As many of you know, I hail from Turkiye -- I am the only member of my family living in the US. As I sat by my laptop at 2 AM Monday morning, I saw the news coming from Turkiye and Syria. What was not immediately clear at that point is that the earthquake that hit the region is one of those once-in-a-century disasters that we are accustomed to read in history books.
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 2/1/2023) – The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the distribution of white supremacist propaganda pamphlets in Springfield Township in Montgomery County, including in…
Although we each come from different faith backgrounds, last month we all thanked God when the news broke that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement contract at Berks County Detention Center was ending.
On Tuesday, January 17, 2023, CAIR-Philadelphia Executive Director Dr. Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu attended the inauguration of Josh Shapiro, the 48th Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
CAIR is primarily a non-profit, tax-exempt American organization mostly focusing on protecting the civil rights of American Muslims. Occasionally, however, we feel compelled to comment on or reprint the opinion of others on matters of great importance to this community.…
Over the weekend of January 7-8th, 2023, middle and high school students from all over the greater Philadelphia area and Delaware joined CAIR Philadelphia at the Islamic Cultural Center of Willow Grove (ICCWG) for the 2023 Winter Muslim Youth Leadership Summit
CAIR-Philadelphia staff and board members are excited to invite our community to our 16th Annual Fundraising Banquet featuring Shaykha Ieasha Prime and Dean Obeidallah. Both of our speakers are dynamic individuals serving our communities in different ways. We encourage you to learn more about them on our website pa.cair.com/banquet
This weekend-long training is the perfect opportunity to enhance your leadership skills, learn the best ways to advocate and organize for issues YOU are passionate about, hear from local professionals currently doing on-the-ground work, network with other young leaders, and add to your school applications/resume!
THANK YOU for bringing the collective power of empathy and philanthropy to life with CAIR-Philadelphia! DONATE NOW Help us raise the final 10% we need to meet our 2022 goal: This was one of our best years. Thank you! Dear…
