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CAIR Congratulates President-Elect Joe Biden, Vows to Hold Biden Administration Accountable on Muslim Inclusion, Civil Rights, Racial Equality and Just Foreign Policy

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Saturday, November 7, 2020
Ibrahim Hooper, Islam in the United States, Joe Biden, CAIR, Hooper, American culture, Islam, Occupations, Council on American–Islamic Relations

"President-elect Biden has pledged to end the Muslim Ban on his first day in office, include Muslims at every level of his administration and address issues of racial and religious discrimination.

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  • "President-elect Biden has pledged to end the Muslim Ban on his first day in office, include Muslims at every level of his administration and address issues of racial and religious discrimination.
  • "We plan to join other American Muslim leaders and organizations in ensuring that the Biden administration fulfills these promises.
  • Its mission is to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.
  • CONTACT:CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, [email protected] ; CAIR Director of Government Affairs Department Robert S. McCaw, 202-999-8292, [email protected]

CAIR Wins 'God Pod' Lawsuit Declaring Religious Segregation Illegal in Virginia Jail

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
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According to the court, that official preference had the effect of creating a religiously-segregated area of the jail.

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  • According to the court, that official preference had the effect of creating a religiously-segregated area of the jail.
  • The God Pod was the only religious program offered at Riverside Regional Jail.
  • In 2018, CAIR filed the lawsuit against the jail for the Life Learning Program.
  • CONTACT:CAIR National Litigation Director Lena Masri, 248-390-9784, [email protected] ; CAIR Senior Litigation Attorney Gadeir Abbas, 720-251-0425, [email protected] ; CAIR Trial Attorney Justin Sadowsky, 646-785-9154, [email protected]

CAIR Releases Presidential Voter Guide, Congressional Scorecard, 'What is Your Plan to Vote?' PSA

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Monday, October 19, 2020
Ibrahim Hooper, Hooper, CAIR, Islam, Council on American–Islamic Relations

The congressional scorecard reflects the voting performance of many representatives from the U.S. Congress that are up for re-election in 2020.

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  • The congressional scorecard reflects the voting performance of many representatives from the U.S. Congress that are up for re-election in 2020.
  • [NOTE:CAIR's presidential voter guide and congressional scorecard is intended to provide a general profile that CAIR hopes will assist voters in better understanding the attitudes of elected officials on key issues.
  • CAIR recently launched a new section of the 2020 election and voter mobilization website for"Early Voting"and updated its"Vote-by-Mail Guide"to mark National Voter Registration Day for 2020.
  • CONTACT:CAIR Government Affairs Department Director Robert S. McCaw, 202-742-6448, [email protected] ; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, [email protected] ; CAIR Communications Coordinator Ayan Ajeen, [email protected]

CAIR Survey Indicates High Turnout of Muslim Voters, 71 Percent Support for Joe Biden

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Monday, October 5, 2020
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Seventy-one percent of registered Muslim voters said they would vote for former Vice President Joe Biden, while 18 percent said they would vote for Donald Trump.

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  • Seventy-one percent of registered Muslim voters said they would vote for former Vice President Joe Biden, while 18 percent said they would vote for Donald Trump.
  • Forty-two percent of registered Muslims voters consider themselves liberal leaning on social issues,while 34 percent consider themselves to be conservative.
  • CAIR's survey is just one part of an ongoing effort by the Washington-based civil rights organization to mobilize American Muslim voters.
  • CONTACT:CAIR Government Affairs Department Director Robert S. McCaw, 202-742-6448, [email protected] ; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, [email protected] ; CAIR Communications Coordinator Ayan Ajeen, [email protected]

CAIR, CAIR-Arizona Demand Criminal Probe, Firing of Officers Involved in 2017 Killing of Black Muslim Man

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Friday, August 21, 2020
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PHOENIX, Aug. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its Arizona chapter (CAIR-Arizona) today demanded a transparent and independent criminal investigation and the firing of officers involved in the 2017 killing ofMuhammad Muhaymin Jr., a Black Muslim man.

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  • PHOENIX, Aug. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its Arizona chapter (CAIR-Arizona) today demanded a transparent and independent criminal investigation and the firing of officers involved in the 2017 killing ofMuhammad Muhaymin Jr., a Black Muslim man.
  • None of the officers involved in Muhaymin's death have ever been arrested or charged.
  • The City of Phoenix should fire the officers involved and arrange for an independent criminal investigation into the officers."
  • Mitchell said Washington, D.C.-based CAIR and the American Muslim community are standing in solidarity with all those challenging anti-Black racism, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and white supremacy.

