CAIR in the News, July 16, 2025
CAIR: Georgetown University professor placed on leave over misrepresented X post – Middle East Eye CAIR-FL: Muslim groups call for Florida officials to investigate killing of Tampa man in West Bank – Miami Herald CAIR: Fateh faces Islamophobic attacks as Mamdani-style mayoral bid gains ground in Minneapolis – Hiiraan Online Jaylani Hussein, executive director of […]
BREAKING: Maria Kari Law Firm, CAIR-Houston Welcome Release of Palestinian Immigrant Held at Houston Airport Without Legal Access, Basic Necessities
The Maria Kari Law Firm and the Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) and today welcomed the release of Muhanad J. M. Alshrouf, a 22-year-old Palestinian man who has reportedly been confined for nine days in a secondary screening room at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)—despite entering the United States legally on a valid immigrant […]
CAIR-SFBA Welcomes Hate Crime Charges in East Bay Knife Threat Incident
The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the filing of hate crime charges against a man accused of threatening a BART passenger with a knife while shouting xenophobic slurs. Alameda County prosecutors have charged 45-year-old Michael Eugene Sprague […]
CAIR Urges Georgetown University to Fully Reinstate Professor Jonathan Brown After Bad Faith Attacks Over Misrepresented Tweet
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today sent a letter to Georgetown University Interim President Robert Groves that calls on the university to reverse its decision to investigate and discipline Dr. Jonathan Brown, a respected scholar and professor, over a misrepresented social media post in which […]
CAIR Condemns Israeli Settler Attack on CNN Journalists in Occupied West Bank
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an attack on CNN journalists covering the murder of Saif Musallet in the occupied West Bank. In a tweet, CNN Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond said Israeli settlers attacked him and his team in their car. The back window […]
CAIR-Philadelphia ED to Join Announcement of Charging Statement by Philadelphia People’s Tribunal War Crimes and Genocide in Gaza
On Wednesday, July 16, the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will join fellow jurors at a press conference to release the official findings and charging document of the Philadelphia People’s Tribunal on Genocide and War Crimes in Gaza, organized by Fridays at […]
CAIR-Florida Condemns Gov. DeSantis’ Refusal to Denounce Killing of Florida Youth by Israeli Settlers
Group Calls on Musallet’s Members of Congress — Rep. Laurel Lee, Sens. Rick Scott and Shley Moody — to Demand Formal U.S. Investigation into His Killing The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida), the state’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today strongly condemned Gov. Ron DeSantis for refusing to denounce […]
CAIR-Minnesota Condemns Anti-Muslim, Racist Hate Targeting Sen. Omar Fateh Amid Rising Political Violence
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the ongoing anti-Muslim, racist hate targeting Minnesota State Senator Omar Fateh, who is of Somali heritage, calling them factually inaccurate, dangerously inflammatory and reflective of a broader trend of Islamophobic fearmongering […]
CAIR Says Islamophobia in Europe ‘Spinning Out of Control’ After Murder of Muslim Woman in Germany, Fire at Mosque in Spain
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said that Islamophobia is “spinning out of control” in Europe after a Muslim woman was murdered in Germany and a mosque was burned during anti-immigrant riots in Spain. A 26-year-old Algerian woman who was stabbed to death in Hannover, […]
CAIR-WA Condemns Senator Maria Cantwell’s ‘Shameful’ Decision to Meet with Wanted War Criminal Netanyahu
The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) today condemned the decision by more than a dozen senators, including Washington Senator Maria Cantwell, to meet with wanted war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his recent trip to Washington, D.C. SEE: On Wednesday, July 9, the bipartisan group met with Netanyahu […]