Morgantown High School in West Virginia has agreed to allocate adequate space for Muslim students to perform their Friday prayers starting this week. The move comes after a year of advocacy by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and local community leaders, addressing concerns about insufficient facilities. CAIR previously urged t...
An elderly Muslim man was shot multiple times outside Masjid An-Nur, a mosque in north Minneapolis on Monday. Authorities report that the 75-year-old confronted a suspect about suspicious behavior before being shot. The suspect fled the scene. Police have a person in custody who they suspect to be the shooter. Despite the severity of the [&hel...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has filed a lawsuit against US agencies. The Muslim civil rights organization is alleging racial and discriminatory treatment of Palestinian Americans Mustafa Zeidan and Osama Abu Irshaid. Zeidan was allegedly placed on the no-fly list. This prevented him from visiting his sick mother in Jorda...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on the Biden administration to address Israeli war crimes. The plea comes after reports and footage of Israeli forces destroying a Gaza water reservoir in southern Gaza. It also emerges amid disturbing new allegations of Israeli soldiers gang raping a Palestinian prisoner. This has ...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says the surge in anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian hate that erupted last October continued into the first half of 2024. From January to June, the Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization documented 4,951 incoming complaints, a 69% increase over the same period in 2023. Education discrimin...
ANKARA (AA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the US’ largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has urged the Biden administration to address Israeli war crimes after soldiers destroyed a Gaza water reservoir and new reports of sexual abuse at an Israeli prison emerged. “Every day that the Biden administrat...
The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has condemned the alleged harassment of two Muslim women in downtown Alpharetta. The women, wearing hijabs, were peacefully protesting with a Palestinian flag when a middle-aged man began verbally abusing them with Islamophobic and racist remarks. A video shows the man mak...
Police are investigating multiple break-ins and vandalism at a Muslim community center in Minnesota. Over the past two months, the site of the planned Tibyan Center mosque, which is housed in a former bank, has been repeatedly attacked by a group of young people. It has resulted in approximately $20,000 in damage. Executive Director of [&hell...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on the Senate to oppose a recent House amendment to halt funding for President Joe Biden’s directive to delay deportation orders for Palestinians. Sponsored by Rep. Andy Ogles, the amendment narrowly passed the House with a 204-203 vote on June 26. Critics, like Rep. Lauren Underwood...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has criticized the Israeli Consul General’s remarks suggesting a “Muslim occupation” threat in New York. CAIR warned that such false assertions could fuel hate crimes against Muslims and Arab-Americans. In an interview with the New York Post, Consulate General Ofir Akunis said Lond...
