CAIR Calls on USCIS to Rescind ‘Israel First’ Immigration Policy that Threatens Benefits and Free Speech on Palestine
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today demanded that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) immediately rescind a new policy that threatens both immigration benefits and the First Amendment rights of immigrant communities, particularly those advocating for Palestinian human rights. On August 19, USCIS released Policy Alert PA-2025-16, instructing […]
CAIR-AZ Welcomes Charges for Antisemitic Threats Targeting Phoenix Synagogue
The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) today welcomed felony charges for alleged threats targeting Sha’arei Shalom Congregation in Phoenix. Kevin Charles Pyles, 32, was charged with making a terrorist threat and computer tampering to threaten, both felonies. In a statement, CAIR-AZ Executive Director Azza Abuseif said: “We unequivocally condemn these reported antisemitic threats targeting […]
CAIR Demands Transparency, Consistency After Israeli Official Arrested for Pedophilia Allowed to Flee U.S.
Muslim civil rights and advocacy group files FOIA and open records requests with local and federal law enforcement The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it has filed federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Nevada Public Records Act requests seeking a full public […]
CAIR Calls on U.S, World Athletic Associations to Condemn Israeli Killing of Palestinian Basketball Player
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the “Israel First” 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 […]
Diverse Coalition Denounces Pro-Israel ‘Classroom Censorship’ Bill (AB 715) at Capitol Press Conference and Rally
The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), California Faculty Association (CFA), Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) Action, and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Bay Area held a press conference and rally yesterday to oppose AB 715. After the program, participants visited lawmakers’ offices to urge a NO vote on AB 715 […]
CAIR Calls on Md. Restaurant to Apologize, Reinstate Fired Employees, Respect Palestinian Cultural Expression
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Bunny’s Buckets & Bubbles restaurant in Fells Point, Maryland, to publicly apologize and immediately reinstate at least six employees who were reportedly fired after joining a protest against the restaurant’s suppression of Palestinian cultural expression. […]
CAIR Calls for State, Federal Hate Crime Probes of Death Threats Targeting Alabama Muslim Candidate
The Alabama chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AL), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate reported death threats targeting a Muslim candidate in that state as hate crimes. Tanveer Patel, who is running for a seat on the Hoover City Council, has […]
CAIR in the News, August 20, 2025
CAIR-Ohio: Columbus Jewish organization reports anti-war protests to police after rise in antisemitism – WOSU Khalid Turaani, executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations of Ohio, is Palestinian-American and grew up in a village by the Sea of Galilee that he says was ethnically cleansed by Israel. Turaani said he is outraged. “To […]
BREAKING: CAIR Calls on DHS to Clarify Reported Plan to Ban American Muslim Nonprofits Critical of Israel from Receiving Federal Grants
Muslim civil rights and advocacy group learns that DHS may target Muslim group targeted by anti-Muslim hate group (WASHINGTON, DC – 8/19/2025) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to address a report that it plans to suspend federal […]
CAIR, CAIR-Action Condemn ADL Director’s ‘Dishonest and Islamophobic’ Attacks on Zohran Mamdani
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and CAIR-Action strongly condemn ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt’s “dishonest and Islamophobic attacks” against New York General Assembly member Zohran Mamdani—attacks that misstate basic facts and subject Mamdani to an obvious double standard because he is a Muslim. In a recent interview on CNBC, Greenblatt repeatedly falsely claimed that Mamdani […]