WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the scheduled celebration as an official state holiday in Mississippi of Confederate Memorial Day, honoring the racist and white supremacist legacy of the Confederacy. Confederacy Confederate Memorial Day is celebrated in Mississippi on the last  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, April 24 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following statement on April 23, 2024: * * * Please see PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo's statement regarding a rare official warning issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture against the University of Alabama-Birmingham for numerous violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act, including allowing three ferrets to suffocate to death, failing to provide several other animals with proper medical  more