Spotlight on the News: A conversation with the leader of CAIR-MI & journalist Bankole Thompson – WXYZ
CAIR: South SF man arrested for hate crimes after attacking Palestinian demonstrators calling for peace – ABC 7
CAIR: Anti-Arab hate, harassment and threats loom over this year’s Arab American Heritage Month – NBC News
The Council on American Islamic-Relations also reported receiving the highest number of bias reports in its 30-year history in 2023, with nearly half of them coming in the final three months of the year following the escalation of violence in Gaza. While not all Arabs are Muslim, “Muslim and Arab identities have long been conflated, particularly by those who seek to villainize both, making anti-Muslim hate part and parcel of anti-Arab” racism, according to the organization.
CAIR: This Is a Crucial Moment to Stand Up to Islamophobia. Instead, Democrats Are Caving. – slate.com
CAIR-SFBA: UC Berkeley Professor Assaults Palestinian Muslim Law Student Exercising Free Speech Rights – KPFA
CAIR-SFBA: SF city, faith leaders join Muslim community following mosque attack; suspect pleads ‘not guilty’ ABC 7
CAIR: ‘Genocidal Actions’ Persist in Gaza as Israel Blocks Aid and US Weapons Flow – Common Dreams
CAIR: Israeli Firms Are Working Overtime to Sell Stolen Palestinian Land to US Jews
As the evening wore on, we heard news that the land sale event had been moved last minute to a new location. A small victory, but a victory nonetheless. Zuberi told me, “These victories would not have been possible without the relentless pressure mounted by the PAL legal team and the local PAL chapters’ and allies’ grassroots support and organizing.” This grassroots organizing included the Baltimore chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ office in Maryland, and American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) as well as individuals such as me who, though not affiliated with any one organization, felt the need to show up.