CAIR in the News

CAIR in the News, February 18, 2025

CAIR: Israel Plans 1,000 New Settlement Homes as West Bank Raids Intensify – Common Dreams

CAIR: After Miami shooting, rights groups spotlight rising anti-Palestinian racism – The New Arab

CAIR: Man charged in Florida shooting thought victims were Palestinians, police say – Washington Post

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Florida chapter called for Brafman to be additionally charged with committing hate crimes. “It is the alleged shooter’s reportedly bias-motivated actions, not the actual ethnicity of the victims, that should be the determining factor for charges in this disturbing case,” CAIR-Florida Communications Director Wilfredo Amr Ruiz said.

CAIR: Florida man charged with attempted murder, accused of shooting tourists he thought were Palestinian – CNN

CAIR: US man who shot Israeli visitors thought they were Palestinians, police say – Al Jazeera

“This is just the latest example of the hate targeting the Palestinian-American community in this country and Palestinians in their homeland,” Nihad Awad, the national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said in a statement on Monday.

CAIR: Jewish man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami – The Guardian

CAIR: Florida man shoots two Israeli tourists after mistaking them for Palestinians, police say – Sky News

CAIR-FL: Israeli man speaks out after Miami Beach shooting by suspect who mistook him for Palestinian – CBS

CAIR: Social media erupts over Miami man who shot Israelis mistaken for Palestinians – Middle East Eye

CAIR: Israeli man who was shot by Jewish man in Miami posted ‘Death to Arabs’ – Anadolu Ajansı

CAIR-FL: Why were 2 people shot in Miami Beach? The suspect said he ‘saw 2 Palestinians,’ cops say – Miami Herald

CAIR: Gunman shot at 2 Israeli visitors thinking they were Palestinians, Florida police say – Reuters

CAIR-FL: Man accused of shooting 2 men he thought were Palestinian in Miami Beach – First Coast News

CAIR: Miami shooter confesses firing to ‘kill Palestinians on sight’ – TRT World

CAIR: Progressive advocates urge lawmakers to protect incarcerated, immigrants – Maryland Matters

The coalition that gathered on Lawyers Mall included representatives from a wide range of both local and statewide efforts, from the Baltimore Algebra Project to the Maryland Second Look Coalition.

Other groups included the Maryland Youth Justice Coalition, Racial Justice Now!, Young People for Progress, Youth as Resources, the No Boundaries Coalition, the Silver Spring Justice Coalition, Students For Asylum and Immigration Reform, CASA, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, Jews United for Justice and Advance Maryland.