CAIR: Texas Passes Bill Limiting Expressive Activity on Campus – T-SPAN
“[SB 18] was championed as protecting expression on campus, setting an example for the rest of the country to encourage, not penalize, thoughtful debate, dialogue and expression,” Sameeha Rizvi, who works for the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Texas chapter, said at the hearing. “SB 2972 directly contradicts the Legislature’s own commitment to campus free speech.”
CAIR-NJ: Last-minute cancellation of anti-Semitism definition vote sparks anger – New Jersey Globe – New Jersey Globe
CAIR-NJ: NJ Assembly bill defining anti-Semitism pulled from vote Monday, angering Jewish supporters. – 70 And 73
CAIR: Marylanders on high alert following strikes in Iran, Qatar – Maryland Matters
Zainab Chaudry, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Maryland, said the Muslim community is facing heightened fear following the attacks. For Iranian-Americans living in Maryland, the strikes jeopardize their ability to return home or contact loved ones, she said.
“There’s a very real sense of uncertainty of the scope of the impact,” Chaudry said.
CAIR-San Diego: President Trump announces Israel-Iran ceasefire amid skepticism in San Diego – CBS 8
Samar Ismail, an organizer for CAIR, expressed concerns about U.S. involvement, telling CBS 8, “Our biggest concern is that the United States doesn’t get dragged in to another endless war at the cost of our Americans here and continuing sending billions of our dollars to a foreign nation and then also sending billion of dollars in weapons to another endless war that we did not start.”
CAIR-FL: Military, Jewish, and Muslim communities react to rising tensions abroad – ABC Action News
“This is going to affect all of us Americans altogether,” said Hiba Rahim, Deputy Executive Director of the Florida chapter of Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Rahim said she is worried about how this could impact inflation, but also could increase Islamophobia.
“When we make these big, devastating, consequential decisions like to take our country into war, we have to understand the impact is so much greater on so many levels,” said Rahim. “It’s including on the American people and mass, but also on the Muslim community that has to bear the brunt of the reactions that people have from feeling confused or being lied to on so many different levels.”
CAIR-GA: ‘Let’s hope and pray better days are ahead’: Georgians react to Israel-Iran ceasefire announcement – Atlanta News First
“CAIR-Georgia welcomes the news of a tentative ceasefire in Iran. We pray that our community members’ families and loved ones are safe in Iran.Israeli and American military aggression in Iran in recent days has imperiled world peace and plunged the Middle East in to even deeper chaos.We hope the Israel-Iran ceasefire is followed by a full ceasefire in Gaza. Israel must end its genocide in Gaza that is being supported with American tax dollars and with U.S. made weapons.”
CAIR-Philadelphia: Communities react to United States’ involvement in conflict between Israel, Iran – WPVI
“We should not be repeating the same mistakes that were done in the invasion of Iraq,” said Ahmet Tekelioglu, the executive director of Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR).