(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/29/05) - CAIR is urging American Muslims and other people of conscience to continue voicing opposition to the unsupervised domestic surveillance powers contained in the USA Patriot Act. A House-Senate compromise renewing the Patriot Act was derailed just before Thanksgiving. The renewal process will be concluded within the next few weeks. Sixteen provisions of the Patriot Act are due to expire at the end of December.

"Awarding of the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Muhammad Ali gratuitously celebrated a man profoundly opposed to Mr. Bush's own, his party's, and the country's principles. It represents, I submit, the nadir of his presidency."

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The norm, however, is how the majority of prisoners at Guantanamo have been treated. We give them three meals a day, superior medical care, and provision to pray five times a day.

(SPRINGFIELD, Ill., 11/18/05) - At the same time that Congressman Mark Kirk stays defiant on explaining or apologizing to his constituents over the bigoted comments he made about the Arab and Muslim communities, strong deference to the many adherents to the Muslim faith in Illinois is being paid by State Senator Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) who recently introduced a measure to recognize October as the holy month of Ramadan in Illinois.

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/17/2005) – CAIR today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to contact their elected representatives and urge them to vote against the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Report.

Senate Judiciary Subject Matter Hearing on Racial Profiling and Other Related Issues

(CHICAGO, 11/11/05) - The following is the latest update on the controversy generated by Congressman Mark Kirk’s recent public comments sanctioning discrimination against Young Arab males from “terrorist-producing countries.”

(CHICAGO, 11/08/05) - CAIR-Chicago is seeking to meet with US Congressman Mark Kirk (R-Illinois) to demand a retraction and an apology for recent remarks in which he publicly called for discrimination against young Arab males.

(CHICAGO, 11/02/05) - As a joint effort with the Arab American Action Network (AAAN), CAIR-Chicago is asking individuals who passed a citizenship examination and have been waiting for over 90 days, or have been waiting for a Green Card for permanent residence for over 90 days, to contact us at either civilrights@cairchicago.org, or mennakhalil@gmail.com.

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/31/05) - A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today asked Muslim communities nationwide to take advantage of the upcoming holiday marking the end of Ramadan to collect funds for earthquake relief in South Asia.

On the October 27 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly called the idea of closing public schools for the observance of Muslim holidays "absurd in a Judeo-Christian country."

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/28/05) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on all people of conscience to contact their elected representatives and urge them to oppose Vice President Cheney’s proposal to exempt CIA employees from a proposed congressional ban on torture of prisoners in U.S. custody.

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/26/05) - "CAIR is calling on Islamic centers, mosques and Muslim organizations nationwide to do their part in supporting its important civil rights and advocacy work by raising at least $1,000 for the "$1 MILLION FOR ISLAM IN RAMADAN" annual fundraising drive. (Scholars say CAIR is able to receive Zakat.)

Stamps marking the Islamic Eid holidays are available from the United States Postal Service. To order Eid stamps, go to: http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/display_products/productDetail.jsp?OID=2689760.

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/12/05) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today urged American Muslims and other people of conscience to call their elected representatives, including President Bush, to ask that the U.S. government provide more aid for areas traumatized by the South Asia earthquake.

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/9/05) - CAIR today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to help the victims of yesterday’s massive earthquake in South Asia.

(CHICAGO, 10/07/2005) - As part of a potential class action law suit, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and CAIR-Chicago is asking anyone who has been detained and questioned on return to the US at any border crossing (land or airport) to please contact