Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Wednesday, July 22, 2020 CAIR Applauds U.S. House Passage of Legislation Repealing Trump's Muslim and African Bans The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for today's vote to pass the NO BAN Act (H.R. 2486, formerly H.R. 2214) and urged U.S. Senate Republican leadership to support the... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, January 15, 2020 CAIR Welcomes Md. Judge's Ruling Blocking Trump's Order on Refugee Resettlement The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a ruling by a Maryland judge stating that President Donald Trump cannot give state and local governments "veto power" to reject refugees from resettling within their... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, November 19, 2019 CAIR, 54 Other Civil Rights Groups Demand Removal of White Supremacist Trump Adviser Stephen Miller The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined 54 other civil rights organizations in sending a letter to President Donald Trump demanding that he fire Stephen Miller as his senior adviser for policy for propagating... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, November 13, 2019 CAIR Calls for Resignation of Trump Adviser Stephen Miller After Revelation of White Supremacist Emails The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest American Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for the resignation of senior adviser to the president Stephen Miller following the Southern Poverty Law Center’s revelation of a series of white supremacist,... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, September 24, 2019 CAIR Submits Written Testimony for Congressional Muslim Ban Hearing The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today submitted a written statement to the joint congressional oversight hearing on the Trump administration’s Muslim Ban by U.S. House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Immigration... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, August 21, 2019 CAIR Condemns Trump’s Anti-Semitic ‘Disloyal’ Slurs Targeting American Jewish Community The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned Trump’s doubling-down on his recent anti-Semitic slurs targeting the American Jewish community as “disloyal” if they vote for the opposing political party. Earlier... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, July 22, 2019 Tell Congress to Support Free Speech, Oppose Anti-BDS Resolution Denouncing Right to Boycott The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged all Americans who support the First Amendment to contact their members of Congress and ask them to oppose an anti-BDS resolution, co-introduced by Rep. John Lewis,... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, March 07, 2019 CAIR Statement on House Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today issued a statement responding to the planned vote on a House resolution condemning anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and other forms of bigotry. In a statement, CAIR said: “All... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, March 04, 2019 CAIR Calls on FBI to Take Seriously Threat to ‘Assassinate’ Minn. Rep. Ilhan Omar The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged the FBI to take seriously an alleged public threat to assassinate Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN). FBI officials say they are looking into the threat “... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, February 14, 2019 CAIR Condemns Trump's Planned Border Wall Emergency Declaration as 'Abuse of Executive Authority' The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, tonight condemned President Trump's planned emergency declaration to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border as an "abuse of executive authority." Senate Majority Leader Mitch... Read more |