Designated: CAIR’s 2025 Hostile Campus Ratings Report
The Council on American-Islamic Relations released “Designated: CAIR’s 2025 Hostile Campus Ratings Report,” evaluating 51 campuses that have engaged in the suppression and targeting of Muslim, Palestinian, Arab, and allied students speaking out against genocide from October 2023 to December 2025.
University of Minnesota
Total Points: 62%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Kentucky
Total Points: 42%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of California, San Francisco
Total Points: 40%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of California, San Diego
Total Points: 27%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
School of Art Institute of Chicago
Total Points: 60%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Ohio State University
Total Points: 27%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Montana State University
Total Points: 62%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Georgetown University
Total Points: 62%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Yale University
Total Points: 42%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Virginia Commonwealth University
Total Points: 45%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Wisconsin
Total Points: 42%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Washington
Total Points: 40%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Texas at Dallas
Total Points: 25%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Oregon
Total Points: 57%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Total Points: 25%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Missouri
Total Points: 55%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
City University of New York (CUNY)
Total Points: 2%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Islamophobia Industry, Far-Right Hindutva Apologists, Anti-Palestinian Racists Double Down on Smears Targeting U.S. Muslims as Demands for Genocide and Humanitarian Accountability Gain Momentum
As international pressure mounts to hold Israel and India accountable for systematic human rights violations, networks aligned with the objectives of both governments have intensified movements to discredit, silence, and criminalize American Muslims and other anti-genocide voices.
Everyday Values: Most Americans are Already Familiar with Islam’s Sharia
When Americans see the real Sharia — not the caricature put forth by too many politicians — they see an ordinary faith guiding ordinary people toward honesty, service, and community.
CAIR’s 2025-26 Back to School Resource Guide
CAIR’s 2025-26 Back to School Resource Guide empowers Muslim students and families to know their rights, speak out, and seek accommodations with confidence.
A Law Enforcement Officer’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices
Download the Law Enforcement Officer’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices The information contained in this booklet is designed to assist law enforcement professionals when interacting with Muslims. It can also guide you in formulating and implementing policies related to the religiously mandated practices of Muslims.
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Total Points: 47%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
CAIR’s Unhostile Campus Campaign Newsletter
CAIR’s Unhostile Campus Campaign is a project aimed at fostering a campus environment where Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish, and other students, faculty, and staff opposing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza enjoy free speech and academic freedom and are not subjected to state force or university discipline due to their viewpoints. CAIR challenges […]
Wayne State University (WSU)
Total Points: 32%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Cornell University
Total Points: 27%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Epic Hate in Texas
Epic Hate in Texas Anti-Islam organizing targeting the Muslim-led EPIC City development project saw bias mobilizing the power of Texas government to deny Muslims their equal opportunities to pursue their dreams and potential. If the sharia-scare and hatred initiated by Islamophobe Amy Mek and then uplifted by Governor Greg Abbott permanently denies Texas Muslim equal […]
Tulane University
Total Points: 42%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
The Border Czar’s Inner Circle Revealed: Are Anti-Muslim Hate Groups Influencing Tom Homan’s Immigration Crackdown?
“Islam is the enemy.” These are the words of Tom Trento, founder of The United West, an organization designated as an anti-Muslim hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. It is also the same organization that Tom Homan – the Trump administration’s ‘Border Czar’ – has reportedly collaborated with as recently as May 2025, and even apparently tapped in 2020 to help run his border project, described as a “two-year educational program on the crisis at our southern border.”
University of California, Irvine (UCI)
Total Points: 27%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst)
Total Points: 37%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Project Esther: The Heritage Foundation’s Anti-Palestinian Racist Roadmap to Support Genocide While Erasing Its Progressive Political Opposition at Home
The Heritage Foundation’s Project Esther weaponizes both its architects’ anti-Palestinian racism and the concept that speech critical of Israel is criminal. At the very least, Project Esther’s architects hope that voices supporting basic international humanitarian ideals–access to food, water, shelter, freedom from indiscriminate detention or murder, freedom from occupation, apartheid, and genocide in accordance with […]
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Total Points: 37%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Total Points: 37%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Pittsburgh (UPitt)
Total Points: 22%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Northern Arizona University (NAU)
Total Points: 45%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
George Mason University (GMU)
Total Points: 30%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Protest Policy Guidance For Colleges and Universities
This comprehensive guide provides college and university administrators with actionable steps to protect students’ right to protest—especially Muslim, Palestinian, Arab, Jewish, and allied students—while maintaining campus safety and inclusion. 🏛️ Institutional Responsibilities 🛡️ Protecting Protesters 👩🏽🏫 Faculty Protections 🧾 Immigration Status Protections ⏰ Time, Place & Manner (TPM) Guidelines ⚖️ Differentiating Protest from Harassment 🌱 […]
Stanford University
Total Points: 37%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Indiana University (IU)
Total Points: 27%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Harvard University
Total Points: 12%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University Administrator’s Guide to an Unhostile Campus
This guide is part of CAIR’s Unhostile Campus Campaign, a project aimed at fostering a campus environment where Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish, and other students, faculty, and staff opposing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza enjoy free speech and academic freedom and are not subjected to state force or university discipline due to their […]
Columbia University
Total Points: 2%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
Total Points: 22%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
New York University (NYU)
Total Points: 37%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Northwestern University
Total Points: 17%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Pomona College
Total Points: 37%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Michigan (U-Mich)
Total Points: 7%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Georgia (UGA)
Total Points: 32%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Chicago (UChicago)
Total Points: 10%
Ratings: ‘Hostile Campus’
Swarthmore College
Total Points: 27%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Emory University
Total Points: 20%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Total Points: 25%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)
Total Points: 12%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
George Washington University (GWU)
Total Points: 22%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Portland State University
Total Points: 15%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
‘Hostile’: How Universities Target Anti-Genocide Protesters While Enabling Anti-Palestinian Racism and Islamophobia
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is releasing a new analysis on the disturbing role of universities in targeting students protesting against the Israeli government’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
Gaza: The Resurgence of Islamophobia in 2023
Read CAIR’s new preliminary paper on the state of Islamophobia leading up to and during the ongoing attacks by the far-right Israeli government against Palestinians in Gaza, which many legal and human rights experts have indicated may constitute the crime of genocide.