CAIR-Washington Calls on Alaska Airlines to Address Seattle ‘Flying While Muslim’ Incident
(SEATTLE, WA, 12/18/2020) — The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) today called on Alaska Airlines to address an egregious “flying while Muslim” incident in which two Muslim men were removed from a flight this year after allegedly being reported for texting in Arabic. CAIR-WA will hold a news conference on this […]
CAIR-Minnesota Calls for New Probe of Minneapolis Police Officers Who Threatened Somali Teens in 2015 Incident
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 12/17/20) — The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on the mayor of Minneapolis and other officials to open a new investigation into an incident in 2015 involving Somali youth after revelations that a Minneapolis police officer told Somali-American teens he was proud that American troops killed “you folk” […]
CAIR Supports Removal of Confederate Memorial from Alabama Courthouse Lawn
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/17/2020) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today offered support for a call to remove a Confederate monument from outside a courthouse in Alabama. That monument, with an image of a Confederate soldier and flag, is located outside the Marshall County Courthouse in […]
CAIR-Kentucky Welcomes Life Sentence for Kroger Killer
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/16/2020) – The Kentucky chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Kentucky), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today welcomed the sentencing of Gregory Bush, who killed two Black Americans at a Kroger grocery store in Louisville, Ky., in 2018. Bush pleaded guilty but mentally ill and was sentenced to serve a […]
CAIR-Cleveland Welcomes Name Change by Cleveland Major League Baseball Team
(CLEVELAND, OH, 12/16/2020) – The Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Ohio office (CAIR-Ohio) today welcomed the recent announcement by Cleveland’s major league baseball team that it will change its name so that it no longer references Native Americans and says that the franchise must move rapidly to change the name now, and not […]
CAIR Condemns Alleged Harassment of Maryland Middle Eastern Family by KKK Members
(BALTIMORE, MD, 12/16/20) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is condemning the alleged harassment and intimidation of a family of Middle Eastern descent by members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) during a visit to the Deep Creek Lake area of Garrett […]
CAIR to Join U.S. Muslim Coalition in Questioning OIC’s Silence on China’s Abuses of Uyghur, Turkic Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/16/2020) – On Thursday, Dec. 17 (11:30 a.m. ET), the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will join the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), Free Uyghur Now, and other global allies in a virtual press conference calling on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to join the international community in standing with Uyghur Muslims and other […]
CAIR Welcomes Congressional Letter to Facebook Urging Eradication of Anti-Muslim Content on Social Media Platform
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/16/20) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today thanked Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) – and the 29 congressional colleagues that joined her – in urging Facebook to take immediate action to eliminate anti-Muslim bigotry from that social media platform. CAIR was one of several […]
CAIR-MN, Community Groups to Rally in Support of Freeing Myon Burrell
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 12/15/2020) – later today, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) will join a group of civil rights and social justice groups at a rally seeking freedom for Myon Burrell. Burrell was a teenager when he was convicted of fatally shooting a Minneapolis child almost 20 years ago. He appears today […]
CAIR Welcomes Move by Virginia to Replace US Capitol Confederate Statue with Person of Color, Renaming of Confederate-Themed Highways
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/15/2020) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today welcomed a move by the state of Virginia to replace a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Five finalists being considered to replace Lee, including two people […]