CAIR Helps Obtain Restraining Order for Suspect After North Carolina Mosque Targeted by Threat

 

• July 17, 2026
• 7:51 pm

The North Carolina office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NC), a branch of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said it helped obtain a restraining order for a suspect who allegedly threatened a North Carolina mosque.

The FBI and local law enforcement are investigating a threat against the Islamic Center of Wilmington.

CAIR helped the mosque get a restraining order on the suspect and advised mosque officials about security measures.

[NOTE: Washington, D.C., based CAIR offers a “Best Practices for Mosque and Community Safety” booklet, which provides advice on how to help keep religious facilities safe. The advice in the booklet is applicable to houses of worship of all faiths.]

CAIR’s NC Office Manager Al Rieder told a local media outlet: “We have had the worst calendar year (2025) in terms of volume of cases that we’ve gotten on a national level — and on a state level — since CAIR’s founding in the early 1990s, over 30 years ago.”

Video: CAIR, Community Leaders Respond to Threat Targeting North Carolina Mosque

In May, CAIR called on local, state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a reported bomb threat targeting a North Carolina mosque as a hate crime.

Earlier today, the Philadelphia chapter of CAIR welcomed the arrest and federal charges filed against a suspect in the July 5 arson attack targeting the Northeast Philadelphia Islamic Center.

CAIR’s latest civil rights report documented 8,683 anti-Muslim bias complaints in 2025 – the highest number ever recorded by the organization since it began publishing civil rights reports in 1996.

CAIR’s mission is to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice and empower American Muslims.