CAIR Op Eds
CAIR OP-ED: Muslim Children Should Not Carry the Burden of the 9/11 Attacks – Common Dreams
Every child should be able to learn about 9/11. Every child should learn about the devastating consequences of hatred, extremism, and violence. But no child should be made to feel responsible for those events simply because they share a faith with the people who hijacked it… Dr. Maryam Hasan, Ed.D. leads the Unhostile Campus Campaign for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization. The Unhostile Campus Campaign is aimed
CAIR OP-ED: Attacks on Mamdani Prove Israel’s Supporters Can’t Even Tolerate Criticism of Netanyahu
Mayor Mamdani has made clear that he will not stay silent when a mass murderer of children plans to visit New York City. Most New Yorkers agree with him. So do many Americans; a recent poll showed 46% of Americans believe Netanyahu should be arrested if he comes to the United States. Another poll showed that Mamdani has a higher favorability rating among Jewish Americans than Netanyahu. The claim that criticizing Israel’s human rights abuses is antisemitic no longer
CAIR OP-ED: How Section 219, the US-Israel Military Merger, Would Thwart American Democracy – Common Dreams
If joint technology development, intelligence sharing, and weapons production are required by law, they would become extraordinarily difficult for another Congress or future presidents to undo, regardless of changing public opinion or policy priorities. Our nation would be trapped a strategic alignment with a foreign government, taking away the American people’s ability to decide on the future of the relationship. The US military is meant to protect American interests, and Congress is meant to serve
CAIR-LA OP-ED: We, the American People, Have Had Enough of Endless Wars
Congress, especially those members who claim to oppose endless wars, must continue pursuing every available avenue to reassert its authority and prevent further escalation; the stakes are far too high for elected officials to remain silent. The American people do not want this war. It is time for our government to serve them, not the agenda of a foreign leader desperate to cling to power and evade accountability. Hussam Ayloush is CEO of the Council
OP-ED: Ramadan observances come as war rages in Iran and anti-Muslim hate rises in America
The sharia hysteria of the past couple of months is just the latest in a seemingly never-ending wave of bigoted frenzies targeting American Muslims, from the attacks on the Somali American community to the smears against Muslim students speaking up for Palestinian human rights on college campuses. It seems once the Islamophobia industry exhausts one invented narrative, it shifts to another. Such hate also has real-world consequences. Zahra Billoo is executive director of the San Francisco Bay
CAIR Op-Ed: Somali-American Day-Care Hysteria Is Latest Attempt To Distract Americans with Hate
It’s 2025. No one should have to point out how evil and irrational it is for elected officials to smear an entire race or ethnic group because of the alleged criminals among them. Edward Ahmed Mitchell is a civil rights attorney who serves as the national deputy executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States. READ THE FULL OP-ED AT COMMONDREAMS.ORG