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  • Tell Your House Representative to Vote No on Repealing Supervisor Liability for Discrimination

    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…)

  • CAIR Welcomes Hawaii Judge’s Order Blocking Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban 2.0’ Nationwide

    CAIR Welcomes Hawaii Judge’s Order Blocking Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban 2.0’ Nationwide

    (WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/15/2017) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, tonight welcomed an order issued by a federal judge in Hawaii blocking President Trump’s new “Muslim Ban 2.0” executive order.

    That presidential executive order, issued March 6, preserved major components of the original Muslim ban, including halting new visas and green cards for people from six majority-Muslim countries — Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen – stopping all refugees from entering the United States for 120 days and limiting total refugee admissions. The ban was set to go into effect just after midnight tonight. (more…)

  • CAIR-Cleveland to Hold 15th Annual Civil Rights Banquet Featuring Constitutional Scholar

    CAIR-Cleveland to Hold 15th Annual Civil Rights Banquet Featuring Constitutional Scholar

    On Saturday April 1, the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OHIO) will hold its 15th Annual Civil Rights Banquet, with the theme “Uniting America: Building Bridges, Not Walls!” at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Independence.

    Banquet speakers include Nihad Awad, CAIR-National Co-Founder and Executive Director; Imam Johari Abdul Malik of the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Virginia, and keynote speaker Dr. Daniel P. Tokaji, a constitutional scholar from The Ohio State University. (more…)

  • Summary of Muslim Ban 2.0

    Summary of Muslim Ban 2.0

    PHASE IN PERIOD

    – The Travel Ban 2.0 will not go into effect until March 16, 2017 and the older order, signed on January 27, 2017 has been replaced.

    TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
    – Ban will not apply to lawful permanent residents and current visa holders. However, expect high scrutiny at the border when entering. (more…)

  • CAIR-Ohio Expresses Solidarity with Ohio Jewish Community in Wake of Bomb Threats

    CAIR-Ohio Expresses Solidarity with Ohio Jewish Community in Wake of Bomb Threats

    CAIR National Offers $5000 Reward for Info

    (COLUMBUS, OH 2/21/17) – The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed solidarity with and support for the Jewish community after a wave of bomb threats targeted community centers nationwide, including the Mandel JCC in Cleveland.  In January, JCCs in Cincinnati and Columbus were also targeted. (more…)

  • CAIR-Cleveland & Mosque to Co-Host Forum on Trump’s Muslim Ban

    CAIR-Cleveland & Mosque to Co-Host Forum on Trump’s Muslim Ban

    On Friday, February 10, the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) and the Islamic Society of Akron and Kent (ISAK) will co-host a forum on President Trump’s executive order halting refugees from entering the United States and barring citizens from seven Muslim-majority nations.

    The purpose of the forum is to provide timely and accurate information about the Muslim Ban order and other orders and policies impacting the rights of immigrants and American citizens, particularly the Muslim community. Because there are likely more executive orders in the pipeline, the Muslim community is encouraged to attend in order to stay engaged and keep abreast of developments in what is a fluid situation. (more…)

  • Important Information About the “Muslim Ban”

    Important Information About the “Muslim Ban”

    Like you, we only recently received the final, signed copies of President Trump’s Executive Orders targeting Muslims and refugees. And like you, we are appalled at these attempts to erode our American values by targeting individuals based on race, religion, and national origin.

    A complete analysis will take time, but we continue to hear from many of you, worried about what this means for your families and friends. Accordingly, we wanted to reach out and offer some preliminary guidance. We will send out more details as they become clear. (more…)

  • CAIR-CLEVELAND JOINS OHIO FAITH LEADERS’ CALL ON SENATOR PORTMAN TO REJECT SESSIONS NOMINATION

    CAIR-CLEVELAND JOINS OHIO FAITH LEADERS’ CALL ON SENATOR PORTMAN TO REJECT SESSIONS NOMINATION

    The Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) today joined Ohio faith leaders in delivering a “Declaration of Moral Resistance” signed by more than 100 Ohio clergy leaders to the Cleveland offices of US Senator Rob Portman calling on him to reject the nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General.

    The faith leaders assembled under the banner of Faith in Public Life, a non-profit strategy center for the faith community advancing faith in the public square as a powerful force for justice, compassion and the common good. (more…)

  • CAIR-Cleveland Welcomes Lucas County Policy Change to Allow Religious Head Coverings in County Corrections Facility

    CAIR-Cleveland Welcomes Lucas County Policy Change to Allow Religious Head Coverings in County Corrections Facility

    (CLEVELAND, OHIO, 1/20/17) – The Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) today welcomed a policy change by Lucas County Correctional Facility permitting religious head coverings (hijab) to be worn by Muslim women during booking procedures and during incarceration.

    SEE: Lucas Co. Jail Now Issues Head Covers for Muslim Women; Change Made for Religious Rights

    In a statement, CAIR-Cleveland Executive Director Julia Shearson said:

    (more…)

  • CAIR-CLEVELAND ASKS POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO CONDEMN ANTI-ARAB, NEO-NAZI VANDALISM OF HOME

    CAIR-CLEVELAND ASKS POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO CONDEMN ANTI-ARAB, NEO-NAZI VANDALISM OF HOME

    (CLEVELAND, OHIO, 1/11/2017) – The Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) today called on area political and religious leaders to condemn anti-Arab and neo-Nazi vandalism of a Sylvania Township home.

    On Tuesday, a local Arab-American Muslim family came home to find the words “F-ck Arabs” and a large Nazi swastika painted on the garage door of their home. Sylvania Township police are said to be investigating the incident. (more…)