The Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations today condemned the arson attack on the Chabad Jewish Center on the University of Delaware campus. According to the UD Campus Police, the Newark Police Department, and the Delaware State Fire Marshal, the fire, which took place late Tuesday night, August 25, has been officially ruled arson and caused approximately $75,000 in damage.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called for "immediate action against any and all officers who violated the law" during a police encounter Sunday in Kenosha, Wis., that ended when an officer shot an unarmed African-American man numerous times in the back in front of his young children.
The Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest American Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, strongly condemned President Trump's racist attack this past Saturday on Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN), during his first major campaign rally since the outbreak of COVID-19.
The Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned Joseph C. Gale, the Montgomery County Commissioner, because of his recent press statement, "Riots and Looting in Philadelphia."
The Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned numerous incidents of police brutality that have occurred during nationwide protests against George Floyd's murder.
CAIR-Philadelphia today called for a hate crime probe of attacks targeting Asian-Americans. In the wave of attacks resulting from the Coronavirus pandemic, police are reportedly investigating two separate attacks on at least two Asian-Americans in Philadelphia.
On Wednesday, October 30, 2019, the leadership of Pennsylvania's Muslim community, along with CAIR-Philadelphia, CAIR-Pittsburgh, Emgage-PA, and non-Muslim allies from the Jewish and Christian communities will participate in the Fourth Annual Muslim Capitol Day (MCD) at the State Capitol Building in Harrisburg.
The Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned President Trump's support for the Israeli government's denial of entry to two U.S. Congresswomen (both of whom are Muslim), preventing one from seeing her grandmother and both from acting as firsthand congressional observers of Israel's anti-Palestinian policies and visiting one of the holiest sites in Islam.
The Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization (CAIR-Philadelphia) today said "blood of the El Paso shooting victims leads directly to the White House door." The shooter in the deadly attack in Texas allegedly issued a manifesto in which he said he was inspired by the massacre of Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, by a white supremacist, and alarmed by "the Hispanic invasion of Texas."
