CAIR-NJ: NJ Man Released By ICE After 67 Days, Mayor Says
Alongside the local community, the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) also issued a statement in support of Kalkan, saying that “at its core, this is about human dignity.”
“No family should live in fear or uncertainty because of arbitrary detention practices that disregard due process and compassion,” CAIR-NJ Executive Director Selaedin Maksut said. “CAIR-NJ stands with the Kalkan family and all those calling for an immigration system rooted in justice, mercy, and basic human decency.”
CAIR: ‘Powerful Message’: Groups Back Maryland Bill To Ban Local Police From Partnering With ICE – Daily Voice
CAIR-Pittsburgh: Speers man accused of ethnic intimidation in connection with racist video made at Rostraver Walmart – TribLIVE.com
The Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations welcomed the charges as a step toward accountability, according to a statement from Executive Director Christine Mohamed.
“Acts of racial intimidation are not harmless speech,” Mohamed said in a statement. “They are meant to demean, threaten and silence. When prosecutors take these cases seriously, it sends a clear message that hate-based harassment has real consequences and will not be tolerated in our communities.”
CAIR: What will a rebuilt Gaