advocacy
Council on American-Islamic Relations
CAIR is an American Muslim civil rights and advocacy group founded in June 1994 and headquartered on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
The record
- Founded
- 1994-06
- Headquarters
- Washington, D.C.
- State/foreign terrorist designations
- The United Arab Emirates, Texas, and Florida have designated CAIR as a terrorist organization. Council on American–Islamic Relations: Wikipedia
- Holy Land Foundation case
- In 2007, federal prosecutors named CAIR, along with 245 others, as an unindicted co-conspirator or joint venturer in a Hamas funding case involving the Holy Land Foundation; CAIR was never charged with any crime. Council on American–Islamic Relations: Wikipedia
- FBI relationship
- In 2008 the FBI discontinued its long-standing relationship with CAIR outside of criminal investigations, following the Holy Land Foundation convictions. Council on American–Islamic Relations: Wikipedia
- Founding context
- CAIR's founding in 1994 was partly in response to the film True Lies, which Arab and Muslim groups condemned for stereotyping Arab and Muslim villains. Council on American–Islamic Relations: Wikipedia
People
- Omar Ahmad, Chairman Emeritus (2007–2007) Council on American–Islamic Relations: Wikipedia
In our reporting
Sources: en.wikipedia.org