CAIR-Austin: Austin Muslim Community to Celebrate Inauguration of Islamic Community Center
(AUSTIN, TX, 7/8/2021) – On Saturday, July 10, the Austin chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Austin) will join the North Austin Muslim Community Center (NAMCC) in a celebration marking o mark the completion of their Islamic Center to better serve the growing Austin Muslim population. Founded in 1994, (NAMCC) grew from a handful […]
CAIR Condemns Wisconsin GOP White Supremacist Meme, Racist Vandalism of Latino Massachusetts Candidates
(WASHINGTON D.C., 7/8/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a white supremacist meme shared on Wisconsin’s Winnebago County Republican Party Facebook page and racist messages found on campaign signs of two Latino candidates for elected office in Massachusetts. The Wisconsin GOP Facebook post […]
CAIR Urges Firing of Tennessee Police Officer Who Made Racist Remarks, Calls for Independent Probe of Racism in Department
(WASHINGTON D.C., 7/8/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Tennessee’s Knoxville Police Department (KPD) to fire an officer who reportedly made racist remarks and to allow for an independent investigation into alleged racism in the Department, after an officer filed a complaint […]
CAIR Welcomes State Department Call for End of Collective Punishment Practice by Israel, Urges More Pressure
(WASHINGTON D.C, 7/8/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the U.S. State Department’s call for an end to Israel’s illegal collective punishment demolitions of Palestinian homes following the leveling of a house in which the family of a Palestinian-American attack suspect was living. […]
CAIR Condemns Neo-Nazi, Anti-Semitic Desecration of Headstones in Maryland Jewish Cemetery
(BALTIMORE, MD, 7/8/2021) — The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned vandalism at German Hill Road Jewish Cemetery in Baltimore City over the weekend in which a dozen headstones were defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti, including Nazi swastikas. The graffiti has been removed since the incident was reported, and the cemetery gates have […]
CAIR Welcomes Decision of Virginia County to Rename Roads Named for Confederates, Segregationists
(WASHINGTON D.C., 7/7/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, today welcomed a decision by the Board of Supervisors of Virginia’s Loudoun County to begin the process to rename roads named for Confederate and segregationist figures. SEE: Loudoun Supervisors Launch Changes to Roads Named for Confederates, Segregationists […]
Community Advisory: CAIR Welcomes TPS Extension, Renewed Designation for Yemen
Muslim Group Notes TPS for Somalia, Sudan and Syria Remains in Effect (WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/7/21) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the Department of Homeland Security’s announced extension and renewed designation of Yemen for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. Read: DHS: ICE: Resource: Temporary Protected Status Designated […]
CAIR Joins Call for N. Virginia County to Rename Roads Named for Confederate, Segregationist Leaders
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/6/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined the call for Virginia’s Loudon County Board of Supervisors to rename roads named after prominent Confederate and segregationist figures. SEE: Loudoun Co. weighs what to do with roads named for Confederates, segregationists In a […]
Registration Opens for CAIR’s 6th Annual Virtual Maryland ‘Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium’ (MYLS)
(BALTIMORE, MD, 7/6/2021) — The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today opened registration for its 6th annual Maryland Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (#MYLS2021). This year’s event will be held virtually on Saturday, August 21, 2021, and is themed “Vision 2021: Imagining Progress […]
CAIR OP-ED: Muslim Nations Must Unite to Condemn China’s Uyghur Genocide
Last Thursday, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan publicly revealed that he accepts the Chinese government’s claim that it is not perpetrating a genocide against its Uyghur Muslim population. In an appearance on a Chinese broadcast, Khan cited Pakistan’s “extreme proximity and relationship with China” as the reason for trusting the Chinese Communist Party, which he […]