(TOLEDO, OH, 10/6/2020) – The Ohio office of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) announced today that a Toledo Muslim man has been reunited with his family after nearly five years of unexplained visa delays. Read More “CAIR-Ohio Reunites Ohio Family After Successful Lawsuit”
(COLUMBUS, OH – 9/21/2020) – On Tuesday, September 22, the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) will hold a press conference in Dublin, Ohio, to call for an arrest after a Somali-American family was allegedly stalked, threatened and intimidated last week. Read More “CAIR-Ohio to Call for Arrest in Racist Stalking Incident Targeting Somali Family in Columbus”
(COLUMBUS, OHIO 9/12/2020) On Saturday, September 5, 2020, the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) held a youth talk titled “Courageous Conversations” at the Islamic Center of Centerville located in Washington Township, a suburb of Dayton. Read More “Islamic Center of Centerville Hosts CAIR-Ohio’s “Courageous Conversations””
(COLUMBUS, OH – 9/9/2020) – The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) seeks an apology from Monroe City Councilman Tom Callahan for his Islamophobic and inflammatory remarks that he made on July 14, 2020 at the Monroe City Council meeting. Read More “CAIR-Ohio Seeks Apology from Monroe City Councilman Tom Callahan for Islamophobic Remarks”
(COLUMBUS, OH, 9/3/2020) –The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) today filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Khalif Abukar, an American Muslim of Somali origin who applied to renew his passport and whose application has been pending without reason for nearly three years. Read More “CAIR-Ohio Lawsuit Seeks Court Order to Compel U.S. State Department to Renew Passport”
(COLUMBUS, OH, 8/28/2020) – The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) announced the reunification of a Muslim couple following the successful resolution of a lawsuit against the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad for failing to process the immigrant visa of the Pakistani wife of a U.S. citizen. Read More “CAIR-Ohio Reunites Family After Successful Lawsuit”
(COLUMBUS, OHIO, 07/24/2020) – On Tuesday, July 22, the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) testified against Senate Bill 317, a bill that would drastically reduce the safety training requirements for teachers carrying guns in Ohio elementary, middle and high schools. In the absence of statewide training and oversight, Ohio schools could choose to send their teachers and staff to dangerous private training programs that promote anti-Muslim bigotry and stereotyping. Read More “CAIR-Ohio Testifies Against Senate Bill 317, Urges Law Makers to Reject Islamophobic Firearms Training”
(COLUMBUS, OH – 7/20/2020) – The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) today urged the Ohio Senate to reject Senate Bill 317, a bill that would drastically reduce the safety training requirements for teachers carrying guns in Ohio elementary, middle and high schools. Read More “CAIR-Ohio Urges State Senate to Reject Bill 317, Submits Opponent Testimony on Teachers Carrying Guns”
(CINCINNATI, OH, 7/9/2020) – The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) called today for an independent investigation of allegations made against West Chester Township Police Chief Joel Herzog who allegedly made racist and sexist remarks targeting Muslims, Indians, African-Americans, Latinos, and women.
Herzog has been accused by his two captains of retaliation, racism, sexism, mishandling of public records and failure to address sexual harassment. The West Chester Township trustees hired a private law firm to conduct an investigation into these allegations. Read More “CAIR-Ohio Calls for Independent Probe of Racism Allegations Against West Chester Township Police Chief Joel Herzog”
(COLUMBUS, OHIO, 07/03/2020) – On both Saturday, June 13th and 20th, the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) held Black Lives Matter solidarity rallies in downtown Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati.
The events featured diverse local Muslim community members from various mosques and local racial justice activists. The purpose of these events was to continue raising awareness around the issue of racism and to illustrate that the Muslim community stands with the Black Lives Matter movement. Read More “Local Muslims Rally in Support of Black Lives Matter”
