The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today reiterated its call on the State Department to designate India a country of particular concern due to its persecution of Muslims, Christians and other religious minorities after the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended it be designated for the fifth time.
The USCIRF urged the White House to designate India as a “country of particular concern” for engaging in “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations” of religious freedom. This is the fifth time the commission has made this recommendation.
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“India’s extremist Hindutva government has repeatedly engaged in mass violence and persecution targeting the Muslim, Christian, and other religious communities,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. “We urge the State Department to take heed of this increasingly dangerous situation and designate India as a country of particular concern.”
He noted that CAIR has previously called for India to be designated a country of particular concern.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com