CAIR Action Alert: Urge Maryland Congressmembers to Support Block the Bombs Act, Thank Those Voting to Limit Arms for Genocide
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today calls on community members to urge Maryland Congressmembers to support Block the Bombs Act. TAKE ACTION NOW! Why This Matters Members of the Maryland congressional delegation who took a principled stand for Palestinian human rights […]
CAIR-Texas Condemns Anti-Palestinian Harassment of Med Student in San Antonio
The Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Texas), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the alleged anti-Palestinian harassment of a medical student at a Merit Coffee location in San Antonio after he was targeted for wearing a small Palestinian flag pin on his backpack. According to media […]
CAIR Calls on Congress to ‘Recognize Gaza Genocide’ After Secret Israeli Data Shows 83 Percent of Those Slaughtered Were Civilians
Classified Israeli data shows Palestinian civilians being slaughtered ‘at a rate with few parallels in modern warfare’ The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on members of Congress to recognize Israel’s obvious and documented genocide in Gaza after data from an secret Israeli intelligence database […]
CAIR-Ohio Joins the Cleveland Power Alliance for Launch of People’s Solutions Lab
On Tuesday, August 19, 2025,the Cleveland Power Alliance organization —a civic coalition led by Cleveland VOTES, along with Cleveland Freedom Dreams Coalition, Neighborhood Connections, and All Voting Is Local Ohio— held a press conference at Cleveland City Hall to discuss the newly launched initiative the People’s Solutions Lab, a participatory democracy initiative aimed at uplifting resident-driven priorities for […]
CAIR Calls on PayPal to Stop Freezing, Denying Transactions Involving Common Muslim Names
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on PayPal to stop freezing and denying transactions involving common Muslim names. CAIR sent a formal letter requesting an urgent meeting with PayPal’s executive and compliance teams after receiving detailed data showing a pattern in which tuition and […]
CAIR Supports Federal Hate Crime Charge for Racist Shooting Targeting Black Jogger in South Carolina
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today supported a federal hate crime charge for a man who allegedly shot a Black jogger in South Carolina due to his race. Federal authorities say they are reviewing the case. Last month, CAIR welcomed a hate crime charge brought against […]
CAIR-Chicago Denounces Dangerous Islamophobic Misinformation Campaign Targeting Peaceful Arbaeen Procession
– For Immediate Release and Distribution – The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, strongly denounces a series of inflammatory and Islamophobic social media posts being circulated by RAIR Foundation USA that mischaracterize and vilify a peaceful Arbaeen observance held in downtown Chicago. […]
CAIR Condemns State Dept. Firing of Press Officer Over Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the firing of Shahed Ghoreishi, the State Department’s top press officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs. over how to characterize Trump administration policies, including a controversial plan for ethnic cleansing of Gaza. CAIR said the firing indicates that public officials are […]
CAIR in the News, August 21, 2025
CAIR-AL: Alabama Muslim advocacy group urges hate crime probe after threats against candidate – AL.COM “Threats and intimidation targeting a Muslim candidate are not just attacks on one individual—they are attacks on democracy, inclusion, and the constitutional rights of all Americans,” Alabama Council on American-Islamic Relations representative Britton O’Shields said in a statement. CAIR seeks […]
CAIR-LA Urges OC Grand Jury to Address Omission of Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian Communities in Report on Hate in County
The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) recently sent a letter to the Orange County Grand Jury in response to its 2024–2025 report. In the letter, CAIR-LA outlined its concerns about the exclusion of Muslim, Arab, or Palestinian communities in the report, despite a documented national and local rise […]