CAIR - Philadelphia
CAIR - Philadelphia is the Philadelphia affiliate of the Council on American Islamic Relations.
Board of Directors
CAIR - Pennsylvania Board of Directors, 2022.
- Osama Al-Qasem, Chair
- Safdar Khwaja, Vice Chair
- Kareem Ali, Treasurer
- Ali Abdullah, Secretary
- Mohammed Zubairu, Member
- Dr. Rashidah Abdul-Khabeer, Member
- Iftekhar Hussain, Advisor to CAIR-PA Board of Directors
CAIR - Philadelphia Chapter Executive Committee
- Mohammed Zubairu, President
- Osama Al-Qasem, Vice President & Fundraising Chair
- Faizal Chaudhury, Acting Secretary, Social Media Chair, Representative for Delaware
- Kareem Ali, Treasurer
- Sally Selim, Banquet Chair
- Carlin Saafir, Esq., Outreach Chair
- Iftekhar Hussain, Member, Fundraising Co-Chair
- Dr. Rashidah Abdul-Khabeer, Member
CAIR - Philadelphia Chapter Advisory Board
Legal Advisory Board
- Ijaz Chaudhry, Esq., Of Counsel[1]
Staff
- Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu, PhD. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Timothy Welbeck, Esq. CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY
- Asiyah Jones YOUTH LEADERSHIP & ADVOCACY PROJECTS COORDINATOR
- Jacob Bender CREATIVE DIRECTOR[2]
"Countering Islamophobia"
July 24, 2016, CAIR - Philadelphia, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Jewish Voice for Peace hosted a town hall meeting on "Countering Islamophobia."
Speakers at the town hall meeting included Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN); CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad; Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab American Association of New York; Kameelah M. Rashad, Muslim chaplain at UPENN; Raed Jarrar, government relations manager at American Friends Service Committee (AFSC); Donna Nevel of the Network Against Islamophobia, Jewish Voice for Peace; and Rev. Dr. David D. Grafton of Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.[3]