At 6:30 eastern there will be a story on Lester Holt about the two Egyptian girls who were beaten up Waterbury Public Schools and charged with a hate crime by Waterbury Police

12-year-old accused of hate crime after 2 Muslim students attacked at Connecticut school nbcnews.com/news/us-news/1… via @nbcnews

“A leader of the Council on American-Islamic Relations asked how Himes was going to hold the Israeli government responsible for using US tax dollars to kill 50,000 Gazans in the war.  Many in the audience applauded. “

These twin girls, recent immigrants from Egypt, were targeted simply for being Muslim and wearing hijab. No child should fear going to school because of their faith or background. CAIR-CT is in touch with the family and urge the school district to take real steps to

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“My niece survived a missile strike in Tehran. This is the fragility of life. We are so close to vanishing.” – Dr. Hossein Kamaly, Hartford We echo Dr. Kamaly’s plea: Israel should stop targeting civilians. Choose peace. #HumanityFirst courant.com/2025/06/18/con…

We condemn President Trump's illegal and unjustified act of war against Iran, which prioritizes the wishes of Benjamin Netanyahu over the American people and threatens to drag our nation into a wider war in the region. This attack, carried out under pressure from the

Our Afaf Nasher, Executive Director of CAIR New York, slams the Trump administrations weak response to the killing of Sayfollah Musallet. “That entire America First line… that’s all for the campaign trail and for Hollywood. None of it rings true.” #Israel #Gaza

There's No Difference

It’s deeply shameful that Richard Blumenthal voted against halting bomb and rifle shipments to Israel. In doing so, he chose to prolong the genocide of Palestinians and starvation of innocent children. #CeasefireNow #TheHague #ICC

Tonight at the ICCNY mosque in Stamford, CT, a man stopped his car & shouted vile anti-Muslim slurs at families—including children—leaving prayer. This targeted harassment has no place in our state. We call on Stamford Police to investigate as a hate crime.

What happened at Stamford’s ICCNY wasn’t just “disturbing the peace.” Michael Slocum allegedly tried to drive into the mosque lot, then hurled anti-Muslim slurs at families & kids. This is a hate crime & should be charged under CT’s bias laws. #EndHate #JusticeForICCNY

🚨 A CT mother & her 14yo son — both U.S. citizens — were blocked from leaving Israel & are now stranded in the occupied West Bank. Musa has already missed the start of school. CAIR-CT calls on Department of State & CT reps to act NOW to #BringThemHome.

Israeli authorities are holding a Meriden woman and her 14-year-old son hostage in Israel, refusing to let them leave even though they're US citizens.

"Putting the Infidels biker club in charge of delivering humanitarian aid in Gaza is like putting the KKK in charge of delivering humanitarian aid in Sudan. It makes no sense whatsoever," said Edward Ahmed Mitchell, deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR),

Sami Hamdi is free and in the air, on his way back to his family, alhamdulillah. Here's a message he shared before his departure: "I am profoundly grateful to my family, my legal team and every individual in the global community who prayed, protested and refused to be silent.