CAIR: Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire called ‘hate machine’ after falsely linking shooter to Palestine – The National
CAIR-Philadelphia: How the fallout from a Chester County chaplain’s sermon inspired the Trump admin to investigate ‘anti-Christian bias’ – Philadelphia Inquirer
Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu, executive director of CAIR-Philadelphia, a nonprofit that aims to protect the civil rights of Muslims in the U.S., said he believes all forms of discrimination should be stamped out, but he’s concerned the task force isn’t affording those protections to everyone.
“It focuses exclusively on alleged anti-Christian conduct within the federal agencies, and in our opinion of this, risks then entrenching preferential treatment and signaling the protections that should exist for everyone is conditional, right?” Tekelioglu said.
CAIR-Philadelphia: Religious Leader Dies In ICE Custody Days After Filing Emergency Lawsuit – Daily Voice
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called his death a failure of basic human dignity. “We demand that Clearfield County Commissioners act now to shut down this detention center before another life is lost,” said CAIR Philadelphia’s Ahmet Tekelioglu.
CAIR: Eritrean imam dies in ICE custody as detainee deaths hit 20-year high – Religion News Service
CAIR-Chicago: Afghans in Chicago are saddened after last month’s National Guard shooting, and now fear deportation – Chicago Tribune
“This is not about security. It is about targeting people based on nationality and political identity, and it will devastate families across Chicago and the country,” Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations in Chicago, said in a statement Wednesday. “(Trump aide) Stephen Miller, a far-right ideologue with a problematic track record of undermining our constitutional values, seems to have been given a carte blanche to do as he may — and that is dangerous for America and the world.”