CAIR-Philadelphia today welcomed positive steps by Delaware’s Capital School District, where teachers and students made bigoted remarks targeting a black Muslim middle school student. CAIR-Philadelphia will conduct a cultural sensitivity training for the district in partnership with the local community and allies.
CAIR-Philadelphia today welcomed the disbanding of a Delaware Co. fire company following alleged racist comments. Darby Township’s Briarcliffe Fire Company voted to disband after several members allegedly made racial slurs about Black firefighters and community members.
University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax, who has a history of…
On Sunday, April 10, CAIR-Philadelphia, together with Masjidullah, The Shalom…
CAIR-Philadelphia's Civil Rights Attorney Timothy Welbeck, Esq. and Youth Leadership and Advocacy Projects Coordinator Asiyah Jones were interviewed by 6abc Action News' TaRhonda Thomas about Ramadan preparations and accommodations for students.
As Ramadan approaches, we are aware that different schools and workplaces will have various levels of accommodation in place. We are working to make sure Ramadan accommodations for Muslim students and employees are well-entrenched in each setting.
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 3/29/2022) – The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on…
We were recently blessed to be able to gather with…
Natalie Abulhawa, a 24-year-old Palestinian American, says she was fired in November, 10 days after starting as an athletic trainer at the all-girls school. The issue cited by school officials, she said, was a profile about her hosted by a website that bills itself as documenting “individuals and organizations that promote hatred of the USA, Israel and Jews on North American college campuses.”
