CAIR: Brookfield alderman resigns, apologizes to Muslim community – GMToday.com
“Public officials take an oath to serve all constituents, not to demonize them,” CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw said of Seals and his posts. “Seals’ violent and dehumanizing remarks targeting Muslims and immigrants are not just offensive, they are dangerous. This rhetoric fuels hate, legitimizes discrimination, and puts real people at risk. It is fundamentally incompatible with the responsibilities of public office.”
CAIR-Chicago files class action lawsuit against StopAntisemitism, Canary Mission for alleged doxing campaign – CBS
CAIR: True Texas Project presentation dubs Texas ‘ground zero’ for Islamic threat – Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Southern Poverty Law Center has determined RAIR Foundation is an anti-Muslim hate group promoting conspiracy theories and vilifying American Muslim communities. CAIR has said the group spreads Islamophobia and aligns with known white supremacist groups and individuals since 2013.
CAIR-Philadelphia: Iranians in Philadelphia grapple with war’s toll as ceasefire brings little clarity on Iran’s future -WHYY
Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu, executive director of CAIR-Philadelphia, told WHYY News that it is the civic duty of those who oppose the war to speak out against the use of their tax dollars to fund it. According to the Pentagon, the first week of the war alone cost over $11.3 billion, and in the intervening weeks, that number is now estimated to have grown to around $28 billion, according to Mark Cancian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Tekelioglu said that this operation is a weaponization of U.S. tax dollars as the cost of living increases. A new poll conducted by the Pew Research Center shows that 61% of Americans disapprove of how Trump has handled the war.
“We have schools closing in our own cities right here. Right now, we have people who are being cut off their Medicare, Medicaid and food aids. We have an economy that needs boosting over here,” Tekelioglu said.
CAIR-Pennsylvania Condemns Distribution of White Supremacist Propaganda in Carlisle – OIET [Observatorio Internacional de Estudios sobre Terrorismo]
CAIR: Illinois bishops express support for Pope Leo after Trump’s post – Chicago Tribune
Interfaith leaders have also rushed to the pope’s defense: The Council on American-Islamic Relations expressed solidarity with the Catholic community Monday, stating that “the president’s mockery of religion is both deranged and insulting.”
CAIR: Trump draws backlash over Pope Leo rant, ‘deeply offensive’ image of him looking like Christ – OSV News
The Council on American-Islamic Relations also offered an April 13 message of support, saying, “We stand in solidarity with the Catholic community in the wake of President Trump’s attack on Pope Leo.”
CAIR referenced an earlier post Trump made, in which he threatened to annihilate Iran while “sarcastically praising Allah,” and said that “the president’s mockery of religion is both deranged and insulting.”
CAIR: Swift backlash from loyalists and adversaries after Trump depicts himself as Christ – Middle East Eye