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Apr 23, 2015, 12:13 ET CAIR Welcomes DOJ Decision to 'Monitor' Arkansas Shooting Range Declared 'Muslim-Free Zone' by Owner

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a decision by...

Apr 13, 2015, 03:41 ET CAIR: 280 Delegates Lobby Congress on 'Historic' First National Muslim Advocacy Day

Some 280 delegates from more than 20 states met today with elected officials and congressional staffers during the "historic" first-ever National...

Mar 31, 2015, 12:24 ET CAIR Calls for Evacuation of U.S. Citizens Trapped in Yemen

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Secretary of...

Mar 24, 2015, 06:36 ET CAIR Asks Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz to Drop Appearance at Event Featuring Hate Group Leader

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on Sen. Ted Cruz, a presidential candidate, to cancel his scheduled appearance at a...

Mar 06, 2015, 12:17 ET LA Times Names CAIR's Nihad Awad One of Nation's 'New Civil Rights Leaders'

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today said the Los Angeles Times has named its National Executive Director Nihad Awad as one of the...

Mar 05, 2015, 05:53 ET CAIR Seeks Motive in Shooting Death of Texas Muslim

The North Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW) today called on law enforcement authorities to address community...

Mar 03, 2015, 01:32 ET CAIR Asks Tennessee Legislature to Drop Anti-Muslim 'No-Go Zone' Bill

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said it is calling on the ...

Feb 25, 2015, 05:02 ET CAIR Asks Tennessee GOP to Repudiate Lawmaker's Racist Facebook Post

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Republican...

Feb 13, 2015, 05:46 ET CAIR Thanks President Obama for Condolence Statement on Chapel Hill Shootings

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a statement by...

Feb 12, 2015, 03:13 ET CAIR Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Brief Questions Effectiveness of Program

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released a brief on...

Feb 11, 2015, 08:55 ET CAIR Seeks Motive in Shooting Deaths of 3 North Carolina Muslims

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on law enforcement ...

Feb 06, 2015, 12:44 ET CAIR Welcomes President Obama's Prayer Breakfast Remarks on Islam, Urges Visit to U.S. Mosque

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed President...

Feb 03, 2015, 01:44 ET CAIR: U.S. Muslims to Condemn ISIS's 'Unspeakable' Brutality in Killing of Jordanian Pilot

Later today, representatives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and other national and local leaders of the American Muslim...

Jan 30, 2015, 12:39 ET CAIR: Arrest Made Following Threat to San Diego Office of D.C. Muslim Civil Rights Group

The San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) said today that a local man has been arrested for threatening the ...

Jan 28, 2015, 02:04 ET CAIR Asks FBI to Withdraw from Texas Event Sponsored by Hate Group, Featuring Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the FBI to withdraw its representative from a February event in Texas sponsored by...

Jan 27, 2015, 11:46 ET CAIR Joins Multifaith Supreme Court Brief on Immigration Family Unity Case

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it has...

Jan 23, 2015, 10:27 ET CAIR-MN: Civil Rights Groups Concerned About Minneapolis CVE Pilot Program

The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today joined with other civil rights organizations in expressing...

Jan 19, 2015, 01:43 ET 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...

Jan 12, 2015, 02:14 ET CAIR Asks Fox News to Drop Islamophobes After Steven Emerson's 'Muslim-Only' UK City Gaffe

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Fox News to...

Jan 07, 2015, 11:38 ET CAIR: 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...

Dec 22, 2014, 10:57 ET U.S. Government Pledges to Work with CAIR, MAS on UAE Designation

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said today that its representatives met with U.S. government officials about a recent move by the...

Dec 16, 2014, 04:47 ET CAIR-MN Welcomes Federal Settlement of St. Anthony Islamic Center Rejection

The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today welcomed a federal agreement over the rejection of the planned Abu ...

Dec 10, 2014, 12:25 ET CAIR Files U.S. Supreme Court Brief on Abercrombie & Fitch Hijab Case

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today filed an amicus ("friend...

Dec 05, 2014, 08:49 ET CAIR Calls for Federal Probe of 'Intentional' Killing of Muslim Teen Outside Kansas City Mosque

The Kansas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Kansas) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities,...

Dec 03, 2014, 05:00 ET CAIR-NY 'Dismayed' at Grand Jury Decision to Not Indict on NYPD Chokehold Death of Eric Garner

The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today expressed dismay at the decision of a grand jury to not indict a...