CAIR: A Right-Wing Org Quietly Tracked Thousands Of Muslim Americans For Decades – HuffPost
CAIR-Ohio welcomes federal charges against Valley City man for threatening Lorain County mosque
CAIR: After 9/11, Islamophobia Shaped a Generation of Muslim New Yorkers – The New York Times
“If you look at prior to 9/11, for the most part, Muslim Americans were not politically involved,” said Afaf Nasher, the executive director of the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. But, she added, “When you’re pushed against the wall, you’re either going to run in fear or you’re going to push back, and political empowerment was certainly one way that we are pushing back.”
CAIR: 25 years after 9/11: A Muslim mayor in New York and a divided public – Voz
CAIR: Houston Muslims say Islamophobia is worse today than after 9/11. What changed? – Houston Chronicle
CAIR: The day that changed their lives forever – Baltimore Banner
About a decade after the attacks, Chaudry, dismayed by rising Islamophobia, decided to work for the Council on American-Islamic Relations and is now the head of CAIR’s Maryland office. Chaudry said she works to reclaim Islam from terrorists and those who associate it with terrorism, so others may live their faith without fear.
CAIR-SFBA: Palo Alto interfaith peace picnic continues tradition of remembering 9/11 – NBC Bay Area
“I remember growing up in a post-9/11 America, and a lot of those wounds and those pains and those traumas are still ever-present in our community,” noted Musa Tariq with the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations.
CAIR: 9/11 entrenched Islamophobia in US politics. But it doesn’t work the way you think – The Guardian
CAIR-AZ: Bowles faces renewed social media backlash – Glendale Star
Muslim civil rights and advocacy group CAIR Arizona recently called again for Peoria Unified Governing Board Member Janelle Bowles to publicly apologize for social media posts the organization characterized as anti-Islamic. For CAIR Executive Director Azza Abuseif, Bowles’ online presence conflicts with her responsibility to the students she serves.
CAIR: Top Texas Republicans target Islam in GOP midterm convention speeches – KERA News
CAIR: Republican midterm convention wraps up in Dallas, Texas: Key takeaways – Al Jazeera