CAIR: Republicans Call for Muslim Americans to Be Deported After Australia Shooting – Truthout
CAIR designates Tuberville an “anti-Muslim extremist” as Jones slams Islamophobic comments – Alabama Political Reporter
Tuberville named first U.S. senator on CAIR’s anti-Muslim extremist list – WVTM
CAIR: Tommy Tuberville’s anti-Muslim attacks land senator on civil rights group’s extremist list – Alabama Reflector
CAIR files lawsuit against DeSantis after terrorist designation – Tallahassee Democrat
CAIR sues Florida Gov. DeSantis over new ‘terrorist’ designation – NEWS 6
CAIR files lawsuit against Gov. DeSantis’ executive order targeting the group – WTSP
CAIR files lawsuit against DeSantis over ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ executive order – Tampa Bay 28
CAIR-MN: ICE Agents Ignore ID, Place Somali Resident in Chokehold Despite Living in US for Nearly His Entire Life – International Business Times
CAIR: ICC Rejects Israeli Bid to Thwart Gaza War Crimes Probe – Common Dreams
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CAIR: Some Republican lawmakers call for mass expulsion of American Muslims– Washington Post
Edward Ahmed Mitchell, deputy director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said his group has seen a marked increase in anti-Muslim rhetoric in the past year pushed by conspiracy theorists, politicians and social media influencers. Mitchell said the anti-Muslim rhetoric harks back to the rise in Islamophobia in the years after the Sept. 11 attacks and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he warned it could lead to hate crimes.
Mitchell cited the murder of Wadea Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian American who was stabbed to death in Illinois in 2023 shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Joseph Czuba was sentenced to 53 years in prison for the murder this year. He died three months later in prison.
Mitchell attributes much of the resurgence in anti-Muslim rhetoric to mobilization by American Muslims in protest of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza.
“Some of the anti-Muslim conspiracy theories that died out years ago, like Muslims plotting take over America and impose sharia law, or the Muslim Brotherhood secretly controlling all American Muslims … about nine months ago, they all came back in a flood,” Mitchell said. “We certainly do not want to see the progress that American Muslims have made in media, politics and activism and in the courts of law eroded by this wave of hate that we’re seeing.”
CAIR: VA Mosque Attack Prompts Advocates To Call For Hate Crime Charges – Annandale, VA Patch
CAIR Action: More Muslim candidates seek office as ‘Mamdani effect’ takes hold – The Hill
“We have the Mamdani effect, which now is exciting a lot more folks to think about running for office,” said Basim Elkara, executive director of the Center for American Islamic Relations Government Affairs (CAIR) Action, which aims to engage the American Muslim community in elections up and down the ballot.
CAIR: When it comes to Texas Muslims, Gov. Greg Abbott is two-faced | Opinion – Fort Worth Star-Telegram
It wasn’t always this way. In 2019, when Republican activists in Tarrant County tried to oust Dr. Shahid Shafi from a GOP role for being Muslim, Abbott defended him: “Religious freedom is at the core of who we are.” Today, Abbott is busy rage-posting and pushing laws that appease extremists. But Texas Muslims have won before — and will again. The governor’s dance with duplicity is losing rhythm.
CAIR slams Trump over deportation threat – Miami Herald
CAIR: The Phony War on Christians – Florida Phoenix
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CAIR: Editorial: Stop Scapegoating Somali Americans – Sampan