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Joint Statement by Muslim Organizations Supporting Students’ Rights to Free Speech
Photo Credit: Sofia Dadap To the administrations at colleges and universities in Southern California, We are representatives of major Muslim organizations across Southern California representing … Read More
Joint Statement by Organizations Supporting Student’s Free Speech Rights
Photo Credit: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images We condemn the silencing of college students across California and the country, and we urge theprotection of First Amendment rights … Read More
CAIR-LA and MSA West Condemn Militarized Police Response to UCLA Anti-Genocide Student Encampment
Photo Credit: Jae C. Hong | AP Photo (LOS ANGELES, CA – 5/2/2024) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) and the … Read More
CAIR-LA Condemns Pro-Israel Mob’s Violent Attack on UCLA Anti-Genocide Student Encampment
Photo Credit: Trevor Jackson (LOS ANGELES, CA – 5/1/2024) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today strongly condemned violent attacks by a mob … Read More
Joint Statement by Muslim Organizations Supporting Students’ Rights to Free Speech
Photo Credit: Sofia Dadap To the administrations at colleges and universities in Southern California, We are representatives of major Muslim organizations across Southern California representing … Read More
Joint Statement by Organizations Supporting Student’s Free Speech Rights
Photo Credit: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images We condemn the silencing of college students across California and the country, and we urge theprotection of First Amendment rights … Read More
Political Activity Guidelines for Masajid
501(c)(3) organizations are, by definition, not allowed to “participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf … Read More
Know Your Rights: Protesting & Free Speech on College Campuses
Colleges across the county are attempting to suppress pro-Palestinian activism. Students on campuses are being subjected to harassment, doxxing, censorship, and arrests, as well as … Read More
CAIR-LA and MSA West Condemn Militarized Police Response to UCLA Anti-Genocide Student Encampment
Photo Credit: Jae C. Hong | AP Photo (LOS ANGELES, CA – 5/2/2024) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) and the … Read More
CAIR-LA Condemns Pro-Israel Mob’s Violent Attack on UCLA Anti-Genocide Student Encampment
Photo Credit: Trevor Jackson (LOS ANGELES, CA – 5/1/2024) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today strongly condemned violent attacks by a mob … Read More
700+ California Muslims Attend CAIR-CA’s 13th Annual Muslim Day at the Capitol
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 4/30/2024) – The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said over 700 Muslim community members, religious … Read More
CAIR-LA Demands UCLA Hate Crime Probe of Anti-Genocide Counter-Protesters, Demands University Protect Students at Solidarity Camp
(LOS ANGELES, CA – 4/29/2024) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) administration … Read More
CAIR-CA Welcomes President Biden’s Day-One Termination Of Muslim And African Bans, Other Executive Orders
The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) today welcomed President Joe Biden’s announced termination — on his first day in office — … Read More
CAIR-LA Calls for Hate Crime Investigation After Religious Leader Allegedly Assaulted, Called “Dirty Arab”
(LOS ANGELES, CA – 11/18/2020) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today decried an alleged hate crime … Read More
Officers Removed Woman’s Hijab Without Permission During Public Hearing About Police Shooting, Lawsuit Alleges
By Meghan Roos, Newsweek A lawsuit filed against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) alleges officers handcuffed and forcibly removed a woman’s hijab while she … 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 tools … Learn More
Civic Engagement
Through various programs, CAIR facilitates opportunities to engage with government bodies, to influence public policy by meeting with elected officials and to advocate for legislation that aims … Learn More
Legal Services
Civil rights advocacy remains at the center of CAIR-LA’s work. CAIR has served more than 25,000 victims of discrimination since its founding. Our California offices … Learn More
Our Campaigns
Muslim Community Action Network (MCAN)
Sign up to be a member of MCAN’s first Organizing Leadership Cohort! What is MCAN? MCAN stands for Muslim Community Action Network—a network of teams … Learn More
Demand UCI Administration Respect and Protect Its Peaceful Student Protesters
On Monday, April 29, University of California, Irvine (UCI) students, workers, and community members launched a Gaza Solidarity Encampment on the university’s campus as part of … Learn More
Demand Accountability From Orange County Supervisors Responsible for Islamophobic Statements Regarding Israel and Palestine
Chairman Donald Wagner, Vice Chairman Andrew Do, and Supervisor Katrina Foley Recently Released a Statement Implying Islam and Muslims Are To Blame for the Ongoing … Learn More
Urge Governor Newsom to Ensure K-12 Time Off for Religious Holidays
Students Who Are Religious Minorities Should Have the Right To Celebrate Their Holidays Without Penalties 56% of Muslim students reported feeling unsafe in schools, according … Learn More
Support SAUSD as it Rejects Attempts to Censor Palestine from Ethnic Studies Curriculum
Despite immense pressure from Zionist groups to erase Palestine from its ethnic studies curriculum, SAUSD decided on May 23 to maintain the curriculum’s inclusion of … Learn More
Emergency Funds for Black Asylum Seekers
Xenophobic and anti-Black U.S. immigration policies have caused increased waves of migration at the U.S. Southern border. Once these migrants enter the U.S., Immigration and … Learn More
Urge the U.S. House of Representatives to Designate India as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’
After the re-election of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in May 2019, the religious freedoms of ethnic and religious minorities in India, which includes Muslims, … Learn More
Tell the North Orange County Community College District To Stop Silencing Pro-Palestinian Activism
On May 11, 2022, Israeli occupation forces deliberately shot Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the head while she was on assignment in the West … Learn More
Urge Santa Ana College To End Islamophobic Rhetoric in Class
Adjunct Professor Jamie McDonough, currently teaching at Santa Ana College, was recorded during her lecture making derogatory and biased comments about the roles of men and … Learn More
Center for the Prevention of Hate and Bullying
On Wednesday, Nov. 3, CAIR-LA, along with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several leaders within the Muslim community, hosted a community meeting and press conference … Learn More
