CAIR-NJ: Staten Islander appointed criminal court judge during formal ceremony in Manhattan – SILive.com
Before her time as an assistant district attorney, she worked as a civil rights attorney for the Council on American Islamic Relations in New Jersey, where she represented members of her community in matters pertaining to racial and religious discrimination.
CAIR: Friends lost, relatives at odds: How Oct. 7 reshaped lives in the U.S. – USA Today
During that same period, the Council on American-Islamic Relations reported that anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian complaints had nearly doubled.
CAIR Calls for Ousting of “Notoriously Orientalist” Biden Middle East Adviser – Truthout
CAIR-Austin: Sheriff’s Office new guidelines for hijabs – Daily Texan
Ahmed: So the Council on American Islamic Relations, usually known as just CAIR, is a legal advocacy group centered around Muslims and Muslim centered issues. They don’t just advocate for Muslims and their organization isn’t made entirely of Muslims.
CAIR: US Muslim group highlights Americans killed in Israeli attacks – Al Jazeera
CAIR-MN Hosts Prayer for Families Ahead of Thompson’s Federal Trial – Minnesota News Network
CAIR-MN: Prayer event to be held for five women killed in crash – KAAL
CAIR: Anti-Muslim hate in US rises since 7 October but advocates praise community resilience – The Guardian
Issa is a 42-year-old Palestinian American barber who has lived in North Carolina for more than a decade. His parents and siblings are in the West Bank, where settler violence against Palestinians is escalating. His experience is one of many examples of anti-Palestinian and anti-Muslim hate documented by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) since 7 October of last year. “We are seeing an uptick in violent vigilante response to peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters,” said Nicole Fauster-Bradford, a community advocacy director at CAIR.
CAIR: As Middle East conflict intensifies, Southern Baptists leaders try to ‘steel American resolve for Israel’ – Chattanooga Times Free Press
As the Southern Baptists reaffirmed their stance to U.S leaders, the Council on American-Islamic Relations was condemning those same leaders Wednesday for the death of a Michigan resident in Lebanon and for “illegally arming” the Israeli government and “justifying its indiscriminate attacks on Lebanese civilians.”
The Muslim civil rights group has in recent months put out a steady drumbeat of statements expressing exasperation and anger with U.S. leaders. In contrast, on Tuesday, the American Jewish Committee wrote to the U.N. Security Council to oppose Iran’s attack.
Video: CAIR-Houston Director Says Elected Officials Must Stop the Genocide in Gaza
CAIR-Chicago: Chicago doctors who worked in Gaza beg for cease-fire after Israeli strikes in Lebanon – Chicago Sun-Times
CAIR-Chicago: Chicago-Based Doctors Returning From Gaza Call for Cease-Fire Amid Civilian Deaths – WTTW
Video: CAIR-Chicago Hosts Press Conference with Doctors Recently Returned from Gaza, Jewish Leaders
CAIR: American killed by Israeli air raid in Lebanon, friends and family say – The Independent
CAIR: Police dispatched to W-L High School for threat amid teacher controversy – ARLnow.com
CAIR-MI: Muslim officer’s suit against US Customs and Border Protection settled – Detroit News
Video: CAIR-Philadelphia Says Israel Must Cease Attacks on Civilians and Respect International Law
CAIR-Philadelphia: Temple University administrators are meeting on Thursday with CAIR-Philadelphia officials to discuss the accusations made by the protesters arrested – NBC
CAIR-Philadelphia: Muslim woman says Philadelphia police removed her hijab after arrest. Now, she wants answers. – CBS
CAIR-Philadelphia: Temple suspends pro-Palestinian student group; Muslim advocates call to investigate police over alleged hijab removal during campus protest – Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned the suspension of Temple SJP and called it another example of an “increasingly hostile campaign to suppress any criticism of Israel and to criminalize Muslim students.”
“It’s always wrong to suspend student groups for activism,” Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu, executive director of CAIR-Philadelphia, said Wednesday. “The university says they’re open to talking, but then they take these actions to shut [pro-Palestinian community members] out.”
CAIR is leading calls for the investigation into alleged hijab removal at the career fair protest last week. In a statement, the organization alleged police removed a woman’s hijab for her mug shot and denied her right to wear the head scarf while she was being detained. Footage posted on social media by the group shows officers shoving and grabbing protesters during the commotion, at one point pinning one person to the ground.
CAIR Calls for Ousting of “Notoriously Orientalist” Biden Middle East Adviser – Truthout
CAIR-Philadelphia: CAIR exploring legal action following arrest of Muslim woman in Philadelphia
CAIR-NJ: Princeton Opens Bias Investigations Into Anti-Palestinian, Anti-Israel Flyers – Princeton Alumni Weekly
The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) published a statement condemning the flyers.
“Anti-Palestinian racism is a direct reaction to the growing movement nationwide, and particularly on college campuses, rejecting the far-right Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza,” CAIR-NJ Executive Director Selaedin Maksut said in the statement.
CAIR: Judge Orders University of Maryland To Allow Interfaith Oct. 7 Vigil After School Tried to Cancel Event – University Herald
CAIR: U of Maryland must let pro-Palestinian student group hold an Oct. 7 event, judge rules – The Forward