“What An Age We Live In” – New Video from CAIR-Philadelphia and Jacob Bender
This video by CAIR-Philadelphia Executive Director Jacob Bender was first screened at CAIR-Pittsburgh’s Virtual Banquet on Oct 3rd.
CAIR-Philadelphia Donates Protective Equipment to Six Bucks County Hospitals
CAIR-Philadelphia is pleased to share a letter of appreciation from Bucks County Health Improvement Partnership for its donation of hand sanitizers and protective masks to six Bucks County hospitals operating under BCHIP. The donations were made on behalf of the area’s Muslim communities.
Another Hashtag But Still No Justice
In one of his most famous speeches, aptly entitled Who Taught You to Hate Yourself, Malcolm X spoke to an unfortunate truth, “The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman…the most unprotected person in America is the black woman.”
Long Live RBG!
And so, after holding on for so long, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. Long live RGB! Conscience of the nation! Mother of gender equality! The Muslim community mourns as well. During this inferno administration, burning with racism and the flames of violence, in case after case Justice Ginsburg defended the civil liberties of American Muslims...
Alleged Attacker of Muslim Man Caught on Video to be Charged with Four Crimes
CAIR-Philadelphia and CAIR-Pittsburgh, in partnership with CAIR National, contacted the Upper Merion Township Police Department on behalf of Mr. Hashmi and advocated for the identification, arrest, and charging of Mr. Hashmi’s assailant.
CAIR-PA Calls for Probe of Possible Hate Crime After Video Shows Assault on Muslim Man Told ‘Go Back to Your Country’
CAIR today called on local, state, and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate an assault – captured on video – on a Muslim man by an alleged attacker who is shown shouting "Go back to your country" during the incident.
CAIR-Philadelphia Condemns Arson of Jewish Center at University of Delaware
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.
CAIR-Philadelphia Calls for ‘Immediate Action’ Against Wisconsin Officers Who Tased, Shot Unarmed Black Man Jacob Blake in Back, in Front of His Children
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.
Director’s Desk: In Praise of AOC
If you have not already seen it, we urge all of you to watch the speech by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the House of Representatives, in which she responded to a verbal assault by Rep. Ted Yoho, a Florida Republican. The speech by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, viewed over 4 million times in the past week, was one for the ages, for it was far more than a rebuke to a single sexist politician for uttering a single vulgarity...