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CAIR Calls on Trump Admin to Drop Efforts to Herd Starving Palestinians into Israeli-Controlled Camps
Muslim civil rights and advocacy group welcomes Trump’s call for end to ‘brutal conflict,’ calls for action to permanently and immediately stop the genocide The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Trump administration to drop U.S.-Israeli efforts to force starving Palestinians in Gaza […]
CAIR Calls on Trump to Rescind Appointment of Anti-Muslim Bigot Jeanine Pirro as Interim U.S. attorney for D.C.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President Trump to rescind his nomination of anti-Muslim Fox News host Jeanine Pirro to be interim U.S. attorney for D.C., considered one of the most important federal law enforcement roles in the nation. SEE: Trump Picks Most Unhinged Fox […]
CAIR in the News, May 12, 2025
CAIR-DFW: Greg Abbott Says All Construction Halted for Muslim ‘EPIC City’ – Newsweek Mustafaa Carroll, executive director of the Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told Newsweek: “Texas Governor Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton…have chosen to abuse their power by launching groundless ‘investigations’ against EPIC. CAIR: Sen. Cornyn of Texas says federal […]
CAIR Rep to Join Announcement of U.S. Taxpayers’ Historic Legal Complaint in DC Charging U.S. Government with Complicity in Genocide
On Wednesday, May 14, a representative of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) plans to join Taxpayers Against Genocide (TAG) and the National Lawyers Guild International Committee at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to announce the filing of their historic legal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) against the U.S. […]
CAIR-NY, CAIR Condemn CUNY Brooklyn College’s Crackdown on Peaceful Anti-Genocide Student Protesters
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, condemned CUNY Brooklyn College for inviting the NYPD onto its campus to target and arrest about a dozen peaceful anti-genocide student protesters late last week. SEE: Brooklyn College Pro-Palestinian Protest Ends in Arrests after Tents Erected […]
CAIR-NJ Condemns Detention of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Demands Immediate Release
The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) condemns the detention of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka today at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center and demands his immediate release. READ MORE: New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka arrested at ICE facility – POLITICO Baraka was taken into custody Friday while protesting the facility’s reopening, citing […]
Media Advisory: CAIR, Advocates to Speak Out Against Threat of Renewed Muslim Ban at SF Hearing
On Monday, May 12, a representative from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will testify at a San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission hearing addressing growing concerns over the potential return of the discriminatory travel ban that previously targeted Muslim-majority and African nations. The hearing will feature […]
Community Advisory: Join CAIR & ICNA Webinar on Protecting Your Freedom of Speech, Movement
Join the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Islamic Council of North America (ICNA) for a webinar on May 13 at 9 p.m. ET on protecting your freedom of speech and movement against government crackdowns. CAIR attorneys and policy experts will join with ICNA board members to share advice on how students, travelers and others threatened […]
CAIR Welcomes Federal Court Order for Immediate Release of ‘Political Prisoner’ Rumeysa Ozturk
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed an order by a federal judge demanding the immediate release of Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk who was snatched from the street by masked ICE agents apparently because she co-wrote an editorial calling for her school to […]