CAIR Quick Facts

Essential information about CAIR's government sanctions and court evidence

New to this topic? This page gives you the key facts about CAIR in 5 minutes. For detailed evidence, visit our Documents page.

The Basic Deception

What CAIR Says

  • • America's largest Muslim civil rights organization
  • • Fighting discrimination and hate crimes
  • • Building bridges between communities
  • • Protecting constitutional rights

What Government Evidence Shows

  • • Named as Hamas support network in federal court
  • • FBI banned from working with them since 2009
  • • UAE designated them as terrorist organization
  • • Leadership celebrated October 7 Hamas attacks

Government Actions Against CAIR

2007
Holy Land Foundation Trial
Named as "unindicted co-conspirator" in Hamas funding case
2009
DOJ Sanctions
Department of Justice banned federal agencies from working with CAIR
2014
UAE Terror Designation
Officially designated as terrorist organization

Leadership Red Flags

Nihad Awad - Executive Director

1994 Hamas Declaration:

"I am in support of the Hamas movement"

October 7 Support:

"I was happy to see people breaking the siege" (referring to Hamas attack)

Current Status: Subject of federal lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and financial misconduct

Omar Ahmad - Co-Founder

Islamic Supremacist Goal (1998):

"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant"

How CAIR Operates

The Civil Rights Shield

  • • Use civil rights language to gain mainstream credibility
  • • Access government officials and media platforms
  • • Label any criticism as "Islamophobia"
  • • Position themselves as moderate voices

Legal Intimidation

  • • File strategic lawsuits against critics
  • • Force NDAs to silence victims
  • • Extract settlements from institutions
  • • Create chilling effect on scrutiny

The Bottom Line

CAIR presents itself as a mainstream civil rights organization, but federal courts, government agencies, and allied nations have identified it as part of a Hamas support network.

The evidence isn't from political opponents—it's from federal trials, FBI investigations, and court documents. CAIR's greatest weapon is making this evidence seem invisible through respectability politics and accusations of bigotry against anyone who points it out.