CAIR

Academics & Education

Ontario school board quietly publishes internal ‘Islamophobia’ guide to staff Ontario’s third-largest school board released a report via email guiding staff on how to support Muslim students and challenge Islamophobia.

November 2, 2025   

(Juno News) Ontario’s third-largest school board released a report via email guiding staff on how to support Muslim students and challenge Islamophobia. The 39-page guide, produced in collaboration with the National Council of Canadian Muslims, has raised concerns from parents and policy […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Canada’s security watchdog recommends easing scrutiny on Muslim charities Canada’s national security watchdog is facing criticism for allegedly advising the federal tax agency to reduce terrorism-financing audits of Muslim-led charities.

October 29, 2025   

(Juno News) Canada’s national security watchdog is facing criticism for allegedly advising the federal tax agency to reduce terrorism-financing audits of Muslim-led charities. The recommendation comes from a two-year review by Canada’s security watchdog — the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency […]

Government & Politics

Ex-Biden officials microtarget Dearborn in Facebook ads soliciting funds for anti-Israel lobbying effort A New Policy, led by former Biden officials, accuses AIPAC of 'weaponiz[ing] Jewish identity'

October 6, 2025   

(Free Beacon) An anti-Israel group started by two federal officials who resigned from the Biden administration over U.S. support for Israel is soliciting residents of Dearborn, Mich., a hotbed of anti-Israel and pro-Hamas sentiment, to fund its “professional lobbying force” to pressure […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Concerns around Holy Land Foundation trial resurface after arrest of Muslim activist 'There was no way for Marwan — or the thousands who donated and volunteered alongside him — to know that HLF would later be accused of prohibited activities,' said a statement from the Muslim Legal Fund of America.

October 3, 2025   

(Religion News) Advocates raised concerns about what they see as the Trump administration’s efforts to criminalize pro-Palestinian activism at the Arab Convention in Dearborn, Michigan, last weekend. The arrest of Marwan Marouf, a Dallas Muslim community leader placed in United States Immigration […]

Government & Politics

Ro Khanna told Free Beacon he would reject Hamas at anti-Israel conference. He railed against AIPAC instead Khanna, considered a 2028 presidential hopeful, said 'speaking at ArabCon is important'

September 29, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Rep. Ro Khanna, the Silicon Valley Democrat eyeing a presidential run in 2028, told the Washington Free Beacon last week he planned to reject Hamas at a controversial Arab-American political convention in Michigan this weekend. He didn’t, railing instead against […]

Academics & Education

CAIR honors Mahmoud Khalil, antisemitic activists at gala Federal prosecutors in the landmark Holy Land Foundation case named CAIR as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terror-financing trial in US history.

September 25, 2025   

(Post Millennial) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) used its 31st anniversary gala in Washington, DC, this weekend to honor Mahmoud Khalil, a man long associated with Hamas-linked groups and extremist campus activism at Columbia University, presenting him with the organization’s 2025 […]

Government & Politics

Three rising Democratic stars to appear alongside Hamas lovers at anti-Israel conference in America’s ‘Jihad Capital’ Abdul El-Sayed, Rep. Ro Khanna, and Michigan lieutenant governor Garlin Gilchrist are all slated to appear at ArabCon

September 25, 2025   

(Free Beacon) A trio of rising Democratic Party stars are slated to speak at an anti-Israel convention this week alongside a deep roster of Hamas sympathizers and anti-Semites. Michigan Senate candidate and former CNN contributor Abdul El-Sayed (D.), Rep. Ro Khanna (D., […]

Clothing

Woman settles lawsuit over forced hijab removal at Mecklenburg County Jail The settlement includes policy changes and an undisclosed monetary amount. El-Ali's photograph has been removed from the jail's database.

