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CAIR to Release New Civil Rights Report Revealing Worst Wave of Anti-Muslim Hate Recorded in Group’s 30-Year History

On Tuesday, April 2, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, plans to release its annual civil rights report during a news conference at its Capitol Hill headquarters in Washington, D.C.   

Titled “Fatal: The Resurgence of Anti-Muslim Hate,” the report documents the worst wave of anti-Muslim bigotry witnessed in its 30-year history. CAIR’s new civil rights report, which examines this rise of incidents in the context of the domestic fallout of the genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, details the various lived experiences of Muslims in America both during and before this time. The report will offer multiple recommendations for public officials to consider in light of new data findings. 

To obtain an embargoed copy of the report, media professionals may email: csaylor@cair.com   

WHAT: News Conference to Release CAIR’s 2024 Civil Rights Report  

WHO:  CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad; CAIR Research and Advocacy Director Corey Saylor; CAIR Research & Advocacy Coordinator Farah Afify  

WHEN: Tuesday, April 2, 11 A.M. ET     

WHERE: Press Conference Room at 453 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, D.C 20003.     

CONTACT: CAIR Research and Advocacy Director Corey Saylor, 202-384-8857, csaylor@cair.com; CAIR Research and Advocacy Coordinator Farah Afify, 202-742-6410, fafify@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com    

LIVESTREAMhttps://www.facebook.com/CAIRNational   

CAIR researchers also plan to further break down the details of the report during a virtual briefing on Tuesday, April 2 at 3 P.M. ET.

LINK TO LIVESTREAM: https://www.facebook.com/CAIRNational

Since 1995, CAIR’s annual reports on the status of American Muslim civil rights document anti-Muslim incidents that were reported to CAIR in any given year. The report also usually includes sections on specific civil rights and civil liberties issues confronting Americans of the Islamic faith in the year under review. The upcoming 2024 report will be the 20th civil rights report published by CAIR since its founding in 1994.     

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CONTACT: CAIR Research and Advocacy Director Corey Saylor, 202-384-8857, csaylor@cair.com; CAIR Research and Advocacy Coordinator Farah Afify, 202-742-6410, fafify@cair.com; CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com