CAIR-GEORGIA: GEORGIA MUSLIM GROUPS, HOUSES OF WORSHIP LAUNCH COALITION TO MAXIMIZE MUSLIM VOTER TURNOUT IN SENATE RUN-OFF
(ATLANTA, GA – 11/23/2020) – The Georgia chapter on the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), the Georgia Muslim Voter Project (GAMVP), IMAN Atlanta, and several Georgia mosques today announced the formation of Muslims for Georgia — a non-partisan coalition dedicated to maximizing turnout among the state’s registered Muslim voters in the upcoming Senate run-off election […]
CAIR-Georgia Calls on Senate Leadership Fund to Pull, Apologize for Islamophobic Campaign Mailer
(ATLANTA, GA, 9/17/2020) — The Georgia office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today condemned an inflammatory and Islamophobic campaign mailer circulated to Georgia voters by the Senate Leadership Fund and called on the Senate Leadership Fund to pull it from distribution and apologize for its offensive content. The mailer, which displays an image […]
CAIR-Georgia Decries Judge’s Release of Suspected Murderer of Georgia Muslim Man in Augusta, Demands Justice for Ahmad Popal
(AUGUSTA, GA, 7/06/2020) – Today, the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) will co-host a news conference with CSRA Street Justice, National Action Network, and community advocates and members in Augusta, Ga., to condemn Judge Daniel Craig’s release of Terrence Cumber, despite the District Attorney’s Office’s recommendation that bond be denied. Cumber […]
CAIR-Georgia Calls for Transformation of Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial into a More Unifying Symbol for All Americans
(ATLANTA, GA – 7/1/2020) — The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today joined the multitude of Georgian voices calling on state and local officials to transform the Confederate Memorial Carving at Stone Mountain Park. This comes in the midst of a nationwide movement to remove other such memorials and monuments glorifying […]
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 […]