As-salaamu alaykum and Ramadan Mubarak to you and your family CAIR Philadelphia IS your most effective Muslim-American civil rights organization that defends our community from mosque oppositions and vandalism, hate crimes and discrimination against our businesses, bullying of our children…
“Ramadan is a blessed time for Muslims to not only strengthen our faith through fasting, but it provides an opportunity to help others in the larger community by feeding those in need and distributing prescribed charity,” said chairperson the CAIR PA Board of Directors and a member of the CAIR PA Philadelphia Chapter Executive Committee Iftekar Hussain. “I encourage Muslims, Jews and Christians to reach out to each other during this period of the year.
Cast your vote to pick which organization preserves Philadelphia’s founding ideals of equality, tolerance, and independence. Vote for CAIR-Philadelphia – Restoring Ideals Funded by The Barra Foundation, Restoring Ideals began as a question raised by Temple Contemporary’s Advisory Council that addressed Philadelphia’s…
As Salaamu Alaikum (Peace Be Upon You), CAIR-Philadelphia Executive Committee and Staff would like to wish you and your family a blessed Ramadan. Ramadan (rom-a-don) is the 9th month of the Islamic lunar calendar during which Muslims abstain from food,…
Can a federal grand jury be lawfully used solely for purposes unrelated to any criminal investigation? The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) wants to know the answer to that question. To get that answer, CAIR-Philadelphia (which I serve as legal director) has already engaged in significant litigation on this issue at the district court level, and we have filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. In particular, CAIR-Philadelphia wants to know whether federal grand juries, which typically operate solely within the context of criminal law, can be used to assist the FBI with general "intelligence gathering" national security investigations in which there is no suspected violation of federal criminal law.<
Beginning in late 2011, CAIR-Philadelphia represented a Muslim federal employee who was denied a promotion due to concerns that he was susceptible to “foreign influence” and therefore no longer worthy of the federal security clearance needed for his government job.…
Why was the lawsuit withdrawn? We received positive feedback from last week’s email newsletter regarding our recent lawsuit against the FBI and USCIS. We interpret the influx of emails as a sign of strong community support for our commitment to…
CAIR-Philadelphia filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) on March 14, 2013. The lawsuit alleged the FBI unlawfully interfered with our client’s green card application which was…
A week after the cruel attack on the Boston Marathon, our nation is still trying to answer that piece of the — who, what, and why — puzzle. Despite our lack of information as to the “why,” we do know some facts as to “what” happened. We know that when the suspects placed their bombs amongst the crowd of joyous spectators, they did not check for the race or religion of their potential victims. Instead, they coldly sought a body count.
