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 […]
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 […]
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 Op-Ed: Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Can Now Control What TikTok Users See
TikTok played an important role in the sea change of U.S. opinion about Israel, particularly among young people. It’s why the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, the organization I work for, condemned the sale as a “desperate” attempt to silence young Americans. READ THE FULL OP-ED AT THE INTERCEPT
CAIR: Senator Tuberville casts George Wallace’s shadow over Alabama Muslims: op-ed – AL.com
Click here to read this editorial by CAIR Research and Advocacy Director Corey Saylor, “Senator Tuberville casts George Wallace’s shadow over Alabama Muslims,” on AL.com
CAIR Op-Ed: Abbott’s attacks on Muslims draw on an old religious bigotry playbook
Gov. Greg Abbott’s sweeping assault on Texas Muslims deploys a familiar methodology once used against Jews and Catholics. The targets have changed, but the pattern remains: Portray a religious minority as an alien threat seeking to create a “state within a state.” Sadly, Abbott’s recent actions against our Muslim organization echo those older bigotries. CLICK HERE TO READ THE […]
CAIR Op-Ed: With growing anger among conservatives over US support for Israel, fading power brokers revive Islamophobic hysteria as a distraction
This surge in anti-Muslim bigotry is not coming from the right wing generally, but from the old guard Israel First right, who are very well aware that they are losing the narrative among the younger generation of conservatives. Whipping up Islamophobia is their last, desperate attempt at stopping the bleeding. CLICK HERE TO READ THE […]
Re: “Show Us the Evidence — Or, Gov. Abbott, is terrorist label for CAIR just partisanship?“ (CAIR-TX Letter to the Editor)
This letter to the editor was published in The Dallas Morning News in response to an editorial. This editorial rightfully criticizes Gov. Greg Abbott for branding America’s largest Muslim civil rights organization a foreign terrorist organization without evidence. However, the editorial expresses concern about CAIR’s stance on Hamas and antisemitism even though the organization has […]
CAIR OP-ED: ICE abduction of Sami Hamdi: Trump’s free speech is Israel First – The New Arab
The Trump administration should actually do as it says, and put America – including our constitutional guarantee of free speech for everyone on American soil – first. Releasing Sami Hamdi and the other political prisoners who have been detained for their opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza should be the first step. It’s time for […]
CAIR-Philadelphia Op-Ed: Remove Philly’s Voting Language Barriers
At the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Philadelphia, we serve Muslim American community members, many of whom speak languages not included in the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act. For example, in Pennsylvania, there are at least 35,000 Arabic speakers, at least 10,000 of whom live in Philadelphia. From our work within the region, we also know […]