As-salaamu alaikum, As the Legal Director of CAIR-Philadelphia, I want to take a moment to reflect on our collective journey and share some updates about the important work our legal team is doing on behalf of the Muslim community in…
(PHILADELPHIA, PA 10/1/2024) — On Wednesday, Oct. 2, the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia), in collaboration with community leaders and civil rights advocates, will hold a press conference calling on Temple University, the Temple University Police…
Civil rights group reminds school officials of legal requirement to provide ‘environment free from discrimination based on race, color, or national origin’ on anniversary of Oct. 7 attack CAIR-Philadelphia Resource: Know Your Rights as a StudentReport Your School Experiences to…
As CAIR-Philadelphia’s work expands to meet the new challenges our communities face, we are mindful that not everyone can join our events. But no worries, our new “Catch Up with CAIR-Philly” newsletter series will update you about some of our…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) today designated The George Washington University (GWU), the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Emory University as “institutions of particular concern” at a press conference in Washington D.C. due to their creation of a hostile campus environment for Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish, and other students, faculty, and staff opposing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza.
(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…
(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…
Friday was my last day on the staff of CAIR-Philadelphia. Thirteen years ago, on a cold October morning, I left my apartment in Manhattan, pushed myself into an already jampacked NY Subway car to Penn Station where I boarded an Amtrak train to Philadelphia...
(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…
