CAIR-NJ Calls for AG Probe into Brutal Attack on Atlantic City Councilman insidernj.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from insidernj.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Share this article Share this article ATLANTA, May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), CAIR Legal Defense Fund and the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) today welcomed a major victory in their lawsuit against Georgia s Israel boycott law after a federal district court ruled that the State of Georgia s 2016 law punishing boycotts of Israel is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment. [MEDIA ADVISORY: There will be a briefing on this case live at 3 p.m. ET on CAIR s Facebook page: In an order released today, Judge Mark Cohen ruled that the University System of Georgia violated journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin s constitutional rights when it cancelled her speaking engagement on a college campus because she refused to sign a state-mandated oath pledging not to engage in boycotts of Israel. Martin is a well-known advocate of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, which the court ruled is protected by the First Amendment.
BREAKING NEWS: CAIR Joins Boycott of White House Eid Celebration in Response to Biden Administration's Defense of Israeli Attacks on Palestinian Civilians streetinsider.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from streetinsider.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Share this article WASHINGTON, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ LATER TODAY, The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will join partner civil rights organizations at a protest led by American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) in front of the State Department in Washington, D.C., to call on the Biden administration to condemn and oppose the Israeli government s campaign to expel Palestinian families from Jerusalem s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Protest participants will also demand an end to violent attacks on Palestinian worshippers and protesters at, and even in, the Al-Aqsa mosque.
CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad, whose family was ethnically-cleansed from Palestine, said: The Palestinian people – Muslim and Christian are continuing their decades-long struggle to resist both ongoing ethnic cleansing and the apartheid system that has been so-named by respected international groups like . To term this resistance and the brutal Israeli response as clashes falsely indicates a moral equivalency between the oppressor and the oppressed, between the occupier and the occupied. Our nation s thought leaders and policymakers must finally give up the human rights and justice everywhere – except Palestine attitude that has resulted in so much suffering and injustice over so many years.
/PRNewswire/ The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on media.
Share this article MINNEAPOLIS, April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today welcomed the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on all counts for the killing of George Floyd. In response to the verdict, CAIR-MN Executive Director Jaylani Hussein said: We are encouraged by the jury s decision to convict Derek Chauvin. It is by no means the end of our efforts to build a more just and equitable Minnesota and nation, but it is an important milestone on our journey and a step to healing deep, generational traumas. While today s verdict is encouraging, it does not diminish the urgency with which we must continue our efforts to combat the epidemic of police violence in our communities.
CAIR-NY Decries Racist Hate Crime Targeting Asian-American Father in Manhattan pressreleasepoint.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pressreleasepoint.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CAIR Expresses Solidarity with Sikh Community After Deadly Mass Shooting in Indianapolis pressreleasepoint.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pressreleasepoint.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.