September 24, 2025   

(WCNC) A Muslim woman has reached a settlement with Mecklenburg County over a lawsuit alleging jail officials violated her religious rights by forcing her to remove her hijab for a booking photograph. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced the resolution of […]

Academics & Education

Gottheimer urges NJ Education Board to reject CAIR’s calls to cut ties with ADL Gottheimer: ‘Now is not the time to dismiss critical resources to combat anti-Jewish bias and Holocaust distortion. Rather, educators should embrace them’

September 17, 2025   

(Jewish Insider) Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) wrote to Kathy Goldenberg, the president of the New Jersey State Board of Education, on Monday urging the state to reject calls from the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations for the state’s […]

Crime

Muslim nonprofit vice chair terminated after Tampa Bay Young Republicans flag controversial comments on Charlie Kirk’s murder

September 17, 2025   

(Florida’s Voice) Jarvis Kareem El-Amin, vice chairman of the Tampa-based Muslim nonprofit Masjid An Nasr, was terminated by the organization after allegedly making controversial comments regarding Charlie Kirk’s death. The Tampa Bay Young Republicans flagged the comments, prompting Hillsborough County Commissioner Joshua […]

Academics & Education

CAIR systematically trying to influence K-12 education across US, investigation finds A new Jewish Onliner investigation found that CAIR's efforts to influence young students extend far beyond Philadelphia, spanning New Jersey, Oklahoma, Florida, and Illinois

September 10, 2025   

(Jewish Onliner) Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) this week petitioned the Department of Education to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for running what he termed “possibly illegal” anti-Israel educational initiatives in public schools, following investigative reports that exposed controversial lesson plans […]

Academics & Education

Cotton to Education Department: Investigate ‘possibly illegal’ partnership between ‘pro-terrorist’ CAIR and K-12 schools The CAIR lesson plans include instructions not to use terms like 'jihadists' and 'radical Islamic terrorists' when discussing 9/11, and a course called 'American Jews and Political Power'

September 9, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) on Tuesday petitioned the Department of Education to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for running “possibly illegal” anti-Israel educational initiatives inside the country’s public schools. CAIR, whose leaders celebrated Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror […]

Academics & Education

House ed panel to hold hearing on ‘drivers’ of Jew-hatred in K-12 schools A spokesman for the House committee told JNS that 'outside groups' that celebrated Oct. 7 are partnering with local schools.

September 3, 2025   

(JNS) The House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, which is part of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, plans to hold a Sept. 10 hearing on antisemitism in K-12 schools. The hearing will “focus more broadly on trends […]

Academics & Education

CAIR-Philadelphia, whose leader blamed Israel for Oct. 7, announces partnership with local schools to make them ‘more inclusive’ The anti-Israel group provides educational materials including 'American Jews and Political Power: Myth or Reality'

August 28, 2025   

(Free Beacon) The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), whose executive director said that Israel is behind the “root causes of what is happening in Palestine/Israel,” announced this week that it is partnering with local schools to make them […]

Academics & Education

Cotton to IRS: Investigate terrorist-supporting Palestinian Youth Movement The group maintains ties to terror orgs and is illegally receiving tax-exempt donations, Arkansas senator says

August 22, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) on Friday formally petitioned the IRS to investigate the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) — a “virulently antisemitic” activist group that released maggots into Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hotel room last year — for potential […]

Government & Politics

DHS pulls funding from groups with ‘alleged terrorist ties’ after watchdog report Review follows Middle East Forum report claiming $25M in grants went to terror-linked groups between 2013-2023

August 20, 2025   

(Fox) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reviewing federal security grants for Muslim groups with “alleged terrorist ties” after a new report linked past funding to “extremist” organizations. According to a DHS document obtained by Fox News Digital, 49 projects “with […]

Government & Politics

CAIR letter to Marco Rubio: We’re being targeted for Palestine advocacy MEE is the first to obtain the letter sent by the Muslim-American rights group, which asks the top diplomat to clarify recent remarks he made

August 15, 2025   

(Middle East Eye) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has asked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to clarify comments he made on a radio show earlier this week, where he appeared to threaten the domestic non-profit group with a terror designation […]

Government & Politics

Muslim Brotherhood terror designation ‘in the works,’ Rubio says 'As long as Hamas exists, there will be no peace in Gaza,' the U.S. secretary of state told the radio host Sid Rosenberg.

August 12, 2025   

(JNS) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that his department is in the process of designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. “I got to ask you: Why wouldn’t you guys designate the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR?” Sid […]

Academics & Education

University of Maryland will pay anti-Israel group that planned campus rally on October 7 The group says it 'will spend every dollar we receive ... organizing and supporting the movement for a free Palestine.'

