CAIR-AZ Calls for Hate Crime Probe for Iraqi-American Business Vandalized with Nazi Symbol
(Image via AZ Daily Sun) (PHOENIX, ARIZONA, 9/5/17) — The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Arizona) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate vandalism at an Iraqi-American business in Flagstaff as a hate crime. According to news reports, the Maktoob Hookah Lounge was vandalized with broken mirrors, […]
Good News: #CAIR-AZ Wins Asylum Case for Palestinian Refugee Once Held in ICE Detention for Almost 500 Days
(MESA, ARIZONA, 7/14/2017) — The Arizona Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) today applauded a judge’s decision to grant asylum to a Palestinian refugee who was once held in detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Florence, Ariz., for almost 500 days. Mounis Hammouda, who along with Hisham Ghalia made a 7,000-mile […]
CAIR-AZ’s David Chami Appears on NPR (KJZZ) to Discuss #MuslimBan
On Wednesday, CAIR-AZ board member David Chami stopped in-studio with KJZZ – discussing the latest developments from the #MuslimBan: Click Here to listen: “The Supreme Court won’t formally take up the matter of the Trump administration’s six-nation travel ban until October, but last month, the court did allow some of the ban to take hold. […]
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 […]