CAIR-SFBA Welcomes Hate Crime Charge for Anti-Asian Attack in Mountain View
(SANTA CLARA, CA, 3/8/2021) – The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today welcomed a hate crime charge brought against a woman who allegedly spat on a man and used an ethnic slur in Mountain View. It is reported in mid-February, Karen Inman spat on a 36-year-old man of Asian […]
CAIR Backs Vote to Remove Bust of Confederate General, KKK Leader from Tennessee Capitol
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/8/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today supported a vote scheduled tomorrow by the Tennessee Historical Commission that could lead to the removal of a bust of Confederate general and early leader of the Ku Klux Klan Nathan Bedford Forrest from the State […]
CAIR Welcomes Suspension of Alabama Professors Over Racist Costumes
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/8/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today welcomed the suspension of three professors from the University of Southern Alabama (USA) for dressing in racist costumes. Photos reportedly resurfaced online showing a former dean of USA’s College of Business and current professor, along with […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Racist ‘F—k You, Mexican’ Attack in Lower Manhattan
(NEW YORK, NY, 3/8/2021) –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 alleged racist attack in Lower Manhattan. According to reports, on March 7, an individual viciously hit a 28-year-old man with a pipe in Lower Manhattan on Saturday night after saying, “F—k you, Mexican.” The assault […]
CAIR-Georgia thanks Georgia State Legislature for Resolution Recognizing Holy Month of Ramadan
(Atlanta, GA – 3/5/2021) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today commended the Georgia state legislature for unanimously adopting a resolution recognizing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and extending best wishes to all in Georgia and around the world. On February 26, 2021, the Georgia House of Representatives adopted House Resolution 259, which was co-sponsored by Rep. Kennard, Rep. Marin, Rep. Rebecca Mitchell, […]
CAIR Welcomes Vote to Remove Confederate Monument from North Carolina Courthouse
Muslim civil rights group also decries Alabama’s rejection of bill allowing removal of Confederate monuments (WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/5/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today welcomed a vote to remove a Confederate monument from outside a courthouse in Statesville, N.C. North Carolina’s Iredell County commissioners voted […]
CAIR Condemns Mocking of Maryland Latina Councilmember’s Accent During Virtual Meeting on Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
(BALTIMORE, MD, 3/5/21) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned the mocking of Montgomery County Councilwoman Nancy Navarro’s accent during a virtual zoom meeting Tuesday on how the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in had failed communities of color in her Maryland county. SEE: A Latina councilmember’s discussion on Zoom […]
CAIR: U.S. Palestinian, Muslim Groups Denounce Biden Administration’s Opposition to ICC Israel War Crimes Investigation, Minimizing as ‘Palestine Situation’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/4/21) – Today, American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) denounced U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken and the Biden Administration’s opposition to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into Israeli war crimes in illegally-occupied Palestinian territories. The groups also decried the characterization of Israel’s occupation as the […]
CAIR Names Former CAIR-Florida Leader Thania Diaz Clevenger as National Chief Operating Officer in D.C.
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/4/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that CAIR-Florida’s chief operations director Thania Diaz Clevenger has been named national chief operating officer at its Capitol Hill headquarters in Washington, D.C. Clevenger graduated magna cum laude from Saint Leo University with a degree in Criminal Justice and […]
CAIR-NY: NY Muslim Voter Project to Launch Campaign with Voter Registration Drives Across NYC
(NEW YORK, NY, 3/04/21) – Tomorrow, March 5 at 2 p.m. ET, the NY Muslim Voter Project (MVP) will host a press conference at Masjid At-Taqwa in Brooklyn to announce the launch of a voter registration drive across New York City. At the event, the NY MVP Coalition will also register voters for the upcoming elections. As part of the campaign kickoff, NY MVP coalition members will be […]