CAIR on Air Podcast Addresses Shift in Views on Israel and Gaza with AMP’s Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released its latest CAIR on AIR podcast with Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid, executive director of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), about the major shift in how Americans view Israel, Gaza, and U.S. foreign policy. He breaks down what changed, why advocacy groups […]
CAIR Welcomes Pulitzer Prize for Palestinian Photographer who Documented Gaza Genocide
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the awarding of a Pulitzer Prize victory for breaking news photography to Palestinian photographer Saher Alghorra, who covered Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Alghorra, a New York Times contributor, won for a series that Pulitzer Administrator Marjorie Miller described […]
CAIR Welcomes U. Maryland Student Government Resolution Recognizing Palestinian Prisoners’ Day
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a resolution by the University of Maryland’s Student Government Association (SGA) recognizing Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. The SGA recently passed a resolution calling on the university to take a number of public actions supporting Palestine. The resolution, which passed […]
New CAIR on Air to Analyze Evolving American Views on Palestine with AMP’s Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid
On Wednesday, May 6, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, plants to release its latest CAIR on AIR podcast, which features an interview with Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid, executive director of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), about the major shift in how Americans view Palestine, Israel and U.S. foreign policy. […]
CAIR-NY Calls on Le Moyne College President to Apologize After Condemnation of Palestinian Poet’s Use of Word ‘Genocide’
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Le Moyne College’s President Linda LeMura after her condemnation of a Palestinian poet’s description of Israel’s crimes in Gaza as a “genocide.” Le Moyne College President Linda LeMura sent a […]
CAIR Condemns Israel’s Extension of Gaza Doctor Hussam Abu Safiya’s Detention Without Charges
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today repeated its call for the immediate release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a Gaza doctor and hospital director who has been in Israeli detention since December 2024, and condemned an Israeli court’s extension of his detention without charges. Today, […]
CAIR-Chicago, CAIR National Welcome Rep. Chuy García’s Oversight Letter Seeking U.S. Probe into Killing of Khamis Ayyad by Israeli Settlers
The Council on American-Islamic Relations and its Chicago office (CAIR-Chicago) today welcomed an oversight letter led by Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) demanding the U.S. Department of State and Department of Justice conduct an “independent, thorough, and transparent” investigation into the killing of U.S. citizen Khamis Ayyad, who died on July 31, 2025 after inhaling smoke while […]
CAIR Condemns Israeli Settler Murder of Palestinian Boy, Attack on Mosque and on Workers Rescuing Journalist in Lebanon
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the murder of a 14-year-old Palestinian boy by illegal Israeli settlers in an attack on a school in the West Bank. CAIR also condemned an attack on a mosque in south Lebanon by Israeli forces and a reported […]
CAIR ACTION ALERT: Tell the Senate to Vote ‘YES’ This Week on Resolution Opposing More U.S. Bombs for Israel
Senate Vote Expected This Week on Blocking New Bombs for Israel The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on all Americans to urge their U.S. senators to vote “YES” this week on three Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders to block hundreds of millions of […]
CAIR Welcomes Italy’s Suspension of Defense Agreement Renewal with Israel, Calls on Congress to Take Action
Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization also calls on Congress to address new European report on Israeli prison guards’ sexual violence against Palestinian hostages The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the decision by the Italian government to suspend the automatic renewal of its defense […]