CAIR Georgia Thanks South Carolina Jail for Protecting Constitutional Rights of Muslim Detainee Wearing a Hijab
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/5/2019) – The Georgia chapter and national office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today commended the J. Reuben Long Detention Center and Horry County Sheriff’s Department in South Carolina for taking corrective action to address civil rights violations committed by correctional staff against a Muslim American woman who was detained at the facility. […]
Atlanta Town Hall Exposes Brutality and Bigotry in GILEE, Georgia’s Islamophobic Police Exchange with Israel
(ATLANTA, GA – 9/23/2019) Over one hundred students, activists, and community members attended “Atlanta Out of GILEE,” a town hall at the Atlanta University Center regarding the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE), an Islamophobic police exchange program that arranges for Georgia law enforcement officials to engage in training with the Israeli government and other […]
Georgia Civil Rights Groups Support Ethics Complaint Filed After Rep. Lucy McBath & Others Take AIPAC’S Free Trip To Israel
(ATLANTA, GA – 8/15/2019) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), Jewish Voice for Peace Atlanta, and Project South today expressed support for a federal ethics complaint filed with Congress after Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath and other members of Congress joined an all-expense-paid trip to Israel sponsored by an arm of the American Israel Public […]
CAIR Georgia and Columbus Muslims Condemn White Nationalist Hate Against Local Synagogue
(COLUMBUS, GA – 8/2/19) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today joined Masjid Al Jannah and the Muslim community of Columbus, Ga., in condemning an act of anti-Semitic bigotry targeting a local synagogue. According to the Columbus Police Department, two unidentified men wearing red baseball caps plastered eight signs promoting “PatriotFront.U.S.” on Temple Israel’s property on July […]
CAIR-Georgia Warns Muslims Statewide After Far-Right Hate Groups Target Savannah Mosques
(ATLANTA, GA – 7/24/2019) — The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today warned mosques across the state that anti-Muslim hate groups have launched a campaign to enter, spy on, and endanger Islamic houses of worship in Georgia, starting with three mosques in Savannah. On June 28, 2019, the Islamic Center of Savannah hosted a community event guarded by […]
CAIR-Georgia Applauds Congressman John Lewis For Joining Reps. Omar and Tlaib in Affirming the Constitutional Right To Boycott
(ATLANTA, GA – 7/19/2019) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded civil rights legend and Congressman John Lewis for joining Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib in the introduction of House Resolution 496, which reaffirms every American’s constitutional right to engage in political boycotts. “We thank Congressman […]
CAIR-Georgia Welcomes Guilty Pleas From Racist Who Attacked, Strangled Muslim Woman With Her Own Islamic Clothing Last Year
(ATLANTA, GA – 7/17/2019) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today welcomed news that Rick Painter, a racist who attacked a Muslim woman last year, pleaded guilty to felony false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery just hours before he was scheduled to face trial. Painter was first arrested by the Atlanta Police Department on May 5, […]
CAIR-Georgia & Save Uighur Campaign Call on Coca-Cola Company To Cut Business Ties With China’s Muslim Concentration Camps
(ATLANTA, GA, 7/17/19) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) and the Save Uighur Campaign today called on the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company to suspend its business operations in China in response to the Communist Party’s ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing against Uighur Muslims. In a letter sent to Coca-Cola on June 27th, CAIR-Georgia […]
CAIR Georgia Presents at Ebenzer Baptist Church’s ‘Ending Mass Incarceration’ Conference in Atlanta
(ATLANTA, GA – 6/18/2019) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today presented at Ebenzer Baptist Church’s ‘Ending Mass Incarceration’ conference in Atlanta. During the June 18th presentation, CAIR Georgia discussed the unique impact of mass incarceration on the American Muslim community. SEE: Facebook […]
Ending Mass Incarceration: CAIR Georgia Encourages People of All Faiths To Join Conference at Ebenezer Baptist Church
(ATLANTA, GA – 6/13/2019) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today encouraged people of all faiths and backgrounds to join “Ending Mass Incarceration: Let My People Go,” an interfaith conference scheduled for June 17-19 at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, the historic church of Rev. Dr. […]