April 15: CAIR to Join Tax Day Protests to Demand No More Money for War, Genocide, Empire, ICE
On April 15, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, plans to join the US Palestinian Community Network, Taxpayers Against Genocide and a coalition of other organizations to hold protests against the use of American taxpayer dollars to finance illegal wars, genocide, state violence and oppression. Protests are planned for […]
CAIR Podcast with Sameerah Munshi Discusses Religious Freedom, Gaza Advocacy and Free Speech on Israel
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released the second episode of its podcast CAIR on AIR, a weekly program that takes the public “beyond the courtroom and behind the headlines” of the fight to advance civil rights, neutralize anti-Muslim hate and reorient American foreign policy in […]
CAIR Says Congress Must Act After Reports of Israel’s ‘Religious Cleansing’ in Lebanon
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Congress to act after reports surfaced that Israel is conducting “religious cleansing” in Lebanon. The New York Times reports: “Over the past two weeks, Israeli military officials have called leaders of at least eight villages and told them […]
CAIR Says Congress Must Act to Prevent U.S. funding of Israel’s Announced Occupation, Ethnic Cleansing of South Lebanon
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Congress to take immediate action to prevent U.S. funding of Israel’s planned occupation and ethnic cleansing of civilians in southern Lebanon following statements by Israeli officials indicating that it would occupy Lebanon up to the Litani River […]
CAIR Action Alert: Demand Congress Condemn New Racist Israeli Death Penalty Law, Oppose $500 Million in New Funding
Join the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in calling on Congress to condemn a new racist Israeli law that would impose the death penalty exclusively on Palestinians, and oppose any new U.S. tax-payer funding for Israeli acts of genocide, an apartheid regime tied to an Israeli supremacist ideology, illegal land theft, and regional war. TAKE […]
CAIR Repeats Call for Release of Gaza Doctor After Reports of Severe Torture
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today repeated its call for the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a Palestinian doctor from Gaza who has been in Israeli detention since December 2024, after UN experts reported that he has been subjected to severe torture in Israeli […]
CAIR ACTION ALERT: Tell the Senate to Support Sen. Sanders’ Resolution Opposing More U.S. 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” on three Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders to block hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. weapons transfers to the terrorist Israeli occupation […]
CAIR Calls on Congress to Condemn Israeli Ethnic Cleansing of Lebanon that Displaced 1 in 5 People
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on members of Congress to condemn Israel’s ethnic cleansing in Lebanon that has displaced around one in five people in the country. Nearly one in five people in Lebanon have been displaced as a result of Israel’s relentless […]
CAIR Welcomes Introduction of ‘Justice for Hind Rajab Act,’ Urges More Members of Congress to Sponsor
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the introduction of the Justice for Hind Rajab Act, legislation introduced in the Senate by Sens. Peter Welch and Chris Van Hollen and in the House of Representatives by Sara Jacobs, Joaquin Castro, and Pramila Jayapal. Learn More: Read the Justice for […]
CAIR Condemns Dropping of Charges Against Israeli Soldiers Shown on Video Raping Palestinian Detainee
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the dropping of charges against Israeli five soldiers shown on video sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee. Associated Press reports: “A video of the alleged assault, which was aired by Israeli news, shows soldiers taking a detainee into an area […]