR-NY Condemns Violent Hate Crime Targeting Asian Woman
(NEW YORK, N.Y., 7/12/2021) — 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 the violent hate crime targeting an Asian woman yesterday afternoon, Sunday, July 11, 2021, in Manhattan. According to a media report, Frank Rodriguez, 63, was charged with a hate […]
CAIR Commemorates 26th Anniversary of Srebrenica Genocide, Urges Action on Current Human Rights Abuses Worldwide
(WASHINGTON D.C., 7/12/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today marked the 26th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia and urged action in response to current human rights abuses worldwide. SEE: Bosnia marks 26th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bosnia-marks-26th-anniversary-of-srebrenica-genocide/ar-AAM1kD6?ocid=BingNewsSearch In 1995, Bosnian Serb forces […]
CAIR Condemns Racist Incident at Memorial to Enslaved People in NC, Racist Attack on Asian Woman and Son in Nevada
(WASHINGTON D.C., 7/12/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a racist incident in North Carolina at a memorial to enslaved people and a racist attack on an Asian woman and her 6-year-old son in a mall in Nevada. On Saturday, two men with Confederate […]
CAIR: American Muslims to Mark End of Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) with Communal Prayers, Celebrations
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/12/21) – On Tuesday, July 20, American Muslims will mark the end of the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca, called Hajj, with communal prayers and celebrations at locations around the country. The prayers and the holiday that follows Hajj are called Eid ul-Adha (EED-al-ODD-ha), or “festival of the sacrifice.” SEE: When are Hajj and Eid […]
CAIR-LA Welcomes Probe of Alleged Hate Crime Targeting Arab-American Worker
(LOS ANGELES, CA – 7/10/2021) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today welcomed the Bakersfield Police Department’s hate crime investigation of an alleged racially-motivated threat targeting an Arab-American worker. According to media reports, Adrian Aceves, 33, of Bakersfield, approached several King’s Drive-In restaurant employees on July […]
TODAY: CAIR-CT to Join Family of Murdered Muslim Motel Owner at Rally Against Bail Reduction
(HARTFORD, CT, JULY 10, 2021) – Later today, the Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) will join the family of a murdered Muslim Vernon motel owner Zeeshan Chaudry at a vigil and rally in Vernon, Conn., to demand that his alleged killer not receive any reduction in bail. The rally will be […]
CAIR Welcomes Decision to Remove Confederate Statues that Sparked Deadly White Supremacist, Neo-Nazi Rally in Charlottesville, Va.
(WASHINGTON D.C., 7/9/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, today welcomed a decision by the city of Charlottesville, Va., to remove monuments to Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson that sparked a 2017 violent white supremacist and neo-Nazi rally in that city that […]
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CAIR-MI Decries Light Sentence for Violent Hate Crime Targeting Black Teens
(CANTON, MI, 7/9/2021) – The Michigan chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the sentencing of a man who pleaded guilty to a hate crime in a brutal attack targeting two Black teens at a local beach but decried the five-year sentence […]
CAIR Welcomes Reports that Biden Administration will Blacklist More Chinese Companies Linked to Uyghur Muslim Genocide
CAIR continues to call on Virginia-based Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HTL) to drop plans to build a Hilton Hotel in XUAR on the site of a bulldozed and desecrated mosque. CAIR continues to urge Congress to adopt the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. (WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/9/21) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the […]