CAIR-Georgia Strongly Condemns Anti-Black, Anti-Semitic, Islamophobic Remarks by GOP Candidate Marjorie Greene
(ATLANTA, GA, 6/19/20) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today strongly condemned the anti-Black, anti-Semitic and Islamophobic remarks made by GOP congressional candidate Marjorie Greene and called on her to issue a public apology. CAIR-Georgia also called on the Georgia Republican […]
CAIR-Georgia Welcomes Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard’s Charges Against Former Atlanta Police Department Officer Garrett Rolfe and Officer Devin Brosnan
(ATLANTA, GA – 6/17/2020) — The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), part of our nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the charges against the former Atlanta Police Department Officers Garrett Rolfe and Devin Brosnan. Garrett Rolfe is facing 11 charges including felony murder and aggravated assault with […]
CAIR-Georgia Calls for Immediate Arrest of Atlanta Officer Who Killed Rayshard Brooks, ‘Radical Policy Changes’ at APD
(ATLANTA, GA – 6/14/2020) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today joined the Georgia NAACP and other civil rights organizations in calling on the City of Atlanta to respond to the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks by pursuing major changes in policy, not just changes in personnel. CAIR-Georgia is […]
Georgia Muslim Community Stands in Solidarity with Our Black Brothers & Sisters of All Faiths and Backgrounds
(ATLANTA, GA, 6/4/2020) – In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise and thanks belong to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. May peace, prayers, and blessings be upon Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his companions. The Georgia Muslim community unites today to express love for, solidarity with, and commitment to […]
Georgia Muslim Community Stands in Solidarity with Our Black Brothers & Sisters of All Faiths and Backgrounds
(ATLANTA, GA, 6/4/2020) – In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise and thanks belong to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. May peace, prayers, and blessings be upon Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his companions. The Georgia Muslim community unites today to express love for, solidarity with, and commitment to […]
CAIR-Georgia Welcomes GBI Probe, Shares New Details After Police Shooting of Sudanese-American Muslim
(ATLANTA, GA, 5/18/2020) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today welcomed the initiation of what is hoped to be a “swift, thorough, and transparent investigation” into the police shooting of Yassin Mohamed. The 47-year-old Sudanese-American Muslim man was shot and killed on May 9 by an Evans County sheriff’s deputy who […]
CAIR-Georgia Welcomes Arrests in Murder of Ahmaud Arbery, Calls for Resignation of Officials Involved in Earlier Investigations
(ATLANTA, GA, 5/8/2020) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s arrests of Gregory and Travis McMichael for the alleged murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and called for the officials involved in the original investigation of the […]
CAIR-Georgia Joins Call for Immediate Arrest of Suspects in ‘Modern-Day Lynching’ of Ahmaud Arbery
(ATLANTA, GA, 5/7/2020) – The Georgia office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined a nationwide call for the immediate arrest of the two men who allegedly shot unarmed jogger Ahmaud Arbery. CAIR-Georgia also called District Attorney Tom Durden’s decision to convene a grand […]
Meet Our Executive Director: Abdullah Jaber
Abdullah Jaber Executive Director Council on American-Islamic Relations Georgia Chapter Abdullah Jaber is a community activist, educator, and former imam who has served as executive director of the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations since March 2020. Before joining CAIR-Georgia, Director Jaber served as resident scholar and imam at Masjid Omar, one of […]
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BECOME A CHAMPION OF JUSTICE Stand against Islamophobia, bigotry, and discriminatory policies, and more. You can help us continue to advocate, defend, and empower our community, especially the most vulnerable amongst us. Donate Now (CAIR-GA is Zakat eligible) “O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah….” (4:135) The Messenger […]