CAIR OP-ED: Surprising or not, assault on Ilhan Omar shouldn’t be normalized – The New Arab
…While the man who assaulted Omar is responsible for his own actions, political leaders and lobby groups bear responsibility for the hateful atmosphere they created. The attack on Omar was not an inexplicable anomaly; it was the predictable outcome of years of escalating bigotry…
Ismail Allison serves as National Communications Manager at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization.