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CAIR Md. Joins Interfaith Community, Partners to Support Key Palestine Advocacy Bills During Annapolis Advocacy Week

TAKE ACTION to Urge Lawmakers to Pass Bills   (ANNAPOLIS, Md., 3/17/2026) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today expressed its sincere appreciation to bill sponsors and announced its participation alongside a broad coalition of interfaith and community partners in support of several critical pieces of legislation during Palestine Advocacy […]

CAIR: U.S. Muslims to Mark End of Ramadan Fast with Prayers 

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said today that on Thursday, March 19, or Friday, March 20, the Muslim community in America will mark the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan with communal prayers around the country.  [NOTE: Ramadan is the month on the Islamic lunar calendar […]

CAIR, CAIR-NJ Welcome Release of Leqaa Kordia After More than a Year of ICE Detention

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its New Jersey chapter (CAIR-NJ) today welcomed the release of Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman held in a Texas ICE facility for over a year for participating in protests against the Gaza Genocide at Columbia University.  Leqaa Kordia, from New Jersey, had been held at the Prairieland Detention Facility […]

CAIR-MN Welcomes Federal Court’s Temporary Halt to Termination of TPS for Somalia

The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today welcomed an emergency order by a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts temporarily pausing the termination of Somalia’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS), thereby preserving critical protections for thousands of Somali nationals across the United States, including many in Minnesota. The […]

BREAKING: CAIR Calls on Congress to Forcibly End Iran War After Senior Trump Official Resigns, Admits Israel Manipulated U.S. into War

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Congress to force an end to the U.S.-Israel war on Iran after a senior U.S. intelligence official resigned and admitted that the war was initiated “due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.” Director of the National Counterterrorism […]

CAIR in the News, March 17, 2026

CAIR: US Faces Heightened Tensions on Home Soil as Iran War Rages – Newsweek Corey Saylor, a senior policy analyst at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, has documented how violent extremism intersects with religious identity. The patterns he has observed reflect deeper dynamics at play. “In my experience with white supremacists, sovereign citizens, people who […]

CAIR Welcomes U. of Maryland Decision to Drop Majority of Charges Against Student Journalists Following Sustained Advocacy as ‘Step in Right Direction’

Civil Rights Group continues to monitor cases of academic freedom, students’ civil rights  The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed the University of Maryland’s decision to drop most of the punitive conduct charges – which had been filed against two student journalists who were detained while covering a campus event […]

CAIR Welcomes U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Call for Sanctions on India’s Anti-Muslim RSS Militia

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a call by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for the U.S. government to place sanctions on India’s anti-Muslim, fascist, Nazi-inspired RSS militia and designate India a country of particular concern over its oppression of religious minorities.  […]