We are shocked and disturbed to learn that a landlord in Chicago expressing anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian views broke into a Muslim family's apartment and attacked them with a knife, injuring the mother and killing her 6-year-old son, Wadea Al-Fayoume. @cairchicago will hold a press conference this afternoon to share more details, God willing. The Islamophobic rhetoric and anti-Palestinian racism being spread by politicians, media outlets, and social media platforms must stop. Now. #Palestine #Israel #Islamophobia #Wadea
CAIR-Chicago's press conference with the father of the murdered boy, Wael, will be today at 3:30 central time, God willing. Please note that media reports describing him as 8 are incorrect. According to his family, he was 6. May God grant him the highest rank of Paradise, heal his mother and comfort the family.

Here is the memo that Montgomery County Public Schools (@MCPS) kept secret for almost a year. In it, elementary school principals raised many of the same concerns that parents have been raising since the opt-out was cancelled. Read the thread 🧵for more. 1/10





In their memo, @MCPS principals questioned whether the school district was being honest with the public about both the purpose of the new curriculum and what was actually being taught to PreK - 5th grade students. 2/10

America's longest-serving Muslim mayor, @MayorKhairullah, was disinvited from the @WhiteHouse #Eid celebration just hours before it was set to begin b/c the @SecretService didn't grant him clearance. This insult against a respected Muslim official is totally unacceptable. 1/6 Only months ago, Mayor Khairullah was praised by elected officials across the state as one of the longest serving Muslim mayors in the country, and the longest in New Jersey. 2/6

Bismillah. Today, we are releasing a statement to clarify how our civil rights group identifies #Islamophobia, how we address depictions of Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him), and how we view the controversy at @HamlineU. Read this thread or the full statement below. 1/12 Over the past 30 years, we never hesitated to call out #Islamophobia, a pervasive form of bigotry that impacts Muslims worldwide. But we never used the word as a catch-all term for anything offensive or irreligious. To identify it, we look at intent, acts & circumstances. 2/12

We, @CAIR_GA & @ThePCJF today announced the filing of an opening brief in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in our lawsuit against #Georgia's anti-#BDS law on behalf of journalist @AbbyMartin.

Read this thread 🧵to learn more. 1/6 In 2020, @AbbyMartin was invited to speak at a conference at Georgia Southern University. Before the conference, she was asked to sign a pledge not to boycott Israel. The reason for this ludicrous request? Georgia's anti-#BDS law. 2/6

Today, dozens of American Muslim organizations are uniting in a historic joint statement that expresses our support for Palestinian human rights and our rejection of the @ADL's unacceptable attack on advocates for Palestinian human rights.
1/5 We commend Muslim community orgs @ISNAHQ, @ICNACSJ, @ING_org, @MANA4Muslims, @MuslimAdvocates, @MuslimArc, @MSAnational, @mpac_national & @USCMO, among many other signers. We also commend our Jewish, Christian, Palestinian & Arab-American friends for joining in solidarity.
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Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in #FBIvFazaga, a case brought by @cairGLA, @ACLU_SoCal and @UCLA_CILP on behalf of 3 California Muslims who were secretly spied on by the FBI. Read this thread to learn more about the ruling & what comes next in our fight for justice. Sheikh Yassir Fazaga, Ali Malik and Yasser AbdelRahim were targeted for surveillance by the #FBI - not because of any real suspicion of wrongdoing, but simply because they were Muslim. Last November, they brought their case against the FBI to the Supreme Court.

Bismillah. Major news out of Texas! A federal court just blocked the state from enforcing its anti-#BDS law against our client. This is another huge victory for both the First Amendment AND Palestinian human rights. Details in this thread... 1/10 #FreeSpeech #FreePalestine Our client, Rasmy Hassouna, is an engineer whose company A&R has spent years contracting with the City of Houston to improve its infrastructure. Last year, we filed a free speech lawsuit after the city required him to sign a state-mandated pledge not to boycott Israel. 2/10

Today is the 5th anniversary of the passing of the #MuslimBan. The hateful act has left families separated and thousands of people still unable to enter our nation. It's not enough to end the ban. @POTUS must address its ongoing harmful effects. Last Friday, we joined @NoMuslimBanEver, @NIACouncil and over 100 other organizations in a letter urging @POTUS to provide relief to those still impacted by Trump’s Muslim and African Bans.

