BREAKING NEWS: CAIR-New Jersey Demands Answers After Harassed Muslim Woman Ejected from American Airlines Flight and Arrested
(NEWARK, NJ, 11/14/2020) — The national and New Jersey offices of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR and CAIR-NJ) today called on law enforcement at Newark Liberty International Airport to immediately release Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, a Muslim woman who was handcuffed and arrested after American Airlines ejected her from a flight allegedly at the prompting of a […]
WATCH: CAIR Co-Sponsors ABA Webinar ‘Islamophobia After the Muslim Ban’
Today, CAIR was a co-sponsor of an American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice webinar titled “Islamophobia After the Muslim Ban.” WATCH THE WEBINAR
CAIR-NY Welcomes First Arrest and Hate Crime Charges After Muslim Father Assaulted in Rego Park, Seeks Second Arrest
(NEW YORK, NY, 11/13/2020) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the arrest of one of the two alleged attackers in a vicious assault launched against a Muslim father in front of his wife and children on November 6, 2020 […]
CAIR to Co-Sponsor ABA Webinar, ‘Islamophobia After the Muslim Ban’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/13/20) – This morning, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will co-sponsor an American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice webinar titled “Islamophobia After the Muslim Ban.” GO TO: https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cXdTVLZRQ7yYguUItg37Ow DATE: Friday, November 13, 2020 TIME: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET FORMAT: Free non-CLE Webinar CO-SPONSORS: Council on […]
CAIR-LA Welcomes Arrest in Alleged Hate Crime at Turkish Restaurant in Beverly Hills
(LOS ANGELES, CA – 11/12/2020) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today welcomed the arrest of one of the primary suspects responsible for a hate crime at a Turkish restaurant in Beverly Hills. According to the Beverly Hills Police Department, William Stepanyan of Glendale was arrested and charged with […]
CAIR Supports Removal of Confederate Monument from Tennessee Town Square
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/12/2020) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today supported a call to remove a Confederate monument in Collierville, Tenn. Citizens of Collierville have organized to demand the removal of the monument from their town square. Officials began the process of requesting the monument […]
CAIR-Pittsburgh Joins NAACP in Expressing Concern About Confederate Flag Displayed During Local Celebration
(PITTSBURGH, PA, 11/11/20) — The Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pittsburgh), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today shared the NAACP’s concerns about the use of a Confederate flag on display during a local celebration in Charleroi. During Charleroi’s virtual Community Days Celebration, a Confederate flag was visible on stage as a […]
CAIR Condemns Apparent Anti-Asian ‘COVID-19’ Hate Attack in DC, Expresses Solidarity with Asian-American Community
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/11/2020) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an apparent hate attack on an Asian-American business in Washington, D.C. CAIR also expressed the American Muslim community’s solidarity with Asian-Americans, who are increasingly targeted by hate since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Video […]
CAIR Calls Reported Elevation of Anti-Muslim Bigot to Number Three Pentagon Role ‘Dangerous Threat’ to National Security
(WASHINGTON, DC, 11/10/20) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the reported advancement of anti-Muslim bigot andconspiracy theorist Anthony J. Tata to the Pentagon’s top policy position for the remainder of the Trump administration. Tata’s elevation as acting undersecretary follows the resignation of James Anderson, […]
CAIR-NY Calls for NYPD Hate Crime Probe After Muslim Father Allegedly Assaulted, Called ‘F***ing Muslim’ by Queens Couple
Nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group expresses outrage over NYPD’s failure to make arrests (NEW YORK, NY, 11/10/2020) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the NYPD to initiate a hate crime probe after a Muslim father […]