CAIR Action Alert: NO BAN Act Reintroduced in Congress, Urge Your Member of Congress to Support Today!
No President Has the Right to Discriminate Against and Ban People Traveling to the U.S. Because of Their Religion or Nationality (2/25/21, Washington, D.C.) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged all Americans to contact their U.S. Representative to support the newly reintroduced NO BAN Act. […]
CAIR-NJ Action Alert: Call on AG to Prosecute Officers in Paterson Police Brutality Incident
(2/25/21) — CAIR-New Jersey is calling on all state residents to urge New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to prosecute the Paterson Police officers who attacked Osamah Alsaidi. While CAIR-New Jersey welcomed Attorney General Grewal’s investigation into the Paterson Police Officers’ attack, enough time has passed to charge the offending police officers. TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION: CLICK HERE https://action.cair.com/a/urge-nj-ag-to-prosecute-paterson-police-brutality CAIR-New Jersey […]
CAIR Urges Maryland Lawmakers to Fix Unconstitutional Amendments, Take Meaningful Action on Police Reform Bills in General Assembly
(BALTIMORE, MD, 2/25/2021) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged state lawmakers to take meaningful action on critical police reform bills being debated in the Maryland General Assembly, and to fix problematic, unconstitutional amendments that create a new legal standard […]
CAIR Welcomes Canadian Parliament’s Condemnation of Genocide Against Uyghur Muslims by Chinese Government
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/25/2021) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the Canadian parliament’s motion to label China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region as genocide. On Monday, Canada’s parliament issued a non-binding motion that described China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims as constituting genocide. The motion’s […]
DAWN, CAIR and Code Pink to Respond to Release of U.S. Intelligence Report on Murder of Washington Post Journalist Jamal Khashoggi
(WASHINGTON, DC, 2/24/21) – 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 when the White House releases the U.S. intelligence report expected to conclude that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist […]
CAIR-NY Denounces Grand Jury Failure to Indict Police Officers Responsible for Death of Daniel Prude
(NEW YORK, NY, 2/24/2021) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today denounced the grand jury decision to not indict the police officers responsible for Daniel Prude’s death. Prude, a 41-year-old Black man from Chicago, was murdered after an encounter with Rochester […]
CAIR Calls for the Removal of Confederate Monuments in Virginia and North Carolina, Condemns Racist Remarks From New Mexico Senator
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/23/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today called for the removal of confederate monuments in Berryville, Va. and in Morganton, N.C, and condemned racist remarks by a state senator in Santa Fe, N.M. In Berryville, Va., a county-appointed citizens committee is set to hold a […]
CAIR Calls on CPAC to Drop Anti-Muslim Speaker Scott Presler
(WASHINGTON, D.C, 2/23/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on organizers of the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to drop anti-Muslim speaker Scott Presler. SEE: Former Leader of Anti-Muslim Hate Group to be Featured at CPAC https://americanindependent.com/former-anti-muslim-hate-group-leader-scott-presler-speaker-cpac/ [NOTE: CPAC did drop another speaker […]
TODAY: Funeral of Dr. Agha Saeed (Father of American Muslim Politics) and Statement from Family
Later today, a funeral service will be held for Dr. Agha Khalid Saeed, a respected poet, philosopher, academic, pillar of the American Muslim community, and the “father of American Muslim political activism.” He leaves behind a loving daughter and family. He passed last Friday afternoon in Monterey, CA after years of fighting Parkinson’s disease. SEE: Funeral Service […]
CAIR Condemns Reported Racism, Retaliation Against African-American, Hispanic Officers in Prince Georges’ County, Maryland
Civil rights group calls for sweeping reforms after allegations surface of widespread discrimination within Prince Georges’ County Police Department (BALTIMORE, MD, 2/23/21) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned a reported pattern of racism and misconduct by Prince Georges County Police Officers in Maryland detailed in a report released […]