Ask Fox News to Drop Contributor Who Tweeted ‘Kill’ All Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/16/13) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Fox News to sever ties with a contributor who tweeted “Let’s kill them [Muslims] all” in response to yesterday’s deadly Boston Marathon bombings. Sign a letter to Fox News CAIR, which issued a […]
Ask Senate to Drop Israel Visa Waiver Exemption Making U.S. Muslims ‘Second-Class Citizens’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/15/13) — The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today urged Americans who are concerned about equality under the law to contact their congressional representatives and ask them to drop a provision from the U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013 that would make American Muslims and Arab-Americans “second class citizens” who […]
Tell Congress to Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/10/13) — CAIR today joins the thousands of community, labor, immigration, and human rights activists rallying across the country and at the nation’s capital to demand that Congress pass commonsense immigration reform. CAIR is asking all Americans who believe that comprehensive immigration reform is long overdue to urge their U.S. senators and representatives […]
Police, Catholic Charities Asked to Reject Controversial Training on Somalis
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 3/4/2013) — The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Saint Cloud and the Waite Park Police Department to reject a controversial law enforcement training the agencies are hosting at Waite Park City Offices on March 5. The law enforcement training, “Understanding […]
Action: Contact Senators to Urge Support for Immigration Reform
Note: The click-and-send letter for this alert is outdated and has been deactivated. Please go to our updated alert to take action for immigration reform! (This alert remains published for archive purposes) Action Alert: #687: Action: Contact Senators to Urge Support for Immigration Reform (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/29/13) – CAIR today welcomed the announcement of […]
Action: Urge Michigan Governor Not to Sign Anti-Islam Legislation
[Update December 17: This bill is no longer active, so action is no longer needed. Thank you to all those who took action!] Action: Urge Michigan Governor Not to Sign Anti-Islam Legislation (WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/11/2012) — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today announced that state legislator Dave Agema’s anti-Islam bill, known […]
Action: Ask President Obama to Veto NDAA Over Guantanamo Restrictions
[Update January 1: This bill is no longer active, so action is no longer needed. Thank you to all those who took action!] CAIR Action Alert #686: Action: Ask President Obama to Veto NDAA Over Guantanamo Restrictions Updated December 26, 2012 (WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/10/12) — CAIR is asking all Americans who value civil liberties to […]
CAIR and ADC Mobilize Muslim, Arab-American Voters
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/5/12) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) — the nation’s largest Muslim and Arab-American civil rights organizations — are mobilizing voters through a get-out-the-vote (GOTV) campaign that includes a national call tonight recorded by comedian and CNN contributor Dean Obeidallah. Tonight’s call urges Muslim and Arab-American […]
Action: Ask your senators to end indefinite detention, reaffirm due process rights
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/3/12) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is asking all Americans who value civil liberties to urge their Senators to support Senator Mark Udall’s Amendments 3115 and 3116 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Right now, the Senate is in its last few hours of debate as it considers this year’s […]
Action: Ask SUBWAY to Apologize to La. Muslim Barred from Restaurant
CAIR Action Alert #683: Action: Ask SUBWAY to Apologize to La. Muslim Barred from Restaurant Restaurant employee asks customer ‘Are you Muslim?’ then locked the door (WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/29/12) — CAIR is asking people of conscience to contact the SUBWAY restaurant chain to request that a formal apology be given to a Louisiana Muslim who […]