CAIR Welcomes Federal Court Decision Advancing Broad Challenge to Terror Watchlist

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Monday, July 20, 2020
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WASHINGTON, July 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed a Maryland federal court's decision to advance the Muslim civil rights organization's broadest challenge to the terror watchlist to date.

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  • WASHINGTON, July 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed a Maryland federal court's decision to advance the Muslim civil rights organization's broadest challenge to the terror watchlist to date.
  • In her decision, Judge Paula Xinis criticized the government's watchlisting processes, finding that "existing procedural protections are inscrutable, opaque.
  • "The decision confirms the watchlist raises a host of constitutional questions," said CAIR Trial Attorney Justin Sadowsky.
  • CAIR is currently defending on appeal a Virginia federal court's decision declaring the database at the heart of the watchlisting system illegal.

CAIR Renews Call for Suspension of Trump's Twitter Account After He Retweets 'White Power' Video

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Sunday, June 28, 2020
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Last week, CAIR unveiled a Black Lives Matter banner containing the names of hundreds of victims of racist police violence, including George Floyd.

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  • Last week, CAIR unveiled a Black Lives Matter banner containing the names of hundreds of victims of racist police violence, including George Floyd.
  • Also last year, CAIR and its Minnesota chapter called on Twitter to suspend Trump's account for sharing a false, Islamophobic smear targeting Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
  • La misin de CAIR es proteger las libertades civiles, mejorar la comprensin del Islam, promover la justicia, y empoderar a los musulmanes en los Estados Unidos.
  • CONTACT:CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, [email protected] ; CAIR Director of Government Affairs Department Robert S. McCaw, 202-999-8292, [email protected]

CAIR to Mark Anniversary of George Floyd's Killing by Unveiling Black Lives Matter Banner on Capitol Hill Headquarters in DC

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Ibrahim Hooper, Hooper, CAIR, Ayan, Islam, Council on American–Islamic Relations

The bill is in response to nationwide #BlackLivesMatter protests seeking an end to systemic police racism, violence, misconduct, and abuse of authority.

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  • The bill is in response to nationwide #BlackLivesMatter protests seeking an end to systemic police racism, violence, misconduct, and abuse of authority.
  • WHERE: Outside CAIR's Capitol Hill Headquarters, 453 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., Washington, DC, 20003 (NOTE: Social Distancing and other COVID-19 prevention measures will be observed at the unveiling.
  • Earlier today, CAIR condemned vandalism of Black Lives Matter signs at Rock Spring Congregational church in Arlington, Va., and at the Islamic Center of Nashville in Tennessee.
  • CONTACT:CAIR Government Affairs Department Director Robert S. McCaw, 202-742-6448, [email protected] ; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, [email protected] ; CAIR Communications Coordinator Ayan Ajeen, [email protected]

CAIR Marks Juneteenth with Live Screening, Q&A on Short Film Exploring American Muslims' Reflections on Racial Injustice

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Friday, June 19, 2020
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WASHINGTON, June 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Today, theCouncil on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)will mark Juneteenth with the re-release of a short film,"In Their Footsteps: An American Muslim Civil Rights Journey."

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  • WASHINGTON, June 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Today, theCouncil on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)will mark Juneteenth with the re-release of a short film,"In Their Footsteps: An American Muslim Civil Rights Journey."
  • That announcement came two-and-a-half years after the Emancipation Proclamation of Jan. 1, 1863, which ended slavery in the United States.
  • CAIR will go live on Facebook and YouTube at 3 p.m.
  • The 21-minute film features some 30 American Muslim civil rights leaders who journeyed through Alabama to learn about the history of slavery, lynching, segregation, and about present-day racial injustice.

CAIR, CAIR-Kansas Call on Kansas GOP, United Wireless Arena to Drop Speaker from Hate Group Calling for 'Execution' of Anti-Racist Protest Leaders

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Friday, June 12, 2020
Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR, Hooper

Guandolo has stated that if he was "anointed king," he would execute those, including Democratic and Republican leaders who he claims are "advancing a radical Marxist Islamic agenda in the United States."

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  • Guandolo has stated that if he was "anointed king," he would execute those, including Democratic and Republican leaders who he claims are "advancing a radical Marxist Islamic agenda in the United States."
  • CAIR similarly welcomeda decision by Virginia's AmherstCountySheriff's Office to drop an event featuring Islamophobic conspiracy theorist Chris Gaubatz.
  • Gaubatz is now the President of another anti-Muslim hate group, RAIR (Resistance Against Islamic Radicals).
  • CONTACT:CAIR-Kansas Board Chair Moussa Elbayoumy, 785-318-6323, [email protected] ; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, [email protected] ; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, [email protected]