CAIR-NJ Announces Release of NJ Resident Amrou Ibrahim from Israeli Custody
The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) confirms the release of Nutley resident, Amrou Ibrahim, from Israeli custody. He is currently in Turkey, receiving medical treatment. READ: Gaza flotilla activists deported from Israel as backlash over treatment grows. Amrou is among hundreds of activists who were attempting to deliver aid to Gaza […]
CAIR-SFBA Says San Diego Mosque Shooting Must Not Be Used Against Los Gatos Muslim Congregation
Muslim civil rights group urges Planning Commission to approve West Valley Muslim Association’s permit application and reject fear-based restrictions (SANTA CLARA, CA, 5/21/2026) — The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged the Los Gatos Planning Commission to approve the West Valley Muslim Association’s (WVMA) conditional use […]
CAIR-SFBA, Bay Area Muslim and Interfaith Leaders to Hold Community Vigils for Victims of Islamic Center of San Diego Shooting
Vigils in Fremont and Pleasanton will honor the three victims and call for unity against anti-Muslim hate and violence targeting faith communities (SANTA CLARA, CA, 5/21/2026) — The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), along with Bay Area Muslim, interfaith, and community leaders, will take part in community vigils on […]
Video: CAIR Hosts ‘Protecting Your Mosques’ Self-Defense Webinar in Wake of San Diego Mosque Terror Attack
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, yesterday hosted an emergency national webinar on mosque security and community safety following this week’s terror attack targeting the Islamic Center of San Diego. The webinar, titled “Protecting Your Mosques: What Every Mosque Needs to Know and Do,” took place Wednesday, May 20, […]
National Pressure Grows to Free Palestinian-American Community Leader Salah Sarsour from ICE Detention
Half a Dozen Members of Congress Condemn His Wrongful Detention Alongside Over a Dozen WI Lawmakers and 200+ Organizations (MILWAUKEE, WI, 5/21/2026) – Members of Congress and Wisconsin lawmakers have expressed alarm over ICE’s continued detention of Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-American community leader and legal U.S. resident of over 30 years. Over a dozen Wisconsin […]
CAIR Takes Government to Court Over Border Cell Phone Search
Lawyers from the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, took the federal government to trial this week and challenged the government’s searches of Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid’s cell phones at the U.S. border. CAIR argued that Dr. Abu Irshaid, the executive director of American Muslims for Palestine […]
CAIR-FL Commends Rep. Castor, 25 Other U.S. Reps Calling for Justice for FL Resident, Other Americans Killed by Settler Violence in West Bank
The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida) today commends U.S. Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL) for leading a congressional letter addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. The letter demands accountability and an independent, U.S.-led investigation into the killing of American […]
CAIR Community Advisory: Join Maristan’s Virtual ‘Healing Together: Responding to the San Diego Tragedy’ Thursday @ 6 pm PST
The California chapter and national headquarters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today encouraged American Muslims and others impacted by the hate crime terror attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego to join a virtual healing circle with spiritual and mental health experts on Thursday […]
CAIR: Muslim Americans are asked to grieve and defend themselves | Opinion – Cincinnati Enquirer
READ THE COMMENTARY. It is beyond time we push anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hate into the fringe where they belong, as unacceptable forms of bigotry our society will no longer tolerate. It will take people speaking up when others won’t. Even if your voice shakes. And it will take each of us acting as one another’s […]
BREAKING: Coalition Files Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Against U of Michigan Alleging Retaliation, Surveillance, Arrests, and Blacklisting of Black Muslim Pro-Palestinian Student
Lawsuit alleges University of Michigan and private security contractors engaged in an unconstitutional campaign to punish and silence pro-Palestinian speech on campus (ANN ARBOR, MI, May 21, 2026) — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), the Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, and partners today announced the filing of a […]