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.
Lorenzo Vidino
Lorenzo Vidino is an academic who frequently collaborates with anti-Muslim hate groups and whose research promotes conspiracy theories about American Muslims, Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood’s supposed influence in Europe and the U.S.
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 […]
Shaun Maguire
Shaun Maguire is a general partner at Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. He has used his social media to spread and platform anti-Muslim rhetoric and conspiracies.
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’
The United West
Read more about CAIR’s designation of The United West as an Islamophobic organization.
Randy Fine
Randy Fine (R-FL) serves as the U.S. Representative for Florida’s 6th congressional district. For years, he has invoked Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian stereotypes and incited violence against Muslims and Palestinians at home and abroad.
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 […]
Christians United for Israel (CUFI)
Read more about CAIR’s designation of Christians United for Israel (CUFI) as an Islamophobic organization.
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Total Points: 37%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Total Points: 37%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Terminated: Employment Discrimination at the Core of Islamophobia and Anti-Palestinian Racism
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is today releasing a new analysis on the role of US employers in targeting Palestinians, Muslims, Arabs, and other workers who demonstrate support for Palestinian rights.
A Correctional Officer’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices
The information contained in this booklet is designed to assist correctional officers in formulating and implementing policies related to the religiously mandated practices of Muslims.
A Healthcare Professional’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices
The information in this booklet is designed to assist healthcare providers in developing policies and procedures aimed at the delivery of culturally competent patient care. It can also serve as a guide for the accommodation of religiously mandated practices of Muslim patients.
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 🌱 […]
2025 Civil Rights Report: Unconstitutional Crackdowns
CAIR received 8,658 complaints nationwide in 2024, marking the highest number of complaints CAIR has ever recorded in its organizational history.
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’
Employer’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices
Demographers say that Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the United States and around the world. American Muslims are now found in all sectors of society. This growing Muslim population adds a new dimension to be considered by employers when dealing with issues of multiculturalism and diversity.
‘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.
2024 Civil Rights Report: Fatal: The Resurgence of Anti-Muslim Hate
CAIR received 8,061 complaints nationwide in 2023, marking the highest number of complaints CAIR has ever recorded in its 30-year history. Nearly half of all complaints received in 2023 were reported in the final three months of the year.
Defining Islamophobia
CAIR is reissuing our definition of Islamophobia here as we continue to urge employers, schools, media, government entities, and others to identify and address Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism wherever it may appear.
Employee Guidance: Speaking with Human Resources
What do I do if human resources wants to speak with me about my Palestine social media content? See our new guidance here.
Know Your Rights: Encounters with Law Enforcement
CAIR is releasing Know Your Rights guidance for individuals approached by law enforcement.
U.S. Corporate Leaders Promote Anti-Arab, Islamophobic Bias
CAIR publishes list of corporate leaders who have promoted a one-sided narrative that neglects Palestinian civilians in Gaza and releases recommendations for employers.
Guidance for Students Speaking Out Against Islamophobia and for Palestinian Rights
CAIR is issuing new guidance here to students and advocates seeking to speak and advocate effectively and safely in support of Palestinian human rights.
Guidance for Students Targeted in Response to Palestine Rights Advocacy
Guidance for students targeted for advocating on behalf of Palestinian rights. This guidance focuses on speech rights in educational settings and addressing any bullying that may result.