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 Monday, January 19, 2015 CAIR Questions Presidential Hopeful Jindal's Repetition of Discredited Muslim 'No-Go Zone' Claim The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today questioned why Louisiana Governor and presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal would repeat the now-discredited and universally mocked claim that Muslims in Europe have set up so-... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, January 13, 2015 CAIR Files Brief Challenging Texas Ban on Inmate-Led Religious Gatherings The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that it has filed an amicus ("friend of the court") brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which is considering whether the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's (TDCJ) policy requiring direct... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, January 07, 2015 U.S. Muslims Condemn Paris Terror Attack, Defend Free Speech The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a shooting attack on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and repeated its defense of freedom of speech. Twelve people were killed today in the... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, December 23, 2014 CAIR to Join Call for Probe of 'Excessive' Police Action Targeting Santa Clara Muslim On Tuesday, December 23, the San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), along with Daniel Mayfield of Carpenter & Mayfield, will hold a press conference to call for an independent investigation into allegations of excessive actions used by police... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, December 09, 2014 CAIR Seeks 'Accountability' Following Release of Senate Torture Report The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said a long-awaited report from the Senate Intelligence Committee on the CIA's use of torture in the years following the 9/11 terror attacks should prompt "accountability,"... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, November 18, 2014 CAIR Condemns Attack on Jerusalem Synagogue The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem that left four worshipers dead, including three Rabbis with American citizenship. In a statement, CAIR said: “We condemn this... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, October 31, 2014 CAIR-MN to Join Protest of Racist Team Name at 'Redsk*ns'-Vikings Game On Sunday, November 2, representatives of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) will join a community-wide protest of the racist team name of the Washington football team. The protest is organized by the National Coalition Against Racism in Sports and Media... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, August 25, 2014 National Director of Muslim Civil Rights Group Attends Michael Brown Funeral Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is attending today's funeral for Michael Brown, the unarmed African-American teenager who was shot to death by police in Ferguson, Mo... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, July 09, 2014 Broad Coalition Urges 'Full Public Accounting' for Government Surveillance of U.S. Muslim Leaders The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today joined with a broad-based coalition of 45 organizations , led by the ACLU , in http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001hBuo_SncUL4WXOLSy9huM3CP0538dRJGIzlUWlBDK... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, February 02, 2012 CAIR Calls for Hearings on NYPD Targeting of Shia Mosques The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called for hearings in that state's legislature to investigate new revelations that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) initiated a program of spying on Shia mosques without warrants and without any evidence of wrongdoing by worshipers. Read more |