Action Alert: Support Congressional Resolution Condemning Anti-Muslim Bigotry
Join the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, in thanking your congressman for co-sponsoring House Resolution 569, … Read More
Los Angeles Based Civil Rights Groups to Provide AMEMSA Communities with Free Legal Services
(LOS ANGELES, CA. – 12/23/2015) – During this time of heightened intolerance and hate incidents, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles (Advancing Justice – LA), … Read More
LA Based Civil Rights Groups to provide Muslim, Middle Eastern and South Asian Communities with Free Legal Services
WHAT: A press conference announcing a newly formed united effort on the part of a number of Los Angeles‐based civil rights groups to provide legal assistance to Muslim, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Communities. This effort is being organized in recognition of the renewed targeting of Muslims by law enforcement agencies and the increase in violent attacks on those perceived to be Muslim and their places of worship, in the wake of the tragic events in San Bernardino, as well as those in Paris and elsewhere. WHO: The National Lawyers Guild; The Council on American-Islamic Relations of the Greater Los Angeles office (CAIR-LA); American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California … Read More
CAIR Report: Number of Incidents Targeting U.S. Mosque in 2015 Highest Ever Recorded
More mosque incidents were recorded in 2015 than in any year since we started keeping this tally. 2015 accounted for the most ever cases in … Read More
CAIR-LA Welcomes Arrest of Suspects Involved in Hate Crimes; Cautions Community Vigilance
(Anaheim, CA. – 12/16/2015) – Today the Council on American-Islamic Relations of the Greater Los Angeles Area (CAIR-LA) welcomed the arrest of suspects allegedly involved in … Read More
Custody Hearing for San Bernardino Suspects’ Surviving Daughter
(Anaheim, CA 12/7/15) Early this morning, Saira Khan and her mother attended an initial hearing relating to the custody of her six-month-old niece, the surviving child … Read More
BREAKING NEWS: CAIR-LA Asks FBI to Probe Bullet-Riddled Copy of the Quran Left at Islamic Store as Hate Crime
(ANAHEIM, CA, 12/2/15) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called on the FBI to investigate as a hate … Read More
#Giving Tuesday for Civil Rights
The new annual tradition for this time of the year – more important than Black Friday and CyberMonday – is happening today. It is #GivingTuesday today, a global day … Read More
CAIR-LA Seeks Probe of Anti-Muslim Post by Instagram User Shown in LAPD Uniform
(ANAHEIM, CA, 11/20/15) – The Greater Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called for an investigation of an anti-Islam post … Read More
Good News: School District Bans Depictions of Religious Figures in Class Assignments
CAIR-LA Welcomes School District's Ban of Depictions of Religious Figures in Class Assignments (ANAHEIM, CA, 11/06/15) – The Greater Los Angeles office of the Council … Read More