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CAIR IN THE NEWS

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CAIR-CA Rep. Says Troops Need to Come Home from Afghanistan

Mar 12, 2012 - CAIR-CA Rep. responds to recent murders in Afghanistan. full details...

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Japanese Internment Lessons Forgotten Since 9/11

Mar 01, 2012 - Last month, thousands of people came together across the country to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Executive Order 9066. As an American Muslim, I was raised to love this country that my parents immigrated to in search of better opportunities. At the same time, I was raised to understand the very grave mistakes our nation has made. One of those mistakes, which remains a dark stain on our tradition of upholding civil liberties, is EO 9066. For those of us who weren't alive during World War II, it's impossible to fully understand what it meant to arrest and indefinitely imprison thousands of Japanese-Americans for no other reason than their ethnic background. full details...

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SFPD’s work with FBI unit may get more scrutiny

Jan 24, 2012 - San Francisco police who work with a federal counterterrorism unit would be subjected to increased civilian scrutiny to help avoid racial, ethnic and religious profiling under legislation proposed Tuesday by Supervisor Jane Kim. full details...

ACTION CENTER

Thank Calif. Senator Ted Lieu for Challenging Bigotry

The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today called on all people of conscience to thank California State Senator Ted Lieu for taking a principled stance against bigotry. full details...

Request a “Know Your Rights” Seminar

If you don't know your rights, you don't have them. full details...