CAIR in the News, March 6, 2025
CAIR-NY: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest US college’s expulsion of third student – Anadolu Agency CAIR-NY: Barnard College protests: Bomb threat leads to police removing Pro-Palestine protesters who took over library – amNewYork “Barnard College’s expulsion of a student for protesting the genocide in Palestine is not just an attack on that student’s rights — it is […]
CAIR in the News, March 5, 2025
CAIR: Trump Threatens to Pull Funding From Schools Over Pro-Palestinian Protests – Newsweek In a statement emailed to Newsweek on Tuesday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) National Executive Director Nihad Awad said: “Free speech is a cornerstone of democracy and academic freedom. So are acts of peaceful civil disobedience. The students of the past […]
CAIR in the News, March 4, 2025
CAIR-NJ: ICE raid of New Jersey Turkish kebab restaurant shocks and rattles local community – The New Arab “From the moment Trump took office, there has been great concern and anxiety in the community,” Selaedin Maksut, executive director of the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told The New Arab. “We’re sure […]
CAIR in the News, March 3, 2025
CAIR-SFBA: Anti-Muslim vandalism on Berkeley business sparks calls to ‘root out hate’ – NBC Bay Area CAIR: Anti-Jewish, anti-Muslim hate crimes continue to rise – USA Today In the first half of 2024, the Council on American-Islamic Relations documented 4,951 complaints of anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian hate, a 69% increase over the same period the year […]
CAIR in the News, March 1, 2025
CAIR-NJ: Couple detained at their restaurant by ICE placed in removal proceedings They legally immigrated to the U.S. from Turkey in 2008, but fell into an illegal status once their visas expired. – Star-Ledger The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called for the Emanets’ immediate release Thursday. “The raid has sparked […]
CAIR in the News, February 27, 2025
CAIR: US Muslim rights group slams Trump’s AI-generated Gaza video – Al Jazeera CAIR: Trump posts AI-generated Gaza video that shows it as proposed ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ – Spectrum News NY1 “Displacing millions of Palestinians from their homeland and launching a U.S. occupation of Gaza was a crazy idea and an absolute non-starter […]
CAIR in the News, February 26, 2025
Video: CAIR-Georgia, AAJC File Civil Rights Complaint Over School Harassment CAIR: The four-letter boarding pass code that could cause big airport delays – Metro UK CAIR: At Least 6 Gaza Babies Die From Hypothermia Amid Israeli Blockade – Common Dreams CAIR-San Diego: Teach-in educates students on free speech, historical activism, Palestinian solidarity at City – […]
CAIR in the News, February 25, 2025
CAIR-GA: DeKalb judge faces calls to resign over posts about Gaza – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution CAIR-GA: DeKalb Superior Court judge faces backlash over Gaza social media post – Fox 5 Atlanta CAIR-NJ: Palestinian student group reinstated at Rowan – Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ) The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, known as CAIR-NJ, celebrated the reinstatement […]
CAIR in the News, February 24, 2025
CAIR-NJ: N.J. Palestinian student group reinstated after 3K complaints about poster – NJ.com CAIR-Texas: They dream of building Muslim-centric neighborhoods near Dallas. Will it work? Dallas Morning News Mustafaa Carroll, executive director of the D-FW office for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said the backlash against EPIC City didn’t surprise him. “We always have this […]
CAIR in the News, February 23, 2025
CAIR: Leaders: Patriot Front’s hate has ‘no place’ in Iowa after white supremacists’ march – Des Moines Register A Muslim civil rights group also condemned the hate, while acknowledging the group’s right to free speech. “We join all those who seek a society based on justice and mutual respect in condemning any efforts to promote […]