CAIR Pittsburgh Expresses Solidarity with Jewish Community After Deadly San Diego Synagogue Attack Muslim civil rights group offers houses of worship booklet outlining stepped-up security measures (WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/27/19) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed solidarity with the Jewish Read more…
PRESS RELEASE CAIR Condemns Attacks on Christian Worshippers and Others in Sri Lanka (PITTSBURGH, PA, 4/22/2019) — CAIR-Pittsburgh, a Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a series of attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that left Read more…
(WASHINGTON, DC and PITTSBURGH, PA, 3/15/19) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations, and its Pittsburgh Chapter(CAIR-Pittsburgh), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today mourned the deaths of more than 40 worshipers gunned down in terror attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, during prayers on Friday, condemned Read more…
CAIR-Pittsburgh Welcomes Resignation of School Official Over Anti-Muslim Post (PITTSBURGH, PA,2/8/19) – The Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pittsburgh) today welcomed the resignation of a school board member who shared an anti-Muslim Facebook post. SEE: Plum School Board Member to Resign Over Anti-Muslim Facebook Share https://triblive.com/local/allegheny/14592492-74/plum-school-board-member-to-resign-over-anti-muslim-facebook-share Plum school Read more…
The Pittsburgh Muslim Community and the Pittsburgh chapter of Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) started raising funds to cover victim’s current and future medical expenses and to pay for the services of an attorney as the family is filing charges against the perpetrator. This crowd funding page has been Read more…
CAIR-Pittsburgh Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Attack on Muslim Student (PITTSBURGH, PA,12/17/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for an attack on a Muslim student Read more…
CAIR Pittsburgh board and staff were present on Tuesday, October 30th to partake in a protest hosted by Bend The Arc. All present were protesting against Trump’s visit and were demanding him and the Republican Party to fully denounce white nationalism, stop targeting and endangering all minorities, cease assault on immigrants Read more…
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/1/18) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Muslim communities nationwide to step up security measures in the wake of recent hate incidents nationwide. CAIR issued its call following the killings of two African-Americans at a grocery Read more…