Nihad Awad ignored warnings from victims of sexual harassment in his organization and turned a blind eye for years. Former

In Federal Court documents, we learn that Nihad Awad himself is alleged to have engaged in sexual harassment against a

In March 2001, Ms Tannaz Haddadi, a Shia Muslim, wrote an official complaint letter to both Nihad Awad and Omar Ahmed, CAIR’s

Under Nihad Awad’s leadership, the CAIR-Foundation National office has refused to set clear written policies on Zakat donations despite repeated

 Awad prevented his staffers from unionizing, thus denying them the ability to have bargaining power to obtain better salaries and

Awad directly intervened to block the hiring of a chapter leader solely based on her religious beliefs, and political opinions.

An inordinate number of CAIR’s former staff member erase their former affiliation with the group once they leave it. CAIR

Nihad Awad is known to use multiple spellings of his name. In Arabic his name is: نهاد عوض حماد —

Awad is deliberately deceiving American Muslims about the legal status of CAIR. In reality the name “CAIR” is a catch-all

Awad violated the law governing nonprofit organizations by failing to meet the minimum standard of professionalism and ethical responsibility. Nonprofit

Just like Awad himself, CAIR’s identity is not as straightforward as you would expect. When you visit the CAIR website,