CAIR Op Eds
Congress Should Reform the Unconstitutional ‘Terrorism’ Watchlist
Yesterday, Rep. Carson and Muslim, Arab and South Asian American Groups Testified that Congress Should By: CAIR Director of Government Affairs Department Robert McCaw, rmccaw@cair.com Media outlets are free to re-publish or distribute the commentary below with attribution. —– Yesterday, the U.S Judiciary Commitee held a groundbreaking hearing on discrimination and the civil rights of the Muslim, Arab, and South Asian American communities. We welcomed the hearing as another opportunity for Congress to commit to protecting the
How India is Working to Squash Religious Freedom and Deny Human Dignity
Media outlets are free to re-publish or distribute the commentary below with attribution. By: Huzaifa Shahbaz, CAIR National In recent weeks, the world has witnessed the Indian government’s hateful attempts to exclude Muslim women from society by banning young women from wearing the hijab to school. The ban on Islamic headscarves motivated thousands to protest the grotesque infringement on civil rights by the Karnataka state, which is led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party
Why and How Muslim Institutions Should Use FEMA Funding to Enhance Physical Security
NOTE: Media outlets are free to republish this commentary with attribution By: Robert McCaw and Megan Fair, CAIR National Does your mosque have high-quality security cameras? What about the local private Islamic school? Do they have comprehensive safety systems—alarms, cameras, secure entry doors, bulletproof windows, an armed guard? Can your community afford any of these measures? For many Islamic private schools, organizations and houses of worship, the answer to many of these questions is No.
On January 6th, America Got a Taste of What Muslims Have Been Dealing With for Years
NOTE: Media outlets are free to republish this commentary with attribution By: Ismail Allison, CAIR National On January 6th, America became acquainted with a shadowy group of far-right extremist organizations willing and ready to use violence to realize their political will and intimidate those they hate. As American Muslims, we’ve known them for many years. Far-right groups and militias like the Oath Keepers, the Three Percenters and the Proud Boys have been engaged in anti-Muslim
10 Ways President Biden’s First Year in Office Impacted American Muslims
NOTE: Media outlets are free to republish this commentary with attribution By: Robert McCaw and Ismail Allison, CAIR National When President Biden officially took office at noon on January 20th, 2021, many American Muslims breathed a sigh of relief. Although no one should have expected President Biden to become a champion for every issue important to our community, we were confident that the openly racist, xenophobic and Islamophobic rhetoric spread by President Trump would end—and
CAIR ISLAM-OPED: Love for Jesus Can Bring Christians and Muslims Together
IMPORTANT NOTE: This commentary was very popular with readers nationwide when it was first distributed before Christmas a number of years ago. It is being offered again this year for those publications that were unable to publish it previously. —– 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. ISLAM-OPED commentaries are offered free-of-charge to one media outlet