The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on all Americans of conscience to urge their members of Congress to not support the Trump administration-endorsed RAISE Act (Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act), that slashes legal immigration in half from 1 million to 500,000 new Green Card holders and favors English speakers. (more…)
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ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to Protect Free Speech, Oppose Unconstitutional ‘Israel Anti-Boycott Act’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, today called on all Americans who value the Constitution to contact their elected representatives in Congress to urge them to oppose the “Israel Anti-Boycott Act.”
CAIR and other civil rights organizations say that proposed legislation would violate the constitutionally-guaranteed free speech rights of American business owners and individuals who participate in the international boycott of Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine territories. (more…)
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CAIR Decries Trump Administration’s New ‘Muslim Ban’ Guidelines, Promises Legal Challenge
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today decried the Trump administration’s new “Muslim ban” guidelines as a violation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling, and promised to file legal challenges to the rules if implemented. (more…)
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CAIR to Represent Family of Murdered Virginia Muslim Teen Nabra Hassanen
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/21/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said it is representing the family of a Virginia Muslim teen who was murdered Sunday.
Nabra Hassanen, 17, of Reston, Va., was abducted after leaving the All Dulles Area Muslim Society mosque in northern Virginia allegedly by a man who was later arrested on suspicion of murder. CAIR has called for a thorough investigation of a possible bias motive in the case.
CAIR: Muslims Question Whether Girl’s Killing was Road Rage (AP)
CAIR: Killing of Muslim Teen Stirs Questions About Hate Crime Prosecutions (Washington Post) (more…) -
CAIR Asks Muslim Community to Step Up Security Measures for End of Ramadan Activities After Recent Attacks
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Muslim communities nationwide to step up security measures for end-of-Ramadan activities following a terror attack on Muslims outside a mosque in London, the murder of a Muslim teen near a Virginia mosque and the murder of two men who defended a Muslim being harassed in Oregon. (more…)
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Record Number of Muslim Delegates Lobby Congress on National Advocacy Day
CAIR reported today that more than 400 delegates from 30 states, including a large delegation from Ohio, met on Monday and Tuesday with some 230 elected officials and congressional staffers during the record-breaking third annual “National Muslim Advocacy Day” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
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CAIR Reports 1,035 Percent Spike in Islamophobic Incidents at US Borders During President Trump’s First 100 Days
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today reported preliminary data revealing that cases of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) profiling of Muslims accounted for 23 percent of CAIR case intakes in the first three months of 2017. This represents a 1,035 percent increase in CBP bias cases reported so far this year over the same period in 2016. (more…)
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President Trump Just Sold Away Your Internet Privacy
Yesterday, President Trump rolled-back FCC protections designed to stop your internet provider from selling your internet history without your permission. Now ISPs can make a quick buck by selling your data to big business or even the government. The changes go farther, allowing ISPs to implement new technologies to spy on their users and break the encryption that keeps millions of Americans depend on.
At a time when we spend an expanding part of our lives online, digital privacy is indispensable to our civil rights. CAIR-Ohio recently helped file a brief in federal court, arguing that a warrant should be needed to search your phone at the border. (more…)
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CAIR-Ohio Joins Brief Opposing Phone Searches at Border
CAIR-Ohio joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other leading civil rights organizations to file a brief in federal court arguing that border agents should have to obtain a warrant to search travelers’ phones, tablets, and laptops, which contain a vast trove of sensitive, highly personal information that is protected by the Fourth Amendment. (more…)
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Tell Your House Representative to Vote No on Repealing Supervisor Liability for Discrimination
A bill now in the Ohio House would repeal the right of discrimination and retaliation victims to file civil suit against supervisors who unlawfully harass, discriminate or retaliate against them. This will have an impact on victims of many types of discrimination, including Muslims who suffer from discrimination based on religion or national origin.
Tell your House Representative to VOTE NO on House Bill 2. It would repeal decades of Ohio law holding companies and their managers responsible for the costs of their unlawful discrimination and retaliation. (more…)