Council on American Islamic Relations
Two people holding up U.S. passports (Credit: Spencer Davis/Pexels)
March 16, 2026, 2:27 pm
American Jewish Committee, CAIR join orgs in backing birthright citizenship
“The participation of organizations with which we may strongly disagree does not automatically preclude ours if we are deeply committed to the cause.” — AJC spokesperson
By Mike Wagenheim
Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) sign at its headquarters building entrance in Washington, D.C. DC Stock Photograph/Shutterstock.
February 25, 2026, 4:15 pm
ADL ‘appalled’ CAIR leader invokes blood libel before Ohio state Senate
The antisemitic group's Ohio executive director accused Israel of operating the "largest human skin bank in the world."
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
November 19, 2025, 3:26 pm
Texas gov designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terror groups
“These radical extremists are not welcome in our state and are now prohibited from acquiring any real property interest in Texas,” Greg Abbott said.
By JNS
The Weber Arch, a gateway to Northwestern University’s campus in Evanston, Illinois, Sept. 28, 2023 (Photo by Joss Broward via Unsplash)
October 21, 2025, 4:31 pm
CAIR sues Northwestern University, alleges Jew-hatred training violates civil rights
Paul Eckles of the Brandeis Center told JNS that the suit turns “anti-discrimination law on its head.”
By Aaron Bandler
Summer Lee announces her 2022 campaign for a congressional seat representing Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mark Dixon, CC BY 2.0., via Wikimedia Commons)
February 29, 2024, 12:25 pm
After widespread backlash, Summer Lee cancels CAIR appearance
"I wanted to join this event with other members of Congress and elected officials to support our Muslim neighbors in the Commonwealth and across the country," she said.
By David Rullo
Summer Lee (Photo by Maureen Kelly Busis)
February 26, 2024, 3:18 pm
Patel campaign calls on Summer Lee to return contributions from ‘antisemitic donors’
“Taking money from antisemites who celebrate terrorist attacks and encourage their followers to monitor synagogues is abhorrent behavior,” she said.
By David Rullo
WASHINGTON, USA - JANUARY 10: President of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Nihad Awad delivers a speech at the event that was held by the CAIR in Washington DC, United States on Jan. 10, 2019.. (Photo by Safvan Allahverdi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
December 8, 2023, 11:00 am
White House distances itself from CAIR, condemns director’s ‘antisemitic statements’
The White House scrubbed a mention of CAIR from an antisemitism fact sheet and pledged that the group has no involvement in efforts to draft a national Islamophobia strategy
By Gabby Deutch
Nihad Awad (Photo by M. Elshinnawi, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
December 7, 2023, 2:30 pm
CAIR executive director ‘happy to see’ Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack
Nihad Awad, co-founder of the Muslim civil rights organization, defended the Oct. 7 attack while claiming Israel has no right to self-defense
By Gabby Deutch
Gov. Josh Shapiro (Photo via Governor Tom Wolf administration, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
October 13, 2023, 2:19 pm
CAIR criticizes Gov. Shapiro after he states support for Israel
Shapiro: "We all must speak with moral clarity and support Israel's right to defend itself."
Jeffrey Lax, a professor of business at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn (Courtesy photo via JNS)
September 28, 2022, 2:26 pm
CUNY pulls former CAIR staffer from anti-Zionism investigation
Prof. Jeffrey Lax says choosing a former employee of the Council on American–Islamic Relations to conduct the probe showed “at best, extremely poor judgment.”
By Mike Wagenheim
The Internal Revenue Service building stands in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2019 (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
January 13, 2022, 3:02 pm
Muslim group, CAIR, accuses Jewish charities of funding Islamophobia
"This report is completely illegitimate and casts absurd and false accusations at Jewish Federations, whose sole purpose is to build up and secure the Jewish community."
By Asaf Shalev
Zahra Billoo. Photo by Lorie Shaull, courtesy of flickr.com.
December 29, 2021, 2:09 pm
An American Muslim leader said Zionist Jews can’t be trusted allies.
Jews and Muslims who work together know better.
By Yehuda Kurtzer
Zahra Billoo (Women's March)
December 21, 2021, 8:24 pm
Muslim civil rights leader continues attacks on ‘Zionists’ as she goes on sabbatical
In a Nov. 27 speech, she named the ADL, Jewish federations, "Zionist synagogues" and Hillel as organizations that practice an "insidious form of Zionism."
By Ron Kampeas
Zahra Billoo, executive director of the San Francisco chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations, speaks outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, April 2018. (Lorie Shaull/Flickr)
December 12, 2021, 6:05 pm
Prominent Bay Area Muslim leader warns about ‘polite Zionists’
Conference comments draw rebukes from Jewish groups
By Gabe Stutman
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