CAIR-NY Welcomes Hate Crime Charges in Anti-Hispanic Attack in Mamaroneck
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed hate crime charges against the alleged perpetrator who targeted a Hispanic man at a gas station in Mamaroneck, New York. According to court documents, the perpetrator targeted the victim based on […]
CAIR Calls UN Report that Israel Slaughtered 1,760 Forcibly-Starved Palestinians Seeking Food ‘Moral Indictment of Western Governments’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called a new United Nations report that Israel slaughtered at least 1,760 forcibly-starved Palestinians while they desperately sought food in Gaza “a moral indictment of Western governments.” Israel slaughtered 994 people at the aid concentration sites of the U.S.-backed […]
CAIR Letter to Secretary Rubio Rebuts ‘Reckless’ Comments Validating Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theory
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling on him to clarify and retract “dangerously reckless” comments he made during an interview with a racist radio host in which he appeared to entertain the idea of the State […]
CAIR-Oklahoma Condemns Un-American Political ‘Loyalty Test’ for Teachers by Anti-Muslim Group
The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a newly-announced requirement that teachers relocating to Oklahoma from so-called “woke” or progressive states must pass a politically-motivated assessment reportedly developed in collaboration with PragerU, a group known for promoting anti-Muslim and […]
CAIR Condemns Distribution of Antisemitic Propaganda in North Carolina
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the distribution of antisemitic hate propaganda in North Carolina. According to media reports, antisemitic flyers promoting hateful conspiracy theories and white supremacist ideology were recently distributed in residential neighborhoods in Sanford, North Carolina. In a statement, CAIR National Communications Director […]
CAIR-MI Files Counter-Complaint Alleging Discriminatory Enforcement by Ypsilanti Township Officials Against Arab-American Muslim Property Owner
The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced the filing of a counter-complaint in the Washtenaw County Circuit Court on behalf of Ypsilanti Township property owner Abdulghani Saleh. READ COUNTER-COMPLAINT. That counter-complaint alleges that township officials – specifically Community […]
CAIR Calls on World Leaders to Counter China’s ‘Transnational Repression’ of Uyghur Muslim Diaspora Documented in New Report
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on world leaders to take concrete action to counter the Chinese government’s escalating campaign of transnational repression targeting Uyghur Muslims living abroad. A new report, “Preventing Transnational Repression – the case of the Uyghur diaspora,” states in part: […]
Video: CAIR, Community Groups Hold Emergency Rally for Palestine in Baltimore
CAIR in the News, August 14, 2025
Video: CAIR, Community Groups Hold Emergency Rally for Palestine in Baltimore CAIR-NY: ‘We feel helpless’: Palestinian New Yorkers are reeling from Gaza’s starvation crisis – Gothamist Afaf Nasher, executive director of CAIR’s New York chapter, encouraged those wanting to bring an end to the humanitarian crisis to take political action. “ The best thing that we […]
CAIR Says UEFA Banner Calling for End to Killing of Children in Gaza Shows ‘Dam of Genocide Denial Breaking’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said the raising of a banner by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) stating “Stop Killing Children. Stop Killing Civilians” during a match in Udine, Italy, shows that the “dam of genocide denial is breaking worldwide.” Nine children […]