(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 3/29/2022) – The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia), today condemned antisemitic and white supremacist propaganda leaflets distributed to residents in Bangor Borough and Washington Township in Northampton County. SEE: Antisemitic, white supremacist propaganda found in Bangor yards,…
We were recently blessed to be able to gather with our community at our annual banquet! We give thanks to God almighty for bringing us together again. Thank you for joining us from near and far and for supporting our…
Natalie Abulhawa, a 24-year-old Palestinian American, says she was fired in November, 10 days after starting as an athletic trainer at the all-girls school. The issue cited by school officials, she said, was a profile about her hosted by a website that bills itself as documenting “individuals and organizations that promote hatred of the USA, Israel and Jews on North American college campuses.”
A Muslim athletic trainer was fired by a private girls school in Bryn Mawr over years-old social media posts criticizing Israel, the Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) alleged Wednesday.
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 3/16/2022) — The Philadelphia Chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) today announced it has filed a federal charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) against Agnes Irwin School (AIS), a private all-girls school, on behalf of Natalie Abulhawa,…
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 2/28/2022) – The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned neo-Nazi graffiti targeting three cemeteries in that state’s Montgomery County. On Thursday, Nazi swastikas were found…
As Salam Alaykum, As our Student Leadership and Advocacy Project continues full-force — stay tuned for updates on our training programs! — we wanted to reach out to you about key accommodation needs on the horizon. This year both Ramadan…
Salam Alaikum, May this letter find you all in peace and good health. The past couple of years have been very difficult on us as a nation, communities, families and individuals as we have tried to navigate the uncertainty of…
CAIR-Philadelphia today extended condolences to the family and friends of Imam Asim Abdur-Rashid. Imam Asim served as the imam at Philadelphia’s Masjid al-Mujahideen since its establishment and is also the father of our longtime board member Salima Diop.
