CAIR-MA has recently published a report on a local hate group, Americans for Peace and Tolerance, at Islamophobia.org; it can be found below and at http://www.islamophobia.org/156-americans-for-peace-and-tolerance/170-americans-for-peace-and-tolerance.html.  The report outlines in detail the group’s sources of funding (over $700,000 per year, documented, in donations according to the group’s most recent records), financial ties to organizations identified […]

Last Saturday, the Boston Herald ran an article by a syndicated opinion columnist titled “Silence is Deafening from Muslim Community after Shootings” (http://www.bostonherald.com/…/fitzgerald_silence_is_deafeni…). In it, Mr. Joe Fitzgerald claims, without any factual support, that there was little to no outcry or condemnation from the Muslim community, locally or nationally, about the deplorable incident in Tennessee […]

Produced by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Updated: July 2015 What is Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)? In part due to the field’s recent expansion, there is no consensus definition of CVE, including from the administration. One working definition is “the use of non-coercive means to dissuade individuals or groups from mobilizing towards violence and […]