(ATLANTA, GA - 1/30/2020) -- The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that activist, educator and former imam Abdullah Jaber has been chosen to serve as the next director of the Muslim civil rights organization effective March 1, 2020.

Jaber previously served as resident scholar and imam at Masjid Omar, one of Georgia's largest Islamic houses of worship. He is also a former member of the advisory committee of CAIR-Los Angeles, the co-founder of Muslim Youth of Los Angeles (MyLA), and the founder and director of the non-profit educational organization Tibyaan. 

In recent years, Jaber became well-known for speaking and fundraising for various social justice causes across Georgia, including voter turnout, civic engagement and opposition to Islamophobia. In 2017, he delivered the opening prayer at the Democratic National Committee's national winter conference.

(ATLANTA, GA - 1/13/20) Please join CAIR Georgia for it its fourth annual fundraising banquet, which we plan to hold on Saturday, February 15, 2020 at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel, God willing. Buy a discounted ticket, reserve a table, or sponsor the event today!

(ATLANTA, GA, 12/30/19) – The Georgia chapter (CAIR-Georgia) of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today reiterated its condemnation of anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim flyers posted in an Atlanta suburb with a significant Orthodox Jewish population and called on law enforcement to publicly clarify whether it is working to identify those responsible.

SEE: Anti-Semitic and Anti-Muslim Flyers Posted in Toco Hills

According to The Atlanta Jewish Times, the flyers were posted in various locations in Toco Hils, a diverse area that includes numerous Orthodox Jewish residents. The anti-Semitic flyers denied the Holocaust and made vile remarks about Jews, while the anti-Muslim flyers made similarly vile remarks about Islam and Muslims.

(ATLANTA, GA, 12/16/2019) -- The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today welcomed a Georgia man's decision to plead guilty to assaulting and attacking a Muslim Uber driver outside the SunTrust Park baseball stadium after an Atlanta Braves game on April 2, 2019.

During a plea hearing at the Cobb County state court on Dec. 13th, the man entered two guilty pleas, paid a fine in lieu of further jail time, and directly apologized to the victim in open court in a lengthy statement, at which point the two men shook hands.

As part of his plea agreement, the defendant also agreed to perform 50 hours of community service, spend 12 months on probation without using alcohol or drugs and undergo CAIR-Georgia's educational religious sensitivity training on Islamophobia and other forms of bigotry, which was conducted at the courthouse after the hearing.