CAIR

US House refers CAIR's California branch to IRS, citing concerns over misuse of taxpayer dollars

According to the House referral, CAIR-CA may have improperly used millions in federal funds, provided misleading information to the IRS, and materially supported unlawful conduct.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Roula Allouch (L), chair of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and Rabiah Ahmed (C) of the Muslim Public Affairs Council listen to Nihad Awad (R), executive director and founder of CAIR, speak during a news conference with American Muslim leaders to discuss "growing Islamophobia" at t
Pro-Palestinian students demonstrate at University College London, May 15, 2024.

Half of US states file brief against AMP, NSJP for providing material support to Hamas on October 7

This brief has been filed in support of a group of survivors of Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack, family members of those murdered by Hamas, civilians under fire from Hamas’s terror, and others.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attends the executive order signing ceremony to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

A-G Ken Paxton moves to defend Texas’s designation of CAIR as a terrorist organization

"Radical Islamist terrorist groups are anti-American, and the infiltration of these dangerous individuals into Texas must be stopped," said Texas A-G regarding terrorist org. CAIR.

|ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF
Hiba Rahim, interim executive director of CAIR-Florida, speaks during a press conference in response to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations as a “foreign terror organization,” earlier this month.

Manufacturing extremism in the West: the Muslim Brotherhood’s long game - opinion

From Europe to America, the Muslim Brotherhood exploits legal freedoms to construct influence networks.

|BySALEM ALKETBI

CAIR official takes sabbatical after Zionist Islamophobia speech outrage

CAIR San Francisco executive-director Zahra Billoo has gone on sabbatical after strain at work, but detractors argue she is taking a leave of absence related to her recent speech.

DECEMBER 22, 2021ByMICHAEL STARR
Zahra Billoo, Executive Director, Council on American Islamic Relations (San Francisco) addresses the audience during a panel discussion titled 'Dismantling All Forms Of Oppression' during the three-day Women's Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., October 28, 2017

Letters to the editor December 15, 2021: I don't separate myself

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

DECEMBER 14, 2021ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

CAIR supports member that said 'Zionist synagogues' behind Islamophobia

Zahra Billoo claimed Zionist organizations were behind Islamophobia, police brutality, and border control.

DECEMBER 12, 2021ByMICHAEL STARR
Zahra Billoo, Executive Director, Council on American Islamic Relations (San Francisco) addresses the audience during a panel discussion titled 'Dismantling All Forms Of Oppression' during the three-day Women's Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., October 28, 2017

Zionists are behind Islamophobia, US police brutality - CAIR official

Billoo claimed Zionist organizations were behind Islamophobia, police brutality, and border control.

DECEMBER 6, 2021ByMICHAEL STARR
Zahra Billoo, Executive Director, Council on American Islamic Relations (San Francisco) addresses the audience during a panel discussion titled 'Dismantling All Forms Of Oppression' during the three-day Women's Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., October 28, 2017

Thousands call for congressmen to withdraw support for 'antisemitic' CAIR

Over 9,000 Americans have signed a petition calling on 120 members who recently wrote letters of support to CAIR to renounce their backing, arguing that they cannot also be against racism.

JANUARY 30, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
Rep. Ilhan Omar has made wearing a headscarf seem fashionable, chic and powerful.

Warren, Klobuchar, Omar support advocacy group with possible terror ties

The Council on American Islamic Relations celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2019, publishing a gala program which included full copies of the letters

JANUARY 21, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Minnesota, speaks at a rally ahead of a visit by President Trump in Burnsville, Minnesota, U.S. April 15, 2019

Muslim civil rights group ‘appalled’ by John Bolton’s interim replacement

“While we welcome the resignation of John Bolton, who has a long track record of promoting anti-Muslim policies and associating with hate groups, we cannot simply replace one Islamophobe with another

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Student watches the Republican presidential debate at the CAIR office (REUTERS/Jason Redmond)

U.S. Census Bureau partners with controversial Muslim group - report

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced the partnership on Wednesday.

AUGUST 30, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Student watches the Republican presidential debate at the CAIR office (REUTERS/Jason Redmond)

Pennsylvania officials attend events with anti-Israel CAIR representatives

JUNE 29, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US Senator Bob Casey

CAIR report claims Jewish funders supporting 'Islamophobia Network'

The report, “Hijacked by Hate,” claims that more than 1,096 mainstream foundations funded 39 groups in what it calls the “Islamophobia Network” between 2014 and 2016.

MAY 27, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) shares a fist bump with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)