(South Plainfield, NJ 07/08/2019) – The New Jersey Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations  (CAIR-NJ), the state’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, announced today its opposition to the falsely titled “Prohibits anti-Semitism in public schools and institutions of higher education.,” [S. 4001] which incorrectly conflates legitimate First Amendment protected discussion on American campuses about Israel’s human rights abuses against Palestinians with the vile bigotry of anti-Semitism.

Read More “CAIR-NJ Action Alert: Tell NJ State Senate That Campus Opposition to Israel’s Human Rights Abuses Is Not Anti-Semitic”

In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful

From the signatories of the New Jersey Muslim community,

We stand in love and solidarity with the friends, families, and communities of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Yassin Mohammed, Ahmed Arbery, Steven Taylor, and every Black person who has been murdered by law enforcement.

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(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 8/7/2019) — The New Jersey chapter for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today called on that state’s Governor Phil Murphy to cancel his planned economic mission trip to India in September in consideration of the plight of the millions of people now under siege in the Kashmir valley at the hands of the Indian government.

Read More “CAIR-NJ Action Alert: CAIR Asks NJ Governor Phil Murphy to Cancel Trip to India Over Kashmir Crisis”

(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 5/22/2019) — The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today asked New Jersey residents to stand up for free speech and call on the Highland Park Public Library to immediately reinstate the planned “P is for Palestine: A Palestine ABC Book” event with author Dr. Golbarg Bashi.

Read More “CAIR-NJ Action Alert: Stand Up for Free Speech, Demand Reinstatement of ‘P is for Palestine’ Event at Highland Park, NJ, Public Library”

(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – 11/27/18) – THE NEW JERSEY CHAPTER OF THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS (CAIR-NJ) IS CALLING ON THE NEW JERSEY MUSLIM COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE ASSEMBLY BILL A4743 AND THE SENATE BILL S3229, WHICH GIVE ALL-NEW JERSEYANS ACCESS TO A DRIVER’S LICENSE REGARDLESS OF THEIR CITIZENSHIP STATUS. 

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(South Plainfield, 8/3/2017) – The New Jersey Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, today called on all citizens of New Jersey who value the Constitution to contact their elected representatives in Congress to urge them to oppose the “Israel Anti-Boycott Act.”

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Dear community members and friends,

On Friday evening President Donald Trump signed Executive Orders targeting visas issued to Muslims from certain countries and refugees.

Read More “Important information about the ‘Muslim Ban’”

Thank you for taking the initiative to learn more about this critical campaign. Since the beginning of 2016, our community is experiencing a significant increase in religious-based discrimination, hate crimes and bullying in schools. Since the elections, the attacks on our community have increased many fold. CAIR, nationwide has been overwhelmed, dealing with hundreds of cases. In New Jersey alone, CAIR-NJ has received more incidents in the last 4 weeks than in the previous 4 months.

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