CAIR Says SCOTUS ‘Muslim Ban’ Decision Ignores Anti-Muslim Bigotry, Emboldens Islamophobes in Trump Administration
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court allowing a limited version of the Trump administration’s “Muslim ban” executive orders to take effect ignores the Islamophobic origins of the policy and emboldens Islamophobes in the Trump administration. The court said […]
CAIR-AZ – First Somali-American lawmaker Ilhan Omar: Muslims ‘no longer alone.’
Arizona Republic covers CAIR-AZ’s “A Ramadan Night for Civil Rights” – and our keynote speaker, Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN.) Read Full Article at: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2017/06/18/ilhan-omar-first-somali-american-politician-speaks-in-phoenix/393644001/ The Minneapolis bus was crowded, but Ilhan Omar felt alone. It was just after Sept. 11, and the “visibly Muslim” Somali refugee had noticed neighbors, colleagues and teachers growing increasingly suspicious of […]
CAIR-AZ: AZ Republic: Black leaders call Arizona’s Confederate Monuments ‘symbols of racial hatred,’ urge removal
From the Arizona Republic: Imraan Siddiqi, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Arizona chapter, told The Republic many in the the Muslim community also “stand in solidarity with those who are impacted by having these monuments present.” cxenseparse_end cxenseparse_start He said about one-third of the U.S. Muslim population is African-American. “The specter of a dark […]
CAIR-AZ Hosts Tempe Masjid Halaqah: Dealing with the Boston Aftermath
by Samantha Noyes – Civil Rights Coordinator On Friday after Maghrib prayer, members of the CAIR-AZ team (Imraan Siddiqi, Yasir Shareef, Neekta Hamidi, and Samantha Noyes) took to the front of ICC’s masjid to host the Friday night halaqa. After the devastating attacks in Boston on April 15th, 2013 many Muslims have not only been […]
I Am What Trump Seeks to Ban
The recent Executive Orders have put the Muslim and Latino communities directly under attack. Many Americans, including our own Civil Rights Director, Liban Yousuf – may have not been able to realize their dreams in this country, had the immigration ban been in affect when his parents migrated here before he was born. Support the […]
Why You Should Support CAIR-AZ
Check out our video from our 2016 CAIR-AZ Banquet – featuring Imraan Siddiqi, Liban Yousuf and Kristy Sabbah.