On Monday June 12th, CAIR-Philadelphia staff members Ahmet Tekelioglu and Asiyah Jones, along with other Muslim Pennsylvania constituents joined Muslims from across the United States in Washington D.C. for the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) 8th Annual National Muslim Advocacy Day.
On Monday, June 5 our CAIR-Philadelphia team hosted Muslim City Hall Day in collaboration with Emgage Pennsylvania. We extend a huge thank you to our community members, leaders, elected officials, and students for coming out and showing the importance of…
Please join us in welcoming Iman Ahmad to our CAIR-Philadelphia team! Iman will serve as CAIR-Philadelphia’s paralegal. She has a wealth of administrative, organizational, and project management skills. She has non-profit board experience (including chairmanship) and serves as a volunteer…
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 6/2/2023) – On Monday, June 5, the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) and Emgage Pennsylvania (Emgage-PA) will co-host organized Muslim City Hall Day in Philadelphia, which is designed to help Muslim Philadelphians’ engagement with…
The Islamic legal maxim dar' al-mafasid wa jalb al-masalih - درء المفاسد & جلب المصالح guides our civic engagement work. While CAIR-Philadelphia cannot express opinions supporting or rejecting specific candidates, we hope everyone voting today will foreground this maxim.
We invite PA and DE Muslims to join us in Washington, D.C.! On Monday, June 12, and Tuesday, June 13, Muslims from across the country will attend the 8th annual National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
(PHILADELPHIA & PITTSBURGH, PA, 5/4/2023) – The Philadelphia and Pittsburgh chapters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pennsylvania) and Emgage Pennsylvania today expressed support for the HB789-790 bill package at the Pennsylvania State House that seeks to designate Eid al-Fitr…
Over the years, scientists warned us often,
Environmental activists tried to make us aware
But we continued to ruin our planet Earth.
(PHILADELPHIA AND PITTSBURGH, PA, 4/25/2023) – The Pittsburgh and Philadelphia chapters of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pittsburgh and CAIR-Philadelphia) today welcomed Eid observance by 9 school districts statewide that closed for the first-time following advocacy by parents and students. Additional school…
