CAIR Press Releases

CAIR in the News, Feb. 11, 2024

CAIR: Muslim-American group demands whereabouts of abducted Americans – Al Jazeera

“When the Biden administration provides political and material support for the far-right Israeli government’s indiscriminate campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing, it is endangering the Americans who are trapped or held captive in Gaza,” said CAIR’s National Executive Director Nihad Awad.

الممثلة الأميركية سلمى بلير تحذف منشورا أساءت فيه للمسلمين وطالبت بترحيلهم CAIR

CAIR: Selma Blair facing backlash after Islamophobic comment goes viral – NBC

CAIR: Selma Blair Blasted for Islamophobic Comments – Daily Beast

CAIR: Selma Blair Faces Backlash for Islamophobic Comment On Video Slamming Rashida Tlaib – HuffPost

“Based on the hateful and ignorant remarks that Ms. Blair made, we doubt that she has ever engaged in any meaningful interactions with her Muslim colleagues in Hollywood or other members of the American Muslim community,” wrote CAIR’s Edward Ahmed Mitchell.

CAIR: Selma Blair faces backlash over Islamophobic comments – The New Arab

As well as X users, Blair also received damming criticism from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) who “encouraged her to apologize and dialogue with the Muslim American community”.

CAIR: Selma Blair Called Out for Saying ‘Islam Has Destroyed Muslim Countries’ – The Wrap

CAIR-MI – ‘Unlike 9/11, we’re fighting back’: Arab Americans in Dearborn are resilient in the face of Islamophobia – The Guardian

Dawud Walid, the executive director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said that even though that period of hatred was more extreme, “today, many people feel on edge, because of the heightened anti-Muslim rhetoric … and violence against Muslims”. Just a few days ago, he noted, a 23-year-old Palestinian American in Texas, Zacharia Doar, was brutally stabbed in what police say was a hate crime.

Palestinian-American Stabbed in Texas Speaks Out as CAIR Reports Spike in Bias Incidents (Video)

CAIR: TX man stabbed protester in hate crime, tried to rip Palestinian scarf off truck, CAIR alleges – Star-Telegram

CAIR-NJ: Wayne Resident, a Paterson Cop, Pleads Guilty to Using Excessive Force in Pair of 2020 Attacks

“This was an unprovoked attack,” Selaedin Maksut, the Executive Director of the New Jersey Chapter of CAIR, said of the incident, calling for the termination of both officers involved.  “There was zero attempt by police to de-escalate, zero attempt to have a civil conversation, and zero attempt to resolve the matter without physical force.”