CAIR-Chicago: ‘Unabashed, Unfiltered Bigotry’: Experts React To Trump’s ‘Jihadist’ Remarks About Democratic Candidates – HuffPost
For MAGA politicians, painting elected Muslims as inherently aggressive towards the U.S. is a calculated move, said Jordan Esparza-Kelley, the communications coordinator at CAIR-Chicago, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group.
“Trump is intentionally trying to trigger his audience by manufacturing an enemy that is both external and internal,” Esparza-Kelley told HuffPost. “He seems to believe that a paranoid American people are more likely to be amenable to his autocratic tendencies.”
The president “also benefits by distracting Americans from actual problems plaguing their day-to-day lives like paying more for their essential goods, losing access to healthcare, increased food insecurity due to the federal cuts to SNAP, and the housing crisis.”
CAIR: Islamic Organizations Launch Regional Active Shooter Training Program – Security Today
CAIR: American officials attended training in Israel that leaned into anti-Muslim stereotypes – Prism
Prism also shared ASTI’s training notes and course packets with the Council on American Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) Research and Advocacy Director Corey Saylor.
“That sounds like the same kind of junk that we have seen for years. It’s the same kind of anti-Muslim propaganda,” Saylor said, adding that the 9/11 hijackers went to a strip club prior to the attacks, evincing the level of their piety.
CAIR-San Diego: Antisemitic graffiti spray-painted on Jewish fraternity students’ home being investigated as hate crime – San Diego Union-Tribune
After hearing of the hateful graffiti, Tazheen Nizam, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ San Diego chapter, issued a statement condemning the vandalism.
“No student or community member should be subjected to harassment, intimidation or hatred because of their religious or ethnic identity,” Nizam said. “We urge the university community and law enforcement to take all incidents of hate vandalism seriously, support those targeted, and work to ensure that all students can live, study and participate in campus life without fear.”
CAIR: Trump calls Democratic candidates ‘jihadists’ as GOP attacks on Muslim politicians intensify – TheGrio
CAIR: Muslim Community Sues Oklahoma City Suburb Over Mosque Denial – Racism.org
CAIR-Philadelphia: Haverford College settles with group accusing college of fostering antisemitism – HR Trends
Ahmet Tekelioglu, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Philadelphia chapter, criticized the settlement in a Monday statement, arguing that “protecting Jewish people is not the same as protecting Zionism from criticism.”
“Haverford’s response creates a troubling precedent for academic freedom,” Tekelioglu said. “If opposing or criticizing Zionism can be characterized as discrimination against students who support Zionism, then legitimate political debate becomes vulnerable to institutional censorship.”