CAIR-NY Condemns Death and Bomb Threats Against Zohran Mamdani
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 condemned the series of Islamophobic death threats targeting New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, including a disturbing threat to bomb his car. SEE: NYPD Hate Crime unit investigating death and car […]
CAIR Welcomes Federal Court Decision Ordering Release of Mahmoud Khalil
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a federal court decision ordering the release of anti-genocide activist and legal U.S. resident Mahmoud Khalil. A U.S. judge ordered on Friday that Khalil, a Columbia University graduate, be immediately released from immigration custody. Khalil was arrested by […]
CAIR-Houston and Attorney Dalia Moftah Call for Immediate Release of Palestinian Asylum Seeker Indefinitely Detained in Texas by ICE
The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) and immigration attorney Dalia Moftah today demanded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immediately release Mohamed Abushanab, a Palestinian reportedly held indefinitely for more than 10 months, despite an immigration judge granting him protection from deportation due to the likelihood of facing persecution if he were deported […]
CAIR-MA Calls on Harvard Divinity School to Publish Commencement Speaker’s Anti-Genocide Address
The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), the state’s leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Harvard Divinity School to uphold its own standards of academic freedom by releasing a commencement speech that it reportedly withheld from publication because the speaker condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide in […]
CAIR-Houston Calls for Hate Crime Charges for Attempted Racist Vehicular Assault
The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) today called for hate crime charges against a man who allegedly attempted to run over a neighbor after calling him racial slurs. A west Houston man was arrested after police say he shouted the n-word at one of his neighbors and tried to run him […]
CAIR Again Calls on Trump to Drop Poison Pill ‘Zero Enrichment’ Demand, Make Deal with Iran
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President Trump to avert an “unnecessary and disastrous” all-out U.S. war with Iran by dropping Israel’s “poison pill” zero enrichment demand meant to doom nuclear negotiations. In a statement, CAIR said: “The American people do not want our […]
CAIR Community Advisory: Know Your Rights – Community Workshop on Trump’s Travel Ban
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Community Center (MCC) invite community members to a free workshop on Friday, June 27, in Silver Spring, Maryland, to learn more about the lasting impact of Trump’s travel ban and how to stay informed and protected. This important session will provide updates on the ban’s legal status, resources for affected […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Assault on Subway in Queens
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 strongly condemned an anti-Muslim hate crime assault of a Muslim woman on an MTA subway train in Queens. SEE: Muslim woman says man asked ‘Are you Muslim?’ then beat her on Subway […]
ACT NOW: Call on NJ Assembly to oppose legislative efforts to curtail free speech
The NJ Assembly is fast-tracking a bill (A3558) that adopts the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism—conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism and threatening free speech, especially around Palestinian advocacy. The bill is scheduled for a committee vote this Monday with no public access to the updated language. CLICK HERE to send a prewritten email to the […]
CAIR Asks ‘When Will the World Act to Stop the Genocide’ After Israel Slaughters More Starving Palestinians
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today asked “when will the world act to stop Israel’s genocide” after another of the daily Israeli massacres of starving Palestinian men, women and children forced to seek food at U.S.-back concentration sites in Gaza because of a campaign of intentionally-imposed starvation. […]