CAIR-Texas DFW, CAIR Action Texas Joins MFLA, MAS Dallas, PYM Dallas, ICNA CSJ and Dallas Community in Denouncing Illegal Detention of DACA Recipient Ya’kub Ira Vijandre
The Council on American-Islamic Relations Texas, Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter (CAIR-Texas DFW) and CAIR Action Texas joins Muslim Legal Fund Association (MLFA), Muslim American Society of Dallas (MAS Dallas), Palestinian Youth Movement Dallas Chapter (PYM Dallas), Islamic Circle of North America Council on Social Justice (ICNA CSJ) and Dallas Community in condemning the unlawful detention of Ya’kub […]
IMAN Network, CAIR Hand-Deliver Letters to UMD School of Medicine Leadership Following Reports of Blocked Emails and Calls
The Islamic Maryland Action Network (IMAN) and the Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that formal letters were hand-delivered to leadership at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMDSOM) including Dean Mark Gladwin, following multiple reports that phone calls and emails from faculty, staff, students, and community members attempting […]
CAIR-Alabama Again Urges Sen. Tuberville to Accept Muslim Community’s Invite to Visit Mosque After Senate Speech Denigrating Islam, Smearing American Muslims
The Alabama office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today reiterated the Alabama Muslim community’s invitation to Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) to visit a mosque and engage with his Muslim constituents after he delivered a speech on the floor of the Senate denigrating Islam and smearing American […]
CAIR-Minnesota Condemns ‘Unacceptable’ Vandalism Targeting Minneapolis Synagogue
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned vandalism targeting a Minneapolis synagogue. CAIR-MN also condemned racist flyers distributed in St. Paul, Minnesota. CAIR-MN Executive Director Jaylani Husseintold MPR News in an interview today, “My heart goes out to Temple Israel, Rabbi Zimmerman and […]
CAIR Calls Italy’s Proposed Face Veil Ban an ‘Authoritarian, Bigoted’ Attack on Religious Freedom
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called a bill proposed by Italian lawmakers that would ban the wearing of the face veil (niqab or burqa), which is worn by a tiny minority of Muslim women, an “authoritarian, bigoted” attack on religious freedom. In a statement, Washington, D.C., […]
CAIR Welcomes Iowa City Vote to Deny Purchase of Trash Compactor Over Israel Divestment
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a 6-0 vote by the Iowa City, Iowa, city council to deny the purchase a new trash compactor because it was manufactured by Caterpillar, which is on the city’s Israeli divestment list. The Daily Iowan reports: “City councilors voted down the […]
CAIR Joins International Human Rights Complaint Charging U.S. with Aiding Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
Complaint Filed by Taxpayers Against Genocide (TAG), National Lawyers Guild International Committee (NLG), and Palestinian-American Petitioners, Endorsed by CAIR and Leading Human Rights Groups (WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/8/25) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said it joined in an expanded legal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human […]
CAIR in the News, October 8, 2025
CAIR: ‘I don’t feel safe any more’: Dearborn’s Arab Americans on rising Islamophobia – The Guardian CAIR-CA: Gov. Gavin Newsom targets antisemitism in California schools with new law – Politico The Council on American-Islamic Relations blasted the bill in a letter to Newsom as “especially harmful to the mental and emotional well-being of Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim […]
CAIR Welcomes Passage of Hate Intimidation Ordinance in Orangeburg, South Carolina
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the passage of a hate intimidation ordinance in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The hate intimidation ordinance was passed unanimously at the city council meeting on Tuesday. The ordinance in part states that it would be illegal to harm someone based […]
CAIR Calls on Trump to ‘Put America First’ After Report Reveals Extra $30+ Billion in Taxpayer Funding for Israel’s Genocide, Middle East Wars
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Trump administration to “put American first” following a new report by the Costs of War project at Brown University that the United States spent more than $30 billion in support of Israel’s genocide and its other wars in […]