The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the swift opening of an investigation by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) into a dehumanizing and Islamophobic poster reportedly hung in the administrative wing of TSA operations in Maui, Hawaii.
A laminated sign taped to the office door of a TSA employee read, “SUICIDE BOMBER FREE ZONE. Absolutely no killing yourself for Allah beyond this point.” Above the message was the image of a stick figure with a ticking time bomb strapped to its body. The sign was reportedly hung on the employee’s door for months, allegedly in view of local TSA management.
“While we welcome TSA senior leadership’s swift response to this grossly inappropriate poster, it should have never been posted at all. We look forward to a prompt and thorough resolution of the pending investigation and to appropriate actions being taken based on the results of that investigation,” said CAIR Community Advocacy Director Nicole Fauster.
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From January to June 2024, CAIR documented 4,951 incoming bias complaints nationwide, a 69 percent increase over the same period in 2023.
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Earlier this year, CAIR’s national office released its 2024 civil rights report, which revealed the highest number of complaints it has ever received in its 30-year history. Titled “Fatal: The Resurgence of Anti-Muslim Hate,” the report documented 8,061 complaints. Nearly half of all complaints received in 2023 were reported in the final three months of the year.
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