CAIR Webinar (4/9 @ 5:30 PM ET) – Protecting Muslim Community Centers and Mosques: The 2021 Nonprofit Security Grant Program and Safety and Security Federal Resources
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/2/21) – On Friday, April 9at 5:30 PM (ET), the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will host a technical webinar on how to protect Muslim community centers and Islamic houses of worship by applying to the Fiscal Year 2021 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). CAIR’s training will feature guest presenters from the Department […]
CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Probe of ‘N-Word’ Vandalism Targeting Virginia Family’s Home
Civil rights group welcomes ruling that Confederate monuments in Charlottesville, Va., not subject to state law preventing removal of war memorials (WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/1/2021) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for a hate crime investigation of racist vandalism targeting a family in Virginia […]
CAIR-NJ Welcomes Apology from Edison BOE VP for Anti-Muslim Postings
(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 4/1/2021) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today welcomed the apology from Edison School Board vice president Mohin Patel for his anti-Muslim Facebook postings. On March 9, Patel shared on Facebook a picture of a bonfire with photographs of five individuals and the flag of Pakistan. A separate post […]
CAIR-SFBA Urges Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office to Change Policy After Muslim Woman Complains of Being Stripped of Her Religious Headscarf
(SANTA CLARA, CA, 4/1/2021) – The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today urged the Santa Clara County (SCC) Sheriff’s office to change policy after a Muslim woman of Somali origin was reportedly forced by deputies to remove her religious headscarf (hijab) while in custody. CAIR-SFBA is demanding an apology be issued […]
CAIR Applauds Maryland Lawmakers’ Move to Ban Life Without Parole Sentences for Minors
(BALTIMORE, MD, 3/31/21) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today applauded state lawmakers’ final move yesterday to pass the Juvenile Restoration Act and urged Governor Hogan to sign the measure into law when it is presented to him. SEE: House Passes Bill to End Life Without Parole for Juvenile Offenders, Allow […]
CAIR to Ask Entire 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to Review Decision Salvaging Unconstitutional ‘Terror Watchlist’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/31/21) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said today it will ask the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to review a decision yesterday by a three-judge panel upholding the terror watchlist and overturning a district court decision that declared the […]
CAIR Condemns Threats Sent to Utah Asian-Americans
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/31/2021) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned threatening letters sent to Asian-Americans in Utah. The letters celebrated the recent killings of Asian-Americans in Georgia and blamed Asians for the COVID-19 pandemic, saying they “need to go back to their countries. . […]
CAIR Welcomes U.S. Formal Recognition of China Committing ‘Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity’ Against Uyghur Muslims, Other Turkic Minorities
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/31/21) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the Biden-Harris administration’s first formal United States’ recognition that the government of China is committing “genocide and crimes against humanity” against Uyghur Muslim and other Turkic minorities in the Xinjiang region. That recognition came yesterday […]
CAIR-Minnesota to Join Justice for George Floyd and All Stolen Lives Coalition to Address Police Accountability Bills at the MN Legislature
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 3/30/21) – On Wednesday, March 31st, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) will join Justice for George Floyd and All Stolen Lives Coalition at a news conference to address police accountability bills at the state legislature. WHAT: CAIR-Minnesota to Join Justice for George Floyd and All Stolen lives Coalition for a […]
CAIR-LA Condemns Racist KKK Flyers Found Outside of Orange County Homes
(LOS ANGELES, CA – 3/30/2020) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today condemned flyers promoting racist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) ideology found outside dozens of homes in Newport Beach and Costa Mesa, Calif. According to KABC/7, the flyers – placed in plastic bags and weighted with a rock […]