Bismillah. Community update: a second IPT "spy" has voluntarily come forward, confessed and agreed to cooperate with us. He was not part of CAIR. He was an active volunteer in a large mosque who was invited to national community meetings & events. Details in the thread... 1/8 The individual has informed us that Steven Emerson paid him $3K per month to record prominent Muslim leaders; over $100K over 4 years. One of Emerson's goals, we're told, was protecting the Israeli govt by undermining Muslims engaged in political & human rights activism. 2/8

Bismillah. Important news: we have disrupted an anti-Muslim hate group's effort to spy on Muslim American organizations, including our Ohio chapter. We thank God for exposing this plot to us and we thank God for protecting the community from harm. Details in this thread.... 1/13 Last year, we learned extensive info about the inner workings of the so-called Investigative Project on Terrorism. IPT is an anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian hate group founded by Steven Emerson, who largely faded from public view after a humiliating Fox News interview in 2015. 2/13

Today we are live tweeting the U.S. House's scheduled floor vote and anticipated approval of #HR5665, Rep. @Ilhan Omar and @RepSchakowsky's Combating International Islamophobia Act.

IA, one step closer to having a @StateDept Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia. #Congress (@HouseDemocrats + @HouseGOP) today needs to pass the Combating International Islamophobia Act (#HR5665).

Watch the live congressional debate and vote on @cspan by clicking here:

c-span.org/video/?516702-…

Repeating the lie won't make it true, @JGreenblattADL. Here's the truth: you use false claims of antisemitism to smear Muslims-especially Muslim women, for some reason-who challenge support for Israeli apartheid. And your dishonesty undermines the fight against real antisemitism.

https://twitter.com/JGreenblattADL/status/1470136469259911176

Here's more truth: @JGreenblattADL happily joined bigots like Benjamin Netanyahu, John Hagee and Robert Jeffress at Trump’s illegal opening of a U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and called for defeating “Islamism,” a classic Islamophobic dog whistle.

Woman seeks $250K from Ferndale over police making her remove #hijab for booking photo
#Islamophobia
theoaklandpress.com/2021/09/19/mus… Public controversy over the incident flared Wednesday after Bowe appeared at a news conference with leaders and staff attorney Amy Doukoure with the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Michigan Chapter.

Oklahoma organization putting together kits, collecting donations for #Afghan #refugees
koco.com/article/oklaho… Many refugees will come with little to nothing. So, CAIR, an organization that provides resources to the local Muslim community, is gathering items for a welcome kit with necessities and a hot meal.

Proud to be working with @CUyghurs on the global #BoycottHilton campaign.
campaignforuyghurs.org/cfu-proud-to-c… Yesterday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) launched its global Hilton Hotel boycott campaign with a press conference in Washington D.C. Campaign For Uyghurs (CFU) has been honored to be part of this important initiative together with the World Uyghur Congress,

Masjid Milik Uighur Dihancurkan, Diganti Pembangunan Hotel Mewah Ini
#BoycottHilton #SaveUyghurs
jpnn.com/news/masjid-mi… Berbicara pada konferensi pers yang diadakan di depan markas Hilton di Virginia, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), organisasi yang menggelar aksi tersebut mengatakan bahwa mereka telah “bernegosiasi secara tidak langsung”

Hilton bina hotel atas tapak runtuhan masjid di #China
#BoycottHilton #SaveUyghurs
msn.com/en-my/news/ber… Jawatankuasa Hubungan AS-Islam (CAIR), berkata pihaknya sudah melakukan 'perundingan secara tidak langsung' dengan kumpulan hotel itu bagi mengemukakan rayuan supaya membatalkan cadangan terbabit.

Owasso Woman Collecting Donations For #Afghan #Refugees Moving To Oklahoma
news9.com/story/6144f649… McClellan plans to keep filling up the room in her house with donations for about two more weeks, then give everything to CAIR Oklahoma on October 1st.

Thanks to your support, #BoycottHilton is making headlines around the world. Together, we can end corporate complicity in #China's genocide of #Uyghur Muslims.
usnews.com/news/us/articl… republika.co.id/berita/qzktul3…

MEDIA ADVISORY: CAIR-DFW: Solidarity Rally Planned to Protest 48-days Solitary Confinement of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui After Attack
#AafiaSiddiqui
cair.com/press_releases… WHEN: Saturday, September 18, 5:30 P.M. – 7 P.M.
WHERE: Federal Medical Center, Carswell
1200 Meandering Rd, Fort-Worth TX, 76114
FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: facebook.com/events/2485785…