Tag: CAIR
California Mosques Receive Threatening Letters
Several mosques in California received letters that threatened violence against Muslims and praised President-elect Donald Trump, prompting the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to...
Muslim-American Leaders React to Trump’s Election
Leaders of Muslim-American communities and organizations congratulated Donald Trump, and implored the president-elect to change his tone and protect the rights of all Americans, at...
Muslims at the DNC: Taking a stand against Islamophobia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - On the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention, where delegates will formally nominate Hillary Clinton as the party's presidential candidate, Muslim...
CAIR Urges GOP to Disinvite Dutch Islam-Hater Geert Wilders from Cleveland Convention
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on...
Man confronted by US police after false ISIL accusation
When Ahmed al-Menhali entered a hotel in one of Ohio's Cleveland suburbs, he simply wanted to find an available room. He didn't imagine it...
CAIR Says Donald Trump’s ‘Hibi-Jabis’ Reply Endangers Muslim Women
WASHINGTON, July 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said presumptive...
Fear Sells – Islamophobia is Big Business
According to a report released today by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Center for Race and Gender at UC Berkeley, 33...
CAIR: More than a dozen Muslims discriminated against at work
More than a dozen Minnesota Muslims say their employers discriminated against them because of their religious practices, according to a claim filed with the...
BOE member who posted Muslims should ‘(s)tay in your desserts’ resigns
ELMWOOD PARK -- The borough Board of Education member who faced criticism and calls to step down over anti-Muslim posts she made on Facebook...
‘I have no disrespect for Muslims’ BOE member says after Facebook controversy
ELMWOOD PARK -- The borough school board member who was widely criticized for making anti-Muslim posts on Facebook said her comments were being taken...