CAIR Op Eds
CAIR OP-ED: President Biden’s SOTU Should Announce Concrete Action on Police Violence
By Robert S. McCaw, CAIR Director of Government Affairs Department Tonight, President Biden plans deliver his second State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress and the American people. Two years into his administration, the interconnected issues of racism, bigotry, and police violence continue to impact the lives of far too many Americans without any real change being made to our nation’s laws. Many Americans want to know what progress, if any,
CAIR ISLAM-OPED: This Thanksgiving, Let’s Use Our Blessings for Good
ISLAM-OPED is a syndication service of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) designed to offer an American Muslim perspective on current political, social and religious issues. Please consider the following commentary for publication. —- This Thanksgiving, Let’s Use Our Blessings for Good by: Nihad Awad, CAIR National Thanksgiving is a time that evokes many feelings and memories. For many of us, it is a reminder of the appalling crimes committed against Native Americans throughout our
Adnan Syed is finally home with his family. Let’s reunite others unjustly incarcerated with theirs.
Seated in the courtroom Monday as Judge Phinn overturned Adnan Syed’s conviction and set him free, I and dozens of others wiped tears of joy as we watched tears streaming unchecked down the faces of his family members. After over twenty years of unjustly serving time in prison and relentless efforts to raise awareness about his case by his lawyers and passionate advocates, the shackles were coming off. Syed was finally going home. The victory
Why the UAE is Obsessed with Targeting American Muslim Activists Like Asim Ghafoor
Media outlets are free to re-publish or distribute the commentary below with attribution. By: Nihad Awad and Ismail Allison, CAIR National On July 14, Virginia civil rights attorney and human rights activist Asim Ghafoor was arrested and detained by UAE authorities while transiting through Dubai International Airport en route to a family wedding in Istanbul. Using time tested authoritarian practices, the Emiratis had tried Ghafoor in absentia and convicted him on charges of which he
CAIR OP-ED: Is it time for American Muslims and other targeted minorities to defend ourselves from mass shooters?
Media outlets are free to re-publish or distribute the commentary below with attribution. By: Edward Ahmed Mitchell, CAIR National As a Muslim civil rights attorney who has spent years responding to racist mass shootings, I support many reasonable policies that could reduce the frequency and severity of such violence. Universal background checks. Red flag laws. Bans on high-capacity magazines. Limiting access to the weapons of war favored by school shooters and white supremacists. In
In My Own Words: The Way Forward On Interfaith Collaboration
By: Zahra Billoo, CAIR-San Francisco Bay Area Throughout my career as a Muslim civil rights attorney, I have worked on areas of common concern with my Jewish neighbors. Together, we have advocated for human rights here and abroad. We have stood up against police brutality, racist immigration policies, and illegal discrimination. We have called out racism and bigotry, including the interrelated threats of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism. I will always raise my voice on these important issues, God willing.