CAIR

Academics & Education

California school district forced to dump CAIR’s Islamic indoctrination program San Diego district settles federal lawsuit brought by Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund.

March 25, 2019   

(FrontPage) The Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund forced an unprecedented lawsuit settlement on the San Diego Unified School District, which partnered with the terrorism-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations, requiring the district to shut down its discriminatory, unconstitutional “anti-Islamophobia initiative.” The embattled CAIR […]

Demonstrations

Greeted by protests, Rep. Ilhan Omar tells LA-area Muslims to ‘raise hell’ in face of intolerance Outside the Woodland Hills Hilton, at least 1,000 people protested Omar's appearance.

March 24, 2019   

(LA Daily News) Freshman Congresswoman [Ilhan] Omar of Minnesota urged some 400 Los Angeles-area Muslims packed inside the Woodland Hills Hilton on Saturday to stand defiant and “raise hell” in the face of discrimination they confront as Muslims in America. It’s advice […]

Government & Politics

llhan Omar speaks at CAIR fundraiser

March 22, 2019   

(IPT) It might seem natural for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Los Angeles chapter to invite U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar to speak at Saturday evening’s fundraising dinner. CAIR is predominantly a conservative Sunni-run political organization, and Omar, D-Minn., is one of […]

Government & Politics

Pro-Israel philanthropist remains committed to ‘speaking out’ against anti-Semitism Adam Milstein has withdrawn from a panel at the upcoming AIPAC conference after tweets criticizing Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib over their rhetoric and ties to CAIR.

March 20, 2019   

(JNS) Pro-Israel philanthropist Adam Milstein has said that he remains committed to speaking out against the anti-Semitic rhetoric of Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), as well as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), following his announcement that he has […]

Clothing

U.S. Islamic council calls on advertisers to boycott Fox News until Jeanine Pirro is fired The Council on [American-Islamic] Relations criticizes 'Judge Jeanine’s' 'long history of Islamophobic hate rhetoric.'

March 19, 2019   

(HuffPost) The Council on [American-Islamic] Relations called on advertisers Monday to boycott Fox News until the network axes host Jeanine Pirro. The call comes just days after Pirro’s Saturday night program, “Justice with Judge Jeanine,” was yanked by Fox after she said in […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

US Muslim advocacy group to Trump: ‘We hold you responsible’ for increase in Islamophobia 'We also do not excuse those terrorist attackers against minorities,' they said.

March 15, 2019   

(ABC) A top Muslim organization is blasting President Donald Trump after a mass shooting at two mosques in New Zealand left 49 people dead and dozens more injured. “During your presidency and during your election campaign, Islamophobia took a sharp rise and […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Ammar Campa-Najjar accuses GOP leadership of hypocrisy over anti-bigotry resolution As his campaign takes shape, California Democrat hopes attacks on his heritage won’t distract from his message

March 13, 2019   

(Roll Call) Ammar Campa-Najjar doesn’t want hate and bigotry to be a distraction this time. The 30-year-old Democrat narrowly lost a campaign for the historically conservative 50th District in California last year. Now Campa-Najjar is seeking a rematch, and has renewed his […]

Academics & Education

Islamic advocacy group wants apology for Seattle school’s ‘inappropriate’ remarks A Seattle elementary school allegedly asked parents to consider allowing their children to eat on state testing days, which coincide with Ramadan.

March 13, 2019   

(KING) An Islamic civil liberties group called on Seattle Public Schools to apologize for what the organization called “inappropriate” remarks in a letter sent to parents on Tuesday. The Council on American-Islamic Relations Washington says when the district announced the year’s state […]

Christians

Laurie Cardoza-Moore claims Ilhan Omar may have ties to Muslim Brotherhood 'Omar may be in violation of a federal statute for fundraising for two Muslim Brotherhood charities that seek to destroy America,' she claimed.

March 7, 2019   

(Jerusalem Post) Laurie Cardoza-Moore, president of Proclaiming Justice to the Nations (PJTN), called on the US Justice Department “to launch a full and thorough investigation” into Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) “possible connections to the Muslim Brotherhood.” Cardoza-Moore, an Evangelical leader who hosts […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

House Dems postpone vote rebuking Omar amid pressure from left Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other liberal allies stepped up their defense of the freshman Democrat.

March 5, 2019 , and   

(Politico) A vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism in response to controversial comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar is set to slip past Wednesday amid intensifying pressure from the left both inside and outside the House Democratic Caucus. An array of progressive groups […]

Law Enforcement

Muslims form community patrol. Some neighbors say no, thanks The self-funded group sees itself as a neighborhood watch. But there was alarm after its cars were spotted in Brooklyn without warning, or explanation.

February 3, 2019   

(NY Times) Maeen Ali remembers the worry he felt when he first spotted the “Punish a Muslim Day” screed online. The letter, mailed last spring throughout England, encouraged violence that ranged from pulling off a woman’s head scarf to bombing mosques. Each […]