CAIR-PA Calls for Probe of Possible Hate Crime After Video Shows Assault on Muslim Man Told ‘Go Back to Your Country’ (PHILADELPHIA/PITTSBURGH, PA – 9/9/2020) – The Pennsylvania chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today called on local, state and federal law Read more…
CAIR Calls for ‘Immediate Action’ Against Wisconsin Officers Who Tased, Shot Unarmed Black Man Jacob Blake in Back, in Front of Children (WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/24/2020) – 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 Read more…
CAIR Joins 100+ Rights Groups in Denouncing ADL’s Pattern of Suppressing Justice Movements, Calls on Allies to Stop Working with ADL (WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/12/2020) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined a broad coalition of more than 100 civil rights and human Read more…
In Praise of Sea-Change By Jacob Bender, CAIR-Philadelphia Executive Director andChristine Mohamed, CAIR-Pittsburgh Executive Director 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 Read more…
Pittsburgh Coalition to End the Deadly Exchange CAIR- Pittsburgh is a proud coalition member of the Pittsburgh Coalition to End the Deadly Exchange. Other members include: Veterans for Peace of Western Pennsylvania, Jewish Voice for Peace- Pittsburgh, IfNotNow- Pittsburgh, Alliance for Police Accountability, Democratic Socialists of America- Pittsburgh, Casa San Read more…
WATCH: CAIR Marks Anniversary of George Floyd’s Killing by Unveiling Black Lives Matter Banner on Capitol Hill Headquarters in DC CAIR’s banner contains the names of those who have died at the hands of police and in the struggle for civil rights, including Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, Dr. Martin Luther Read more…
CAIR Releases Law Enforcement Reform Proposal, Pledges Support for Efforts to ‘Reduce and Reinvest’ Police Budgets into Community Resources (WASHINGTON, D.C. – 6/18/2020) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organizations, today released a proposal to combat anti-Black racism in policing by reducing Read more…
Poor People’s Campaign & CAIR PittsburghThis Saturday, June 20, 2020! Dear Friends, COVID-19 has forced the nation into an unprecedented emergency. The current emergency, however, results from a deeper and much longer-term crisis — that of poverty and inequality, and of a society that has long ignored the needs of 140 Read more…
Assalam alaikom, On behalf of the entire CAIR Pittsburgh family, I write to express strong support for, solidarity with and commitment to our African-American brothers and sisters, especially to families who have lost loved ones to police violence. As a Muslim civil rights organization dedicated to harnessing our values in service to Read more…
Dear Community Members and Friends, Asalaamu Alaikom, On behalf of the entire CAIR-Pittsburgh family, we write to express love for, solidarity with, and commitment to our African-American brothers and sisters, especially Black families who have lost loved ones to state-sanctioned violence. We are heartbroken over the recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Steven Read more…