CAIR-Alabama Welcomes Arrest of Suspect Who Allegedly Threatened Synagogues
The Alabama office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AL), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the arrest of a suspect who allegedly made “threats of violence” targeting several synagogues in Alabama and surrounding states. In a statement, CAIR-Alabama Staff Attorney Britton O’Shields said: “We are relieved that law enforcement authorities […]
CAIR Welcomes Journalist Groups’ Call for Release of Sami Hamdi From ICE Detention
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed statements by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calling for the release of British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi, who is currently detained by U.S. authorities apparently due to his public statements criticizing […]
CAIR-CA, CPHB to Release Report on Faith-Based Bullying of Muslim Students in California Schools
On Thursday, Oct. 30, and Friday, Oct. 31, the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), along with its Center for the Prevention of Hate and Bullying (CPHB), will hold press conferences at its offices in Anaheim, Santa Clara, and Sacramento to announce the release of its 2025 Bullying Report documenting faith-based bullying and discrimination […]
CAIR Welcomes Journalist Groups’ Call for Release of Sami Hamdi From ICE Detention
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed statements by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calling for the release of British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi, who is currently detained by U.S. authorities apparently due to his public statements […]
Video: CAIR-Philadelphia, Emgage Pennsylvania Co-Host Muslim Capitol Day in Harrisburg
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CAIR Sends Congressional Briefing Memo Urging Lawmakers to Reject Unconstitutional, Anti-Muslim ‘Anti-Sharia’ Bills
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it has distributed a formal congressional briefing memo “Weaponized Islamophobia: The Return of the Anti-Sharia Hoax,” to every member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, along with a companion educational document titled “Sharia in American Life.” CLICK HERE: READ […]
CAIR California Attorneys Meet with Sami Hamdi in ICE Detention, File Habeas Petition and Emergency TRO to Block Transfer
The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it met with detained British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi in ICE detention yesterday at Golden State Annex, in McFarland, California and have filed for a habeas petition to protect his constitutional rights and […]
CAIR Demands Virginia High School Reverse Removal from Classroom of Virginia Muslim Students Based on ‘Racist Tropes and Stereotypes’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today publicly called on Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County to immediately reverse the removal form classroom imposed on a number of Thomas Jefferson Muslim Student Association members based on “racist tropes and stereotypes […]
CAIR in the News, October 28, 2025
CAIR: Islamophobic attacks surge as Omar Fateh campaigns for Minneapolis mayor – Sahan Journal CAIR-NC: Groups urge state review of NC company’s Gaza food distribution ‘crimes’ | Opinion – Raleigh News & Observer “Companies incorporated in North Carolina must not be complicit in war crimes or human rights abuses abroad,” Al Rieder, manager of CAIR-NC, […]
TODAY: CAIR-Philadelphia, Emgage Pennsylvania to Co-Host Muslim Capitol Day in Harrisburg
On Tuesday, October 28 (press conference: 12:15 p.m.), the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) and Emgage Pennsylvania (Emgage-PA) will co-host Muslim Capitol Day in Harrisburg, which is designed to help Muslim Pennsylvanians’ engagement with state-level politics and policymakers. WHAT: Muslim Capitol Day by Emgage-PA and CAIR-PA WHEN: October 28, 2025; 9:30 a.m. – 2 […]