CAIR-NJ Calls on Gov. Murphy to Veto Bill Designed to Place Vague Restrictions on First Amendment Rights
The Council on American-Islamic Relations of New Jersey (CAIR-NJ) today calls on Gov. Phil Murphy to veto Bill A4652 / S3507, a deeply flawed piece of legislation that threatens the fundamental democratic rights of free speech and peaceful assembly. The bill passed by the New Jersey legislature on March 24, 2025, and is on Governor Murphy’s […]
CAIR Welcomes Dismissal of 2 Delaware Firefighters Charged with Hate Crime
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the dismissal of two Delaware firefighters charged with a hate crime for allegedly chasing another employee with a noose. Two men who worked with the Millville Volunteer Fire Company were fired and charged with a hate crime after […]
CAIR-LA Announces Successful Resolution in Complaint Filed Against UCLA Medical School for Discrimination Targeting Muslim Palestinian-American Med Student
The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today announced the successful resolution of a federal civil rights complaint filed last year against the University of California, Los Angeles’ (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) for allegedly violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On July […]
CAIR Designates N. Arizona U., U. of Pittsburgh as Hostile Campuses for Targeting Anti-Genocide Voices
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today designated Northern Arizona University (NAU) and the University of Pittsburgh (UPitt) as Hostile Campuses due to ongoing suppression, intimidation, and criminalization of student activism advocating for Palestinian human rights and opposing genocide. Despite public commitments to free expression and diversity, both institutions have escalated punitive […]
Muslim Women’s Coalition Responds to Archewell Foundation’s Public Withdrawal of Support, Reaffirms Commitment to Justice and Human Rights
The Muslim Women’s Coalition (MWC), a Wisconsin-based nonprofit dedicated to empowering Muslim women and girls through education, leadership, outreach, and wellness, has responded to the Archewell Foundation’s decision to publicly terminate funding for a project supporting Afghan women refugees in response to pressure from anti-Palestinian extremists. MWC calls attention to the troubling precedent this sets for grassroots […]
CAIR-SFBA Welcomes Hate Crime Charges in Attack on Indian Mother and Child in Fremont
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 hate crime charges filed by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office against a man accused of assaulting an Indian woman and her children at a Fremont McDonald’s earlier this month. According to […]
CAIR Calls Israeli Military Burning Children Alive a ‘Stain on Humanity’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said Israel’s burning alive and forced starvation of children in Gaza is a “stain on humanity that will haunt generations to come.” Israeli strikes slaughtered entire families, including many children who were burned alive in their tents. A family […]
CAIR Applauds Sen. Van Hollen’s Attempt to Meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador Prison
The Maryland office and national headquarters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today applauded the attempt by Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in an El Salvador prison where he was negligently sent by the Trump administration. Van Hollen was denied a meeting or phone call with Garcia, but he did […]
60+ Faith-Based, Civil Rights and Human Rights Groups Oppose Sen. Cassidy’s Probe of American Muslims for Palestine
Today, more than 60 national, regional, and state faith-based, civil rights, and human rights organizations – including Muslim, Jewish, and Christian groups – sent a joint letter to U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, to express strong support for American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and to […]
CAIR-Ohio Calls for Hate Crime Probe into Islamophobic Threat Sent to Muslim Woman’s Home
The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to conduct a hate crime investigation into an Islamophobic and threatening letter reportedly sent to a Muslim University of Cincinnati student’s home. The woman, who heads the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter at her […]