CAIR: Only Debate Question on Middle East War ‘Encapsulates What Is Wrong With US Media Coverage’ – Common Dreams
The Council on American–Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights group, said the question was “reckless and biased” and “sounded like it could have written by [the American Israel Public Affairs Committee], not CBS.”
CAIR-WA: 8 in 10 WA Muslims experienced discrimination in past year, report says – The Seattle Times
CAIR: Open Letter to Educators: The ADL is not a social justice partner – Mondoweiss
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has long marketed itself as an expert advisor to school communities on antisemitism and other forms of bias. However, despite its reputation as a civil rights organization, the ADL is not the social justice educational partner it claims to be.
CAIR: Five Jewish college students report being assaulted in the last month, as Oct. 7 anniversary approaches – NBC
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization, reported this spring that they received 921 education-related complaints in 2023, including bullying and discrimination, a 219 % increase over the previous year.
They said there were numerous violent attacks on Palestinian, pro-Palestinian and visibly Muslim students around college campuses, as well as harassment of visibly Muslim students or students wearing keffiyehs.
The group cited multiple incidents since Oct. 7, including the stabbing of a Palestinian man near the University of Texas at Austin in February after he attended a pro-Palestinian protest and an attack on protesters at a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA in May. In New York that month, a Jewish driver struck a protester with his car at an off-campus demonstration involving Columbia students. CAIR also said incidents of police brutality against students occurred.
“There have been numerous violent attacks,” said Edward Ahmed Mitchell, CAIR’s national deputy director.
CAIR is requesting Temple, Temple Police and the Philadelphia Police to conduct a “comprehensive investigation” following reports of PPD removing a protester’s hijab. The Temple News
CAIR-MN: Lino Lakes City Council censures 1 of its members after email disclosed – Quad Community Press
CAIR: Court Rules U of Maryland Must Host Student Events on Oct. 7 – Inside Higher Ed
CAIR: Court sides with student protesters after University of Maryland canceled Oct. 7 vigil for Gaza – The Hill
CAIR: Judge rules to allow Palestinian student group to host vigil on Oct. 7 at the University of Maryland – DC News Now
CAIR: Court allows pro-Palestine group to hold on campus vigil, defying University of Maryland – WUSA
Video: CAIR, Palestine Legal Welcome Federal Court Ruling Granting SJP at U of Md. Right to Hold Oct. 7 Interfaith Vigil – WJLA
CAIR: Judge rules UMD must allow pro-Palestinian students to hold vigil – NBC4 Washington
CAIR: Judge allows Students for Justice in Palestine to hold Oct. 7 vigil at UMD – Maryland Daily Record
CAIR: US judge restores Maryland students’ right to 7 October vigil – The New Arab