(photo credit above: Office of Governor Wolf.) On Thursday July 7, CAIR-Philadelphia’s Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu joined Gov. Wolf and First Lady Frances Wolf together with other members of the Pennsylvania Muslim communities at an Eid dinner hosted at the Governor’s…
CAIR-Philadelphia is proud to announce their upcoming Muslim Youth Leadership Summit for middle and high schoolers, to be held the weekend of July 23-24, 2022. This summit is the perfect training experience to: Add to your school applications/resume Enhance your…
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...
We have fielded complaints from 54 people and have provided legal services to 15 people seeking solutions for employment discrimination, denial of reasonable religious accommodations at school or public places, denial access to international travel, etc., and are actively investigating potential legal remedies for an additional 12 people.
On April 11, Jacob Bender, Executive Director of CAIR-Philadelphia, was interviewed about the Linda Sarsour/Geico controversy on the radio program "Evening WURDS with Nick Taliaferro".
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 making inflammatory and racist statements, is drawing public ire again. In an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson last week, she said “non-Western peoples,” and specifically Black Americans, harbor resentment…
On Sunday, April 10, CAIR-Philadelphia, together with Masjidullah, The Shalom Center, Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, and Interfaith Peace Walk, organized a special iftar-seder to recognize the convergence of Ramadan and Jewish Passover. Held on Zoom, the program united community members…
