CAIR: Biden Greenlights ‘Racist’ and ‘Sociopathic’ $8B Arms Sale to Israel – Common Dreams
CAIR: Israel kills dozens Saturday as WHO calls for end to attacks on Gaza hospitals – Ahram
CAIR: Houston Muslims React to New Orleans Attack: ‘No Justification’ – Newsweek
Corey Saylor, research and advocacy director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), told Newsweek: “Cruel, merciless, bottom-feeding extremist groups want us all to turn on one another and be afraid. The best response is to stand together and rally around New Orleans, showing all such extremists that their vision of the world is garbage.”
CAIR-LA: After New Orleans attack by U.S. citizen, Trump rails against immigrants, ‘open borders’ – Los Angeles Times
“Many of us were hoping he would act as president, rather than continue to exploit a tragedy to divide Americans and advance his anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant agenda,” said Hussam Ayloush, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ office of Greater Los Angeles.
“He is fueling bigotry, fueling anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant sentiment,” said Ayloush, “which we have seen again and again lead to violent attacks on people presumed as Muslim and immigrant.”
CAIR: An Ivy League football player, a cook, a mother: the victims of the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans – The Guardian
Below, in alphabetical order, are glimpses into the lives that were prematurely ended by a man who has been dismissed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations as a “cruel, merciless, bottom-feeding extremist”.