CAIR Joins 40+ Groups Urging President Biden to #SanctionMBS After Khashoggi Report
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/3/21) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, yesterday joined Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), Win Without War and 39 other national civil and human rights organizations in calling on President Joe Biden to sanction Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman and those implicated in the […]
CAIR Decries Striking of Preamble on Role of Racism in Health Disparities Bill in Maryland Legislature
(BALTIMORE, Md., 3/3/21) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today decried the striking of language in Senate Bill 52 Public Health – Maryland Commission on Health Equity (The Shirley Nathan-Pulliam Health Equity Act of 2021) in the Maryland General Assembly that addresses and highlights the role of racism in health […]
CAIR Action Alert: Join Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability at Emergency Action for Police Reforms in Annapolis
(BALTIMORE, MD, 3/3/21) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is urging community members to attend an emergency action in Annapolis hosted by the Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability (MCJPA) this Thursday, March 4, to call on lawmakers to pass meaningful police reforms at the state level. WHAT: MCJPA Emergency Action […]
Join CAIR in Celebrating Women’s History Month
Asalaamu alaykum. I pray that you and your loved ones are staying safe and doing well. March is Women’s History Month, a celebration that actually began in 1978 in California as Women’s History Week, and was extended to a full month nationwide by an act of Congress in 1987. During the month of March, our nation celebrates […]
CAIR Action Alert: Demand Georgia House Assembly Members ‘VOTE NO’ on Revision to Anti-Boycott Law, Repeal Existing Law
A vote on the anti-free speech, anti-boycott bill is scheduled to take place on March 3 on the House floor (ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 3/2/21) – The Georgia office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) is calling on all Georgians to contact their elected officials in the Georgia House of Representatives to demand that they “VOTE NO” tomorrow […]
CAIR-LA Decries Suspected Arson at Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo
(LOS ANGELES, CA – 3/1/2021) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) condemned the vandalism and suspected arson at a Buddhist temple in Little Tokyo last week. According to the FOX/11, the Los Angeles Police Department responded to an incident at Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in the evening on […]
CAIR-Missouri Calls on Delta Air Lines, DOT to Probe ‘Flying-While-Mohammad’ Incident
(ST. LOUIS, MO, 3/1/2021) – The Missouri chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Missouri), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Delta Air Lines and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to investigate another alleged incident of religious profiling of a Muslim passenger – this time […]
CAIR Supports Removal of Confederate Statue in South Carolina, Dropping Confederate Highway Name in Virginia
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/1/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today supported a push for the removal of a Confederate statue in Greenville, S.C., and for a Virginia bill calling for the removal of the name of the president of the Confederacy from a highway in that […]
BREAKING: DAWN, CAIR and Code Pink to Respond to Release of U.S. Intelligence Report on Murder of Washington Post Journalist Jamal Khashoggi
(WASHINGTON, DC, 2/26/21) – Later today at 3 p.m. ET, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) plans to join representatives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Code Pink to host a virtual news conference to offer a response to the White House release of an intelligence report concluding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman […]
CAIR Files SCOTUS Amicus Brief Challenging Federal Government’s Collection of Donor Information
Muslim civil rights group: ‘Robust First Amendment protections are vital to civil liberties for all Americans’ (WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/26/21) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced the filing of an amicus (friend of the court) brief with the United States Supreme Court regarding the […]