CAIR: Under attack by their own congressman – Washington Post
Roy would take on legal battles involving a proposed housing development in the Dallas area, which Texas Republicans claim would impose Islamic law on residents — an allegation the project’s planners deny — and the state’s private school voucher program, which excluded about two dozen Islamic schools. Roy supports eliminating the tax-exempt status of Muslim advocacy organizations such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations. His staff did not respond to questions about whether his anti-Muslim rhetoric could put constituents at risk.
CAIR: 2 Long Island mosques tried to expand. Here’s how their towns blocked them. – Newsday
Nationally, political attacks against Muslims are on the rise. Republican members of Congress, and political candidates, have ramped up their Islamophobic rhetoric. In December, members of the House formed the “Sharia Free America Caucus,” vowing to stop “radical Islam.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations has labeled the caucus an “extremist organization” as well as an “anti-Muslim hate group.” CAIR said 2025 was the riskiest for American Muslims to participate in civic activism since the period after Sept. 11, 2001. The council also said it received a record 8,683 complaints of discrimination against Muslims last year.
CAIR-CA: UCSD Profs Hit With Stiff Suspension Threat Over Geisel Gaza Encampment – Hoodline
Video: CAIR-Philadelphia ED to Testify on Civil Liberties Impact of ICE Enforcement
CAIR-OK: Eid Festival for Afghans – Oklahoman
When: 5 to 8 p.m. April 22
Where: YMCA Rockwell Plaza Branch, 8300 Glade Ave.
The event will be hosted by the YMCA-Rockwell Plaza, with the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oklahoma, as co-sponsor. All Afghan neighbors are invited to join in the celebration, which will include halal food, activities for families and gifts for children. The YMCA is hosting a toy drive to collect toys that will be distributed that day.
CAIR-Texas: Tarrant activists, officials ask Texas education board to ‘keep Islam out of social studies’– Fort Worth Report