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 Calls on U. Of Maryland to Drop ‘Punitive’ Charges Against Student Journalists
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the University of Maryland to drop punitive charges against student journalists Riona Sheikh and Rumasya Drissi, who covered protests against an event featuring Israeli soldiers on campus. SEE: The paper was her lifeboat — […]
CAIR Op-Ed: Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Can Now Control What TikTok Users See
TikTok played an important role in the sea change of U.S. opinion about Israel, particularly among young people. It’s why the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, the organization I work for, condemned the sale as a “desperate” attempt to silence young Americans. READ THE FULL OP-ED AT THE INTERCEPT
CAIR Calls Forced Sale of U.S. TikTok to Anti-Palestinian Billionaires a ‘Desperate and Doomed’ Attempt to Silence Young People
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called the forced sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations to a consortium of investors led by Oracle’s pro-Israel billionaires Larry Ellison and Safra Catz a “desperate and doomed” attempt to silence young Americans who used the platform to learn about and oppose […]
CAIR Backs Press Institute’s Call for Israel to Drop Ban on International Media Access to Gaza
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today backed a call by the International Press Institute (IPI) for Israel to immediately drop the ban on access to Gaza by international media. On December 7, the Israeli Supreme Court granted – for the ninth time – the Israeli […]
CAIR Welcomes NYT Exposé on Biden Cover-Up of Shireen Abu Akleh’s Murder, Calls for Trump to Hold Israel Accountable for Killing American
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a New York Times exposé of the Biden administration’s cover-up of the 2022 murder of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Retired Colonel Steve Gabavics, who investigated Abu Akleh’s murder, told […]