Asiyah Jones at MSA East Conference

2022 End-of-Year Letter

In 2022, our office worked tirelessly to advocate for our community, to be the first line of legal defense, and to invest in our youth and principled activism. We are presenting a glimpse of our work and invite you to continue your support of CAIR-Philadelphia with an end-of-year gift.

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Director's Desk by Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu, PhD.

A Message from Your New Executive Director

Serving a civil rights and advocacy organization in Philadelphia, a historic site for American-Muslim life, brings a great deal of responsibility. In my new position as the Executive Director of CAIR-Philadelphia, I will work hard to further deliver on this responsibility and develop CAIR-Philadelphia’s capacity to serve our communities.

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CAIR-Philadelphia Staff at 2022 Islamic Heritage Festival in Philadelphia

A Busy Weekend with our Communities!

On Friday evening, CAIR-Philadelphia Civil Rights Attorney Timothy Welbeck and Deputy ED & Education and Outreach Director Ahmet Tekelioglu joined the Zubaida Foundation community in Yardley, PA for a Know Your Rights Workshop…

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Director’s Desk: On this 9/11…

This past Saturday, the 20th Anniversary of the attacks on the US on September 11th, 2001, Jacob Bender spoke at the official Philadelphia memorial service for the First Responders — 343 NYC firefighters and paramedics, 23 NYC police officers, and 37 Port Authority police officers. 

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