CAIR-Georgia Denounces Representative Michael Collins’ Inhumane, Racist And Dehumanizing Statement About Palestinians; Demands An Apology
Photo source: About | Representative Collins (house.gov) On February 7, 2024, Georgia District 10 House Representative Michael Collins, was recorded in video conversation with a Palestinian-American woman, stating that “as an American” he was not offended by Israel’s genocidal killing of Palestinians in Gaza. VIEW VIDEO Representative Collins’ racism and dehumanization of a whole people […]
CAIR-Georgia Files Civil Rights Complaint Against J.A. Dobbins Middle School for Discriminatory Treatment of Palestinian-American Student
Photo source: Dobbins Middle / Homepage (paulding.k12.ga.us) CAIR-Georgia Files Civil Rights Complaint Against J.A. Dobbins Middle School for Discriminatory Treatment of Palestinian-American Student (ATLANTA, GA, 2/7/2024) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today filed a Title VI civil rights complaint against J.A. Dobbins Middle School for discriminatory and unfair treatment of a […]
CAIR-GA, Palestine Legal, Community and Civil Rights Groups Demand Emory University Protect Palestinian, Muslim and Arab Students from Harassment
(ATLANTA, GA, 1/24/24) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), Palestine Legal and other community and civil rights organizations today sent Emory University a letter to express concern about the University’s failure to protect Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim students targeted by racist, xenophobic, anti-Palestinian, and anti-Muslim harassment and doxing attacks. They […]
CAIR-GA, Concerned Black Clergy of Georgia, Georgia Black Faith Leaders Call for Gaza Ceasefire
(ATLANTA, GA, 1/17/2024) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), Concerned Black Clergy of Georgia and Georgia Black Faith Leaders today held a press conference outside Ebenezer Church to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and the West Bank. WATCH HERE: https://fb.watch/pDDTHpcuyQ/ CAIR-Georgia Executive Director opened the press conference followed by other faith leaders and Palestinian Americans […]
CAIR-Georgia, Family of Student Threatened with ‘Beheading’ Call on County BOE to Change Policy, Sheriff’s Office to Ensure Community Safety
(Atlanta, Georgia 1/2/2024) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) and the family of a Warner Robins Middle School student who was allegedly threatened with beheading by a teacher over an Israeli flag dispute are calling on the Houston County Board of Education to change communication policy to safeguard families, and for […]
CAIR-GA Action Alert: Urge Georgia Legislators to Stop Theft of Land, Take Notice of Public Corruption on Sapelo Island
(ATLANTA, GA, 6/15/2023) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) is calling on all Georgians to urge their representatives to take notice of and stop public corruption and theft of land on Sapelo Island. [MEDIA ADVISORY: This July, CAIR-Georgia is working with Sapelo Island Geechee descendants to bring Georgia […]
CAIR-Georgia Condemns Antisemitic Pamphlets Found Across Georgia
(ATLANTA, GA, 2/6/2023): The Georgia chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today condemned antisemitic pamphlets found in the driveways of many homes in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody in the metro Atlanta area. SEE: Atlanta area residents report finding antisemitic flyers in driveways | CNN The pamphlets match the hundreds of antisemitic flyers that were […]
CAIR-Georgia Congratulates Chief Judge Fatima El-Amin Appointed to DeKalb County Superior Court
(ATLANTA, GA, 1/11/2023) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA) today congratulated the Honorable Judge Fatima A. El-Amin for her appointment as the next Chief Judge of the DeKalb County Juvenile Court, effective January 1, 2023. According to the DeKalb Juvenile Court website, Chief Judge Fatima A. El-Amin is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. Judge […]
CAIR-GA Welcomes Guilty Plea in Hate Crime Shootings Targeting Black, Arab Americans
(ATLANTA, GA, 12/19/2022) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a guilty plea by the perpetrator of two hate crime shootings targeting Black and Arab Americans. Larry Edward Foxworth, 48, last week pleaded guilty in federal court to hate crime charges […]
CAIR-Georgia Congratulates Muslims Elected in Historic Midterm 2022 Races
(ATLANTA, GA, 11/09/2022): Today, the Georgia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations congratulated four Muslim candidates who won their races in the 2022 midterm elections on November 8, 2022. Two Muslim women won historic races in the state of Georgia in the 2022 midterm elections. Nabilah Islam won in State Senate District 7, making […]