CAIR Good News Alert: Senate Adopts McCain-Feinstein Torture Ban
CAIR Good News Alert: Senate Adopts McCain-Feinstein Torture Ban Today the U.S. Senate adopted by a vote of 78-21 the McCain-Feinstein torture ban that would bar CIA torture techniques and force the government’s interrogation program out of the shadows. In a final push to support the amendment, CAIR issued an action alert yesterday calling on […]
CAIR Action Alert: Support McCain-Feinstein Torture Ban
(WASHINGTON, D.C.,6/15/2015) – Join the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, in calling on the U.S. Senate to vote Yes on the McCain-Feinstein torture ban that would bar CIA torture techniques and force the U.S. government’s interrogation program out of the shadows.
CAIR-MI Action Alert: Urge Governor Not to Sign Child Placement Bill Allowing Discrimination
The Michigan chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today urged voters and other concerned residents in that state to call Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to voice opposition to a bill that would allow religious discrimination by organizations receiving state funding for child placement services. The Michigan Senate yesterday passed House Bill 4188, […]
CAIR Good News Alert: CAIR-Iowa Welcomes Failure of Anti-Islam Legislation
(CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, 6/8/15) — The Iowa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Iowa) today welcomed the failure of an anti-Muslim bill (HF135) in that state’s legislature. CAIR-Iowa says the bill was one of many so-called “foreign law” bills introduced in state legislatures nationwide in a campaign to demonize Islam and to marginalize American […]
Demand that Congress Let Domestic Spying Expire on June 1st
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/28/2015) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on all Americans to contact their elected representatives in Congress one more time to urge that they let the NSA and FBI’s unconstitutional domestic surveillance program wrongly presumed to be authorized under Section 215 of the Patriot Act expire on June 1. The […]
BREAKING ADC, CAIR ACTION ALERT
By 6 p.m. Tonight, Urge Congress to Pass Amendments Asking the President to Evacuate U.S. Citizens from Yemen, Close Prison at Guantanamo Bay (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/14/15) – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) are urging all Americans concerned about the thousands of U.S. citizens trapped in Yemen to contact […]
Urge Your Members of Congress to Support the End Racial Profiling Act of 2015
If you believe that racial and religious profiling by law enforcement agencies is wrong and should not be tolerated, please use this letter to contact your representatives in Congress and ask them to support the End Racial Profiling Act of 2015 (S. 1056/H.R. 1933).
Act Today to Defeat Anti-BDS Bill in Congress
(CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, is urging Americans to contact their members of Congress to support the right of non-violent protest like boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS).Members of Congress are being asked to oppose the passage of the 2015 US-European Union trade bill until it is amended to remove language […]
Urge U.S. Government to Evacuate Americans Trapped in Yemen
There are numerous reports of US citizens trapped in Yemen, and unfortunately the US government is not assisting with evacuations, despite the fact that many others have evacuated their citizens even as recently as this week. Use this click-and-send option to send a quick letter to urge our country’s leaders to take urgent action to […]
Urge Arkansas Lawmakers to Reject Anti-Muslim, Foreign Law Bill
CAIR is calling on Arkansas residents who who value constitutional freedom and civil liberties to contact the Arkansas State Legislature to reject anti-foreign bill “American Laws for American Courts” designed to stigmatize state Muslim communities. Today in the Arkansas State Legislature the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a vote on whether or not to send […]