(CHICAGO, IL, 6/7/2024) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations, Chicago Chapter (CAIR-Chicago), strongly condemns the reprehensible threats made against Naaz Studios, a Muslim-owned business in our community. On June 4th, Naaz Studios received a disturbing letter containing pro-Israel sentiments and demands to remove pro-Palestinian signs displayed proudly in the shop's window.

(CHICAGO, IL, 5/30/2024) - CAIR-Chicago stood in solidarity with our Muslim community leaders at a press conference addressing the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Together, we called for an URGENT ceasefire as the Palestinian people have suffered genocide for over 8 months.

(CHICAGO, IL, 5/24/2024) – The Chicago Office of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest civil rights and advocacy organization in the nation, today condemned an alleged assault targeting an Asian-American veteran in Chicago. 

(CHICAGO, IL, 5/1/2024) – On Thursday, May 2, the Chicago Office of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest civil rights and advocacy organization in the nation, will hold a press conference today with local Chicago university student leaders involved in organizing Palestinian solidarity demonstrations to discuss ongoing students protests and encampments and react to new "antisemitism" congressional bill chilling freedom of speech in this country.

(CHICAGO, IL, 3/28/2024) - The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today welcomed the resignation of a school psychologist after she made anti-Palestinian remarks in social media posts. 

(CHICAGO, IL, 3/14/2024) - A large group of American Muslim and Palestinian-American organizations and leaders in Chicago today sent a letter to White House officials explaining they are refusing to meet with them because of the administration's refusal to stop enabling the Israeli government's ongoing attacks on Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

The Chicago Office of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) the largest civil rights and advocacy organization in the nation, will hold a press conference on Thursday, February 15, at 11a.m., with Palestinian American families from the Chicagoland area whose family members, including US citizens, in Gaza have been kidnapped and/or are experiencing starvation.

(CHICAGO, IL, 2/12/2024) The Chicago Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the nation, today announced that a diverse coalition of Muslim, Jewish, African-American, Asian and Union organizations published a full-page ad in Sunday’s Chicago Tribune commending Mayor Johnson and backing the recent city council ceasefire resolution.

(CHICAGO, IL, 2/8/2024) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the nation, today called on the Biden administration to demand the release of two U.S. citizens reportedly kidnapped overnight in Gaza by Israeli forces and to save other Americans trapped or held hostage in Gaza by securing a ceasefire.

(CHICAGO, IL, 2/6/2024) - The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today condemned comments made by Orland Park’s mayor, Keith Pekau, suggesting that Arab-Americans who were supporting a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza can “go to another country” if they disagree with US policy. 

(CHICAGO, IL, 1/29/2024) – The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed deep concern regarding a disturbing bullying incident that took place at Glenside Middle School in Glendale Heights, Illinois last Thursday, January 25th. The incident, which was filmed on various camera angles and shared on social media, depicts a boy grabbing a female student, who wears a hijab, by her head and violently holding her in a headlock before shoving her to the ground. The incident, which appears to constitute assault and battery, happened in full view of a crowd of students, several of whom had their phone cameras out to record the incident. The shots cut out as the girl sat on the floor of the hallway in shock and fear.