Video: CAIR Georgia Delivers Remarks, Talks Islam, With Rotary Clubs Across Atlanta
(ATLANTA, GA – 8/31/2017) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Relations today thanked Rotary Clubs across the Metro-Atlanta area for inviting CAIR Georgia to deliver remarks at their weekly meetings over the course of the summer. Since June, CAIR Georgia executive director Edward Ahmed Mitchell has met with six Rotary Clubs to explain who […]
Civil Rights Groups Call on Lawmakers to Act After Rep. Spencer’s Threatening Remarks
(ATLANTA, GA, 8/31/17) — A coalition of Georgia civil rights organizations and activists today called on the leaders of the state legislature to publicly condemn Rep. Jason Spencer’s August 29 threat of racial violence against an African-American leader, demand that he apologize for his remarks, and pledge to remove him from the Game, Fish & Parks […]
CAIR Georgia Meets With Atlanta Mayoral Candidates To Discuss Civil Rights, Other Issues
ATLANTA, GA – 8/28/17) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today thanked Atlanta’s mayoral candidates for meeting with Atlanta Muslim leaders to discuss issues of importance to the community. CAIR Georgia has also delivered an issue-based questionnaire to each candidate, as well as an invitation to visit the city’s largest Muslim houses […]
CAIR-GA Thanks Congressmen Who Blocked Anti-Muslim House Bill
(ATLANTA, GA – 7/14/2017) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today thanked the members of Georgia’s U.S. House delegation who voted against an anti-Muslim bill proposed by Rep. Trent Franks. In a narrow vote of 208 “Yes” to 217 “No,” 27 Republicans and 190 Democrats voted against the amendment with no Democrats voting […]
CAIR Georgia Hires Murtaza Khwaja, Alum of GSU & Emory, To Serve As Staff Attorney
(ATLANTA, GA – 8/1/17) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today announced that it has hired Murtaza Khwaja to serve as its new Staff Attorney starting August 1st. As part of CAIR Georgia’s legal team, Khwaja works to investigate incidents of anti-Muslim discrimination, educate Georgia Muslims about their legal rights, and counter […]
Atlanta Jewish, Christian & Muslim Activists Host Interfaith Prayer Rally for Palestinian Freedom Outside Israeli Consulate
ATLANTA, GA – 7/28/17) Over twenty local organizations representing members of Georgia’s Jewish, Christian, Muslim and activist communities united on Friday, July 28th, for an interfaith prayer and rally outside Atlanta’s Israeli consulate. “As people of faith and civil rights activists, we feel a special obligation to call for religious freedom in Jerusalem, a city holy to every Abrahamic faith,” said […]
Video: CAIR-GA Warns Mosques, Calls for Arrest of Rightwing Extremist Threatening Violence
(ATLANTA, GA – 7/17/17) — The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today called on mosques in Georgia and around the country to alert law enforcement authorities if they receive threatening phone calls from a man who has repeatedly threatened to attack a Georgia mosque. In the weeks since June 22, an […]
Video: CAIR-GA Joins Coalition of Attorneys Countering Muslim Ban at Atlanta Airport
(ATLANTA, GA, 06/29/17) Starting on Thursday, June 29, a coalition of Georgia law firms and civil rights organizations plan to assist travelers who may be impacted by President Trump’s “Muslim Ban,” parts of which are scheduled to take effect at 8 pm EST at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Video 1: CAIR Georgia Talks Muslim […]
CAIR-GA Encourages Mosques To Continue Hosting Interfaith Dinners After Ramadan
(ATLANTA, GA – 6/24/17) The Georgia chapter of the Council-American Islamic Relations today encouraged the Georgia Muslim community to continue hosting interfaith open houses and dinners, even after the month of Ramadan. During the holy month, CAIR Georgia delivered its Islam 101 presentation at interfaith dinners hosted by the Islamic Society of Stockbridge and the […]
CAIR Georgia Issues Travel Alert As Supreme Court Considers Reinstating ‘Muslim Ban’
(ATLANTA, GA – 6/22/17) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today issued a travel alert in response to the Supreme Court’s expected decision regarding the freeze on President Trump’s “Muslim Ban.” Over the next few weeks, the United States Supreme Court could make its first critical decisions about President Trump’s Muslim Ban, […]