CAIR Welcomes New Report on U.S. Mosques Showing 31% Increase in Mosque Establishments, Expanded Mosque Budgets
(WASHINGTON, D.C, 6/2/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a new report on U.S. mosques that shows a 31 percent increase in the number of Muslim houses of worship nationwide since 2010. [NOTE: CAIR is one of the primary sponsors of the report.] The […]
CAIR Welcomes Removal of KKK Leader’s Remains from Tennessee Park
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/2/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today welcomed removal of the remains of Confederate General Bedford Forrest, a slave trader and early leader of the racist Ku Klux Klan, from a Tennessee park. That relocation to a museum is intended to be completed in […]
CAIR Community Advisory: Virginia Muslims Urged to Vote in June 8th State Primary Election for Governor, Lt. Governor, House of Delegates, Local Offices
On Saturday, June 5, the Virginia Council of Muslim Organizations is encouraging Muslim community members to attend their local mosque for Dhuhr prayer (early afternoon prayer), have lunch and go vote with other Muslims. (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/2/21) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is urging all eligible voters to […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Apparent Hate Attack on 13-Year-Old Sikh Boy Called ‘Mohamed’ by Assailants
(NEW YORK, N.Y., 6/2/2021) – 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 an apparent bias-motivated attack on a 13-year-old Sikh boy who was allegedly targeted due to his religious attire. The boy is a member of the Sikh faith and wears […]
CAIR Urges Council for National Policy to Sever Ties with Notorious Anti-Muslim Extremists
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/2/21) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged the Council for National Policy (CNP) to sever its apparent ties with notorious anti-Muslim extremists. Documents published by the investigative research organization Documented appear to show anti-Muslim hate group leaders Brigitte Gabriel and Frank Gaffney […]
BREAKING NEWS: CAIR-NJ Asks FBI to Probe Bomb Threat Targeting Palestinian Community Center, Calls on Officials to Denounce Anti-Palestinian Hate
(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 6/1/2021) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today called on the FBI to investigate bomb threats targeting the Palestinian American Community Center (PACC) in Clifton, N.J. CAIR-NJ also called on Clifton police to provide extra security for the PACC in the coming days. Earlier today, June 1, PACC reportedly […]
CAIR Action Alert: Urge Congress to Reject Israel’s Request for $1 Billion in Emergency Military Aid
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/1/2021) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on all Americans to urge members of Congress to reject Israel’s new request for a $1 billion in additional, unconditional, “emergency” military aid from U.S. taxpayers following its war crimes in Gaza that murdered […]
CAIR Calls on Biden Administration to Drop West Point Board Appointee Who Promotes Racist Conspiracy Theory
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/1/21) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for the removal of a West Point advisory board member who has repeatedly spread racist and Islamophobic conspiracy theories. Army Col. Douglas Macgregor, a Trump appointee to West Point’s Board of Visitors, has promoted the racist […]
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CAIR-DFW to Hold Press Conference Announcing a Complaint Against Southwest Airlines for Religious Discrimination by a Flight Attendant
(DALLAS, TX, 5/31/2021) – On Tuesday, June 1, the Dallas-Fort-Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a press conference outlining a complaint filed against Southwest Airlines for alleged religious discrimination targeting a Palestinian-American Muslim woman. WHAT: Southwest Airlines Religious Discrimination Press […]