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CAIR-Philadelphia Welcomes Arrest, Hate Crime Charge for Assault Targeting Anti-Genocide Protester
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 7/15/2024) – The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) today welcomed a hate crime charge for an alleged assault targeting an anti-genocide protester in Upper Merion Township. The suspect, Ilya Zaslavskiy, was taken into custody on Friday…
CAIR-Philadelphia Calls for Hate Crime Charge in Assault Targeting Pro-Palestinian Protester
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 7/3/2024) – The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) today called on law enforcement to pursue hate crime charges in an assault targeting a pro-Palestine protester in Upper Merion Township. Earlier today, a 56-year-old woman…
So Long… But Not Farewell: A Letter Upon My Retirement from CAIR-Philadelphia
CAIR-Pennsylvania Denounces UPenn, Gov. Shapiro Actions Leading to Arrest of Students and Disbanding of UPenn Encampment
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 5/10/2024) – The Philadelphia and Pittsburgh chapters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pennsylvania), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, denounced University of Pennsylvania for violently disbanding the encampment at Penn and calling on the Philadelphia…
CAIR-Philadelphia Denounces University of Pennsylvania’s Decision to Ban 6 Student Protestors from Campus, Ongoing Threat of Police Violence on Students
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 5/9/2024) – The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia), the region’s only Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, denounced the University of Pennsylvania for placing 6 students on mandatory leave, banning them from being present…
CAIR-Philadelphia, Muslim Groups Publish Open Letter to College Presidents Urging Respect for Protesters’ First Amendment Rights
Muslim Community Open Letter to Greater Philadelphia Region College Presidents and School District Leaders
We are the undersigned Muslim community-serving mosques and community organizations, reaching out to you with a sense of urgency to request that you show moral leadership and lead your institution’s response to pro-Palestinian student activism on your campus with care…