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COMMUNITY ADVISORY: CAIR Urges Local Muslim Communities to Question Elected Officials Who Take Part in Eid Events About Palestinian Rights
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/12/20) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged American Muslims preparing to celebrate theEid ul-Fitr (EED-al-FITTER) holiday tomorrow to encourage participating elected officials to speak up against the Israeli government’s violations of Palestinian human rights using American tax dollars. In a statement to […]
CAIR Calls on Biden Administration to End Its Silence, Stop Israel’s Killing of Civilians in Gaza
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/12/21) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Biden administration to end its silence in response to Israel ignoring White House calls for de-escalation and opting to increase missile strikes on Palestinian civilians prior to engaging in ceasefire talks. CAIR […]
CAIR Welcomes Closure of NC Businesses Over Racist Receipts, Condemns NC Bill to Ban Anti-Racism Teaching
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/12/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today welcomed the closure of two North Carolina businesses over racist receipts issued to customers just as lawmakers in that state moved to ban anti-racism teaching in schools. National chain Smoothie King announced that it closed two of […]
JOINT STATEMENT: Riverside Regional Jail Authority (RRJA) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that they have reached a settlement to resolve Young v. Newton
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/11/21) — Riverside Regional Jail Authority (RRJA) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that they have reached a settlement to resolve Young v. Newton, a lawsuit filed in 2018 by three Muslims about their religious rights while incarcerated at RRJA. In their lawsuit, Mitchell Young, Dominick Robertson, and Desmond Horton […]
CAIR Supports Renaming Natural Landmarks That Honor Confederate President in Montana
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/11/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today supported a petition by a number of civil rights groups, conservation organizations and tribal confederations to rename several natural landmarks that were named in honor of the president of the Confederacy. Montana’s Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes […]
TODAY: CAIR Co-Sponsors #SaveSheikhJarrah Protest in Front of State Department in D.C.
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/11/21) – LATER TODAY, The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will join partner civil rights organizations at a protest led by American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) in front of the State Department in Washington, D.C., to call on the Biden administration to condemn and oppose […]
CAIR-SV/CC, Attorney, Supporters to Call for Omar Ameen’s Immediate Release on His 1,000th Day of Wrongful Detention
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 5/10/21) — On Tuesday, May 11, the Sacramento Valley/Central California office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV/CC) will join other supporters at a press conference calling for the immediate release of Sacramento resident and Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen from federal custody. Tuesday is Ameen’s 1,000th day in detention. Ameen, who spent almost three […]
ACTION ALERT: Urge Your Senators to Condemn Both Israel’s Attacks on Masjid Al-Aqsa and Effort to Expel Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/10/21) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling all Americans to contact their U.S. Senators and the Biden Administration to demand that they publicly condemn and oppose the Israeli government’s campaign to expel Palestinian families from Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, as well as […]
CAIR Welcomes Removal of Confederate Statue, Condemns Neo-Nazi Propaganda in Virginia
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/10/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today welcomed the removal of a Confederate Statue in Isle of Wight County, Va., and condemned neo-Nazi propaganda found in in that same state. In Isle of Wight County, the Confederate statue was transported to private property after […]