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Santa Clara County DA Dismisses Cases Involving Officers Who Posted Racist Facebook Messages
“I wear a head scarf,” said Zahra Billoo of the Council on American Islamic Relations. “I think twice about calling the police. In fact, I … Read More
CAIR-SFBA Expresses Solidarity with Jewish and Azerbaijani Communities After Hate Vandalism
The Council on American-Islamic Relations San Francisco Bay Area office (CAIR-SFBA) today expresses solidarity with the Jewish community following neo-Nazi vandalism targeting Oakland’s Temple Sinai and the Azerbaijani … Read More
2020 Legislative Agenda Update
Dear Community Members and Friends, This was a challenging legislative cycle. The COVID-19 Pandemic hit after much of our work had begun and caused both our elected … Read More
From the Civil Rights Desk
As’Salaamu Alaikum, During the month of September, CAIR-SFBA’s legal team including attorneys and law clerks continued assisting clients through consultations and direct legal services for issues including but not limited to: immigration application fee increases, unemployment insurance assistance, and … Read More
Santa Clara County DA Dismisses Cases Involving Officers Who Posted Racist Facebook Messages
“I wear a head scarf,” said Zahra Billoo of the Council on American Islamic Relations. “I think twice about calling the police. In fact, I … Read More
Rally in San Jose Draws Attention to Effort to Restore Affirmative Action
Zahra Billoo, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area Office, said the proposition would correct some wrongs of the past. … Read More
What We Do
Outreach & Education
CAIR seeks to educate American Muslims about their rights so that they may fully engage in all aspects of civic life. CAIR also works with … Learn More
Youth Empowerment
CAIR has always believed that in order to secure a brighter future for our communities, investments must be made in providing our youth with the … Learn More
Advocacy
Raise Our Voices: Monthly Calls to Action Watch September Call to Action View slides Watch August Call to Action Watch July Call to Action BECOME … Learn More
Legal Services
Civil rights advocacy remains at the center of CAIR’s work. CAIR has served more than 25,000 victims of discrimination since its founding. Our California offices … Learn More
Our Campaigns
Protecting Muslim Youth
As part of our work to empower and engage young American Muslims, CAIR-CA offices set out on a statewide effort to better understand Muslim youth’s … Learn More
Stop TrumpIntelPro
TRUMPINTELPRO (Trump’s Intelligence Program) is named after COINTELPRO, the FBI’s covert and profoundly illegal Counter Intelligence Program. This program was used in the United States during the … Learn More
#NoMuslimBanEver
The #NoMuslimBanEver campaign is being organized and led by the following organizations, Asian Americans Advancing Justice –Asian Law Caucus, Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)’s San … Learn More
Immigrants’ Rights Program
For more than 20 years, CAIR-SFBA has provided civil rights legal services to individuals facing discrimination because of their Muslim identity. Now CAIR-SFBA is expanding … Learn More
