CAIR in the News, December 5, 2025
CAIR: Professional Staff Union votes no-confidence on UMass chancellor amid pressures from groups protesting war in Gaza – Mass Live CAIR denounces Tuberville’s call for immigration ban on Middle East, North Africa – Alabama Political Reporter CAIR announces initiative to support Somali community – FOX CAIR-Minnesota holds press conference announcing initiatives to support Somali community […]
CAIR, CAIR-NY Condemns Mayor Eric Adams Over New York City’s Passage of Anti-BDS Executive Order
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its New York (CAIR-NY) today condemned Mayor Eric Adams for signing an anti-BDS Executive Order aimed at restricting the city from doing business with entities that support boycotts of Israel. [NOTE: BDS refers to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions in support of Palestinian human rights.] SEE: Mayor Adams Signs Executive […]
CAIR Welcomes Resignation of Air Force Official from Teaching Position Over Violently Anti-Muslim Social Media Posts
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the resignation of an Air Force official from his teaching position after he came under investigation over violently anti-Muslim social media posts bearing his name – one of which called for gunning down Muslim protesters in Britain. The […]
CAIR Remembers Dr. Yaqub Mirza, Extends Condolences to Family
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today remembered the life and contributions of towering American Muslim community pioneer Dr. Yaqub Mirza and extended condolences to his family. Dr. Mirza’s janazah, or funeral prayer, is scheduled for today at 1:30 p.m. at ADAMS Sterling. His burial will […]
Somali Community and CAIR-Minnesota to Announce Initiatives to Support Community
Somali community leaders, joined by CAIR-Minnesota and allied organizations, plan to hold a press conference today at 3:00 p.m. at Minneapolis City Hall to announce a series of initiatives aimed at supporting and strengthening the Somali American community amid recent attacks and escalating misinformation. WHAT: Press Conference WHEN: Today, Thursday, December 4, 2025 – 3:00 […]
CAIR-SFBA Warns of Rising ICE Detentions of Afghan Community Members in Bay Area, Condemns Discriminatory Immigration Freeze
The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today warned of increasing ICE detentions of Afghan community members in the Bay Area and condemned the Trump administration’s sweeping freeze on immigration-related processing for Afghan nationals as discriminatory “collective punishment” that puts […]
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 […]
CAIR Sends Letter to Treasury Secretary Debunking Texas Governor Abbott’s ‘Baseless’ Demand for Witch Hunt
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today sent a letter to the Treasury Department debunking false claims that Texas Governor Greg Abbott made in a letter to Secretary Bessent requesting a baseless investigation into CAIR’s nonprofit status. CLICK HERE TO READ CAIR’S LETTER In a statement, […]
CAIR Calls USCIS Order Freezing Asylum ‘Overbroad, Redundant and Discriminatory’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a sweeping new USCIS directive that freezes all pending asylum applications nationwide, halts all pending applications and orders the re-review of immigration benefits for nationals of the 19 countries targeted in President Trump’s updated June 2025 Muslim and African travel ban. In […]