‘I don’t have to keep worrying’: California DACA recipients celebrate Supreme Court ruling
Kalin Kipling-Mojaddedi, communications manager of the Sacramento office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, tapes signs on a car at Crocker Park in downtown Sacramento … Read More
A California city named for a Confederate general considers changing its name
“We can’t continue honoring and uplifting the names of those who were willing to tear this country apart to defend the scourge of slavery,” said … Read More
Statements of Support
Many local businesses and nonprofits have issued formal statements in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and some of the statements … Read More
Invisible, Undercounted & Disenfranchised
“We had a food bank event for the Middle Eastern and Muslim community in south Sacramento that attracted more than 2,000 families who came by … Read More
California’s MENA Populations & the 2020 Census
Basim Elkarra, CAIR, Sacramento, said he and his group’s partners are doing their best to remind people that they have a right to stand up … Read More
More than 2,000 cases of religion-based discrimination reported to CAIR-CA in 2019
Read the whole Indica News article here.
Op-ed: Recipe for Disaster – ‘Unmasking’ Yuba County Jail’s Response to COVID-19
By Rhonda Ríos Kravitz and Kalin Kipling-Mojaddedi As communities worldwide fight to contain a pandemic that has brought entire nations to a standstill, many detention … Read More
Ramadan Begins This Week — And Sacramento Muslims Are Coming Together Virtually
Basim Elkarra, the director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Sacramento, said there are some aspects of celebrating Ramadan that will be missed. “It’s … Read More
Video: CAIR-Sacramento Joins Ramadan Food Distribution Effort
Watch the Fox 40 video here.
Muslim worshipers prepare for virtual Ramadan after coronavirus moves services online
“One of the foundations of Islamic jurisprudence is the preservation of life, and that takes precedence over congregational prayer,” Basim Elkarra, executive director of the Council … Read More
