CAIR in the News, May 7, 2025
CAIR-LA: UCLA students allege police targeted them with “unlawful force” during Palestine encampment – LA Public Press CAIR-MN: Woman Accused Of Hurling N-Word At Black Kid Raises $600K In Donations – Black Information Network CAIR-PA: InterAct Theatre Company and Theatre in the X To Present ON MY DEEN – Broadway World CAIR-LA: California state funding […]
CAIR-MA Welcomes Guilty Plea by Man Who Ripped Palestinian Flag Off Truck
The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA) today welcomed the guilty plea in Stoughton District Court by Nicholas Lance, who was charged with destruction of property after ripping a Palestinian flag off a truck belonging to a Palestinian American man. CAIR-MA represents the victim in the case, who wishes not to be […]
CAIR-OPED: Pro-Israel Senators Show Their Hand By Opposing Free Speech Protections in Now-Delayed Antisemitism Bill – Common Dreams
The Antisemitism Awareness Act has never been about countering antisemitism or protecting Jewish students from discrimination; it is about silencing pro-Palestine students and protecting the Israeli government from criticism… Silencing speech does not stop hate. It only deepens injustice. And we should not stand by while our government attempts to criminalize moral clarity. READ THE […]
CAIR Calls on Trump Admin to ‘Finally Speak Out’ After Top Israeli Official Says Gaza Will Soon ‘Be Completely Destroyed,’ Depopulated
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said Trump administration officials must “finally speak out” after Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reportedly said Gaza will soon “be completely destroyed” and its population “will leave in large numbers to third countries.” SEE: Israeli minister says Gaza will be ‘entirely destroyed,’ Palestinians […]
CAIR in the News, May 6, 2025
CAIR-MI: Michigan Attorney General drops charges against seven UMich encampment protesters – The Michigan Daily CAIR-MI: Advocates demand Nessel to drop remaining charges against pro-Palestinian protesters – Detroit Metro Times CAIR: ‘Inhumanity’: Israeli Soldiers Drop Blue Bomb in Gaza as Part of Gender Reveal Celebration – Common Dreams CAIR: Why MAGA Republicans helped kill a […]
CAIR Welcomes Dismissal of Tennessee Assistant Prosecutor Over Alleged Racist, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Muslim Posts
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the dismissal of an assistant prosecutor in Knox County, Tennessee, over social media posts allegedly expressing racist, anti-immigrant, sexist, neo-Nazi, and anti-Muslim views. The Knox County District Attorney’s Office fired an assistant prosecutor May 5 hours after Knox […]
CAIR Urges Congress to Condemn Rep. Randy Fine’s Violently Anti-Muslim, Anti-American and Anti-Palestinian Rhetoric
Florida Republican calls fellow member of Congress a ‘Muslim terrorist,’ responds to a photo of starving Palestinian civilians with the hashtag #StarveAway The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today sent a message to every member of the U.S. House of Representatives urging them to publicly condemn […]
Video: CAIR-LA & Legal Partners Sue Law Enforcement Over Violent Crackdown on UCLA Anti-Genocide Protesters
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CAIR-LA, Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP, and Legal Partners File Lawsuit Against Law Enforcement Agencies Over Violent Crackdown on UCLA Anti-Genocide Protesters
The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), along with Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP, the Law Office of Colleen Flynn, Attorney Ricci Sergienko, Kleiman/Rajaram, and the Law Offices of Thomas B. Harvey, today announced the filing of a lawsuit against the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the Los Angeles Police […]
CAIR-Minnesota Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Racist Harassment of Muslim Child, Protection of Family and Bystanders
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on law enforcement authorities to investigate the alleged racist harassment of a Muslim mother and child in Rochester, Minnesota, as a possible hate crime and to protect the alleged victim’s family and bystanders from retaliation. Video taken at a park shows a white […]