CAIR-GA: DeKalb judge faces calls to resign over posts about Gaza – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
CAIR-GA: DeKalb Superior Court judge faces backlash over Gaza social media post – Fox 5 Atlanta
CAIR-NJ: Palestinian student group reinstated at Rowan – Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ)
The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, known as CAIR-NJ, celebrated the reinstatement of the Rowan Group. But CAIR-NJ officials said the student group faced “targeted harassment” from Make NJ Red, which “represents a clear and troubling attempt to suppress pro-Palestinian voices.”
“The reinstatement of the SJP chapter is a victory for free speech, the First Amendment, and the broader commitment to academic freedom,” said Selaedin Maksut, the executive director of CAIR-NJ.
CAIR-Chicago: Illinois landlord charged with 2023 hate crime and murder of Palestinian American boy set for trial – Associated Press
CAIR-Chicago: Joseph Czuba Murder Trial Begins Today in Illinois: What to Know – Newsweek
CAIR: Man arrested for ‘discriminatory’ grocery store attack in Creve Coeur – KSDK
CAIR: Progressive advocates urge lawmakers to protect incarcerated, immigrants – Maryland Matters
CAIR-SFBA: SF Activists Rally Against Lurie’s Push to Remove Outspoken Police Commissioner – KQED
CAIR-MN: Target Caught in DEI Crossfire as Lawsuits and Boycotts and Actions Mount
CAIR-MI: UM president set to speak at national antisemitism summit, prompting criticism – Detroit News
Dawud Walid, executive director of the Michigan Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, added “antisemitism is a real phenomenon in the United States and Michigan.”
“However, President Ono has been willfully negligent in addressing Islamophobia on his campus,” Walid said.
It is not problematic as an isolated appearance for Ono to speak at the ADL conference, Walid said. But it is problematic in the context of how UM has handled the tensions on campus following the Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack on Israel by Hamas, Walid said. Tensions between Jewish and pro-Palestinian students erupted on the campus of UM and campuses following an Israeli counterattack on Gaza that left tens of thousands of people dead and an estimated $18.5 billion in infrastructure damage before a ceasefire was reached in January.
CAIR-MI filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights against Ono and filed a lawsuit for allegedly prioritizing antisemitism over Islamophobia on campus amid tensions between Arab and Jewish students over the war.
“President Ono has a horrendous record of showing bias toward Muslims and pro-Palestinian students,” Walid said