The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said Israel is continuing its “war on Islam” with raids on mosques in the occupied West Bank on the first Friday in Ramadan, during which a prominent mosque was set on fire.
Israeli occupation forces reportedly invaded and desecrated several mosques in the city of Nablus and set ablaze Al-Nasr Mosque. The occupation forces also reportedly stopped dawn prayers.
CAIR has repeatedly condemned the far-right Israeli government’s “war on Islam.”
In a statement, CAIR said:
“The Israeli military’s decision to randomly attack mosques across the occupied West Bank after destroying nearly every mosque in Gaza is an act of war against Islam, pure and simple. These attacks on houses of worship by the forces of indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu must be condemned by the international community, starting with Arab and Muslim-majority nations who must unite and use their collective power to force an end to this war on Islam.”
Earlier this week, CAIR called on all Americans to urge their members of Congress in the U.S. House and Senate to condemn the far-right Israeli government’s decision to block all humanitarian aid entering Gaza—recognized as a war crime under international law—while also denouncing Israel’s latest forced displacement and ethnic cleansing campaign in the West Bank.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Director of Government Affairs Department Robert S. McCaw, 202-716-6242, rmccaw@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