Cases Archives - CAIR-Ohio https://staging.cair-ohio.com/category/cases/ Protecting Civil Rights. Fighting Bigotry. Promoting Tolerance. Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:51:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 173363196 CAIR-Columbus Resolves Lawsuit Against US Consulate in Jerusalem https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-resolves-lawsuit-against-us-consulate-in-jerusalem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-resolves-lawsuit-against-us-consulate-in-jerusalem Fri, 25 May 2018 18:25:44 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=2268 (COLUMBUS, OH – May 25, 2018) CAIR-Columbus today announced the successful resolution of a lawsuit against the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem for unreasonably delaying an immigrant visa for the Palestinian […]

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]]> 2268 CAIR-Columbus Files Citizenship Delay Lawsuit https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-files-citizenship-delay-lawsuit-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-files-citizenship-delay-lawsuit-2 Thu, 22 Mar 2018 19:35:49 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=2151 CAIR-Columbus announced today the filing of a federal lawsuit in the Southern District of Ohio against the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Attorney General of the United States, Department […]

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]]> 2151 CAIR-Columbus Resolves Lawsuits Against U.S. Consulates in Jerusalem & Ankara https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-resolves-lawsuits-against-u-s-consulates-in-jerusalem-ankara/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-resolves-lawsuits-against-u-s-consulates-in-jerusalem-ankara Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:42:52 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=1859 CAIR-Columbus today announced the successful resolution of two lawsuits against U.S. consulates abroad for unreasonably delaying immigrant visas. The first lawsuit, filed last January in the Northern District of Ohio, […]

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]]> 1859 CAIR-Columbus Resolves Lawsuit Against USCIS https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-resolves-lawsuit-against-uscis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-resolves-lawsuit-against-uscis Sat, 11 Nov 2017 18:42:14 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=1851 Omar Jaafar is now a United States citizen after waiting over three years for his citizenship application to be adjudicated. Jaafar, a native citizen of Iraq, initially applied for citizenship […]

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]]> 1851 CAIR-Columbus Speaks at “Resist, Mobilize, Win” Event https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-speaks-at-resist-mobilize-win-event/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-speaks-at-resist-mobilize-win-event Mon, 02 Oct 2017 15:34:44 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=1713 On Sunday, October 1, CAIR-Columbus Public Affairs Coordinator, Usjid Hameed, was one of five panelists to speak at For Ohio’s Future’s “Resist. Mobilize. Win.” event. Hameed and panelists from other […]

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]]> 1713 Video: CAIR asks Police to investigate after man shoots at Muslim woman 13 times https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-asks-police-to-investigate-after-man-shoots-muslim-woman-13-times/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-asks-police-to-investigate-after-man-shoots-muslim-woman-13-times Fri, 08 Sep 2017 17:38:29 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=1538 COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations, Columbus Chapter, is calling on the FBI and Columbus Police to investigate what CAIR says was an unprovoked shooting on a Muslim […]

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]]> 1538 CAIR-Columbus Files Lawsuit for Syrian Family Against US Embassy in Turkey https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-files-lawsuit-against-us-embassy-in-turkey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-files-lawsuit-against-us-embassy-in-turkey Thu, 31 Aug 2017 05:14:02 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=1435 CAIR-Columbus announced today the filing of a federal lawsuit against the US Consulate in Ankara, Turkey for unreasonably delaying an immigrant visa for a young Syrian man who has been […]

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]]> 1435 CAIR-Columbus Settles Employment Discrimination Case https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-columbus-settles-discrimination-lawsuit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-columbus-settles-discrimination-lawsuit Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:35:51 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=1408 CAIR-Columbus announced today that it has reached a settlement with a local company who had wrongfully terminated a Muslim woman. The Muslim woman was terminated in November 2016 after being […]

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