August 7, 2025   

(Daily Wire) The University of Maryland has agreed to pay Palestine Legal and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) $100,000 after the university first defended, but then briefly tried to reschedule, a rally on the anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks […]

Government & Politics

Tom Cotton presses IRS to probe CAIR’s tax-exempt status, citing ‘ties to terror organizations’ 'Tax-exempt status is a privilege, not a right, and it should not subsidize organizations with links to terrorism,' Arkansas senator writes

August 5, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) is petitioning the IRS to formally investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for violations of its tax-exempt status, citing “ties to terrorist organizations, including Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood,” according to a formal letter […]

Cemeteries & Funerals

Cruz criticizes Hochul for wearing head scarf at slain officer’s funeral In a social media back-and-forth, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York replied to Senator Ted Cruz of Texas that 'anyone with basic decency' would respect the officer’s Muslim faith.

August 3, 2025   

(NY Times) As New Yorkers mourned the victims of a mass shooting last week in a Midtown Manhattan office building, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, inserted himself into the discourse. His comments concerned a photo taken on Thursday of Gov. Kathy […]

Government & Politics

Report: More than $25m in US Homeland Security grants went to radical groups with terror ties The Middle East Forum identified 'misuse of taxpayer dollars on a grand scale,' the think tank’s executive director told JNS.

July 23, 2025   

(JNS) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent more than $25 million to extremist groups with ties to Islamist terror groups between 2013 and 2023, according to a new report from the Middle East Forum. Gregg Roman, executive director of the think […]

Academics & Education

Elise Stefanik takes CUNY chancellor to task for hiring chief diversity official from CAIR: ‘Unacceptable to New York taxpayers’ Felix Matos Rodriguez said Saly Abd Alla, a former civil rights director for the pro-Hamas group, still works for the public university system

July 15, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) grilled City University of New York (CUNY) chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez over the school’s decision to hire Saly Abd Alla, a former employee of the pro-Hamas Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), as its chief diversity officer. “In 2021, you hired […]

Academics & Education

Mamdani supporters celebrate win with cries of ‘globalize the intifada’ Mamdani in a recent interview refused to condemn the phrase — understood as a call to violence against Jews and Israelis — leading to a rebuke from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

June 25, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Far-left Zohran Mamdani supporters across the country celebrated their candidate’s victory in the New York Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday with cheers of “globalize the intifada.” Mamdani made headlines over his refusal to condemn the phrase — a call for […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Zohran Mamdani is running to be New York mayor. How his Muslim faith stirred the race Mamdani's focus on kitchen table issues has drawn interest across the Muslim spectrum, but his progressive positions on Gaza may alienate voters from other religious communities.

June 21, 2025 and   

(Religion News) On June 5, at the historic Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York’s mayoral candidates were invited by an interfaith panel of religious leaders to discuss their visions for the city and its religious communities. Only four candidates of […]

Government & Politics

Mamdani’s delicate quest to become New York City’s first Muslim mayor As he leans into his Muslim faith, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s positions on the Israel-Gaza war have drawn criticism from across the political spectrum.

June 12, 2025   

(NY Times) After a day partially spent celebrating Eid al-Adha with Muslims across the city, Zohran Mamdani sat inside a West Village church on Friday for a friendly town hall on confronting corporate greed. Roughly 10 minutes in, a protester loudly disrupted […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Critics have meltdown and accuse Trump of imposing renewed ‘Muslim ban’ through ‘disgusting’ travel order Democrats say Trump is bucking 'core American values'

June 5, 2025   

(Fox) Democrat lawmakers and social media critics are accusing President Donald Trump of rolling out a “bigoted” travel ban they say is riddled with “Islamophobia.” “This discriminatory policy, which limits legal immigration, not only flies in the face of what our country […]

Government & Politics

CAIR leader who serves on California state civil rights panel cheers Biden’s cancer diagnosis, says Trump’s ‘time will come’ Zahra Billoo says Biden’s cancer diagnosis is 'God’s wrath' for his handling of the Israel-Hamas war

May 19, 2025   

(Free Beacon) An official with the anti-Israel Council on American-Islamic Relations who also serves on a California state civil rights board is cheering former president Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis and expressed hope that President Donald Trump’s “time will come too,” citing the […]

Academics & Education

Salman Rushdie pulls out as Claremont McKenna College graduation speaker Muslim students, groups had raised concerns about author’s past remarks

May 13, 2025   

(Daily Bulletin) Novelist Salman Rushdie has decided not to deliver the graduation speech for Claremont McKenna College, pulling out days before the Saturday, May 17, commencement. The decision follows criticism from Muslim advocacy groups and students. Rushdie, an Indian-born British and American […]