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CAIR Condemns Terror Attack on New Zealand Mosques, Urges Stepped-Up Security by Muslim Communities in U.S., Worldwide

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Friday, March 15, 2019
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In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:

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  • In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:
    "To God we belong, and to Him is our return.
  • The advice in CAIR's security publication is applicable to all institutions, regardless of organizational mission.
  • The booklet may be viewed at: https://tinyurl.com/BestSafetyPractices
    CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization.
  • CONTACT:CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-999-8292, [email protected] ; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, [email protected]

CAIR Calls on FBI to Take Seriously Threat to 'Assassinate' Minn. Rep. Ilhan Omar

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Monday, March 4, 2019
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WASHINGTON, March 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged the FBI to take seriously an alleged public threat to assassinate Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN).

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  • WASHINGTON, March 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged the FBI to take seriously an alleged public threat to assassinate Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
  • FBI officials say they are looking into the threat "Assassinate Ilhan Omar" scrawled on a bathroom stall in Minnesota and posted on social media.
  • The FBI is in the "initial stages" of looking into the alleged threat but appears not to have opened a case file on the incident.
  • ", and the bottom one showing a photo of U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN), with the text "I Am the Proof You Have Forgotten."

CAIR Calls on Congress to Probe Why More than 1,400 Private Companies Have Access to Illegal Watchlist

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Wednesday, February 20, 2019
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --TheCouncil on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization,today called on Congress to investigate why the federal government has given more than 1,400 private companies access to the terrorist watchlist.

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  • WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --TheCouncil on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization,today called on Congress to investigate why the federal government has given more than 1,400 private companies access to the terrorist watchlist.
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    "This is a wholesale profiling of a religious minority community," said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad.
  • "To share private information of citizens and non-citizens with corporations is illegal and outrageous."
  • CONTACT:CAIR National Litigation Director Lena Masri, 202-742-6420, [email protected] , CAIR Senior Litigation Attorney Gadeir Abbas, 720-251-0425, [email protected] ; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, [email protected] ; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, [email protected]

Miller Barondess Files Suit on Behalf of FGPQ LLC against PayQwick, Inc. and Its Executive Officers for Fraud

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Wednesday, January 23, 2019
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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190123005701/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190123005701/en/
    Per the Complaint, PayQwick provides financial services to cash-based cannabis related businesses.
  • PayQwick, through Keith Marks and Kenneth Berke, sought investment into the company from outside investors.
  • According to the lawsuit, PayQwick, Berke and Marks also repeatedly violated the terms of the Investors Rights Agreement that governs Defendants relationship with Plaintiff.
  • Shortly thereafter, Plaintiff discovered that, instead, this important financial relationship had been severed, threatening the financial viability of PayQwick.

CAIR Asks Feds to Charge Men Accused in Bomb Plot Targeting New York Muslim Community

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Tuesday, January 22, 2019
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In 2017, a Tennessee man was sentenced for plotting to attack the same community.

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  • In 2017, a Tennessee man was sentenced for plotting to attack the same community.
  • "The low bail set in this case seems indicate that the potentially-deadly plot is not viewed as a serious offense."
  • "Instead of promoting and exploiting Islamophobia, which inevitably results in these types of incidents, our nation's top leaders should speak out strongly against bigotry of all kinds," said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad.
  • He said CAIR has witnessed an unprecedented spike in bigotry targeting American Muslims and members of other minority groups since the election of Donald Trump as president and the subsequent Muslim Ban executive orders and the appointment of Islamophobic policymakers.

CAIR to Host Community Congressional Reception with Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and André Carson

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Friday, January 4, 2019
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- OnThursday, January 10, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will host a "Community Congressional Reception" at the Hyatt Crystal City in Arlington, Va., featuring newly sworn-in members of Congress Andr Carson (D-IN), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- OnThursday, January 10, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will host a "Community Congressional Reception" at the Hyatt Crystal City in Arlington, Va., featuring newly sworn-in members of Congress Andr Carson (D-IN), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
  • All three representatives will be present to offer remarks on issues of importance to members of the Muslim community and to all Americans.
  • 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 Communications Manager Naaz Modan, 202-748-4319, [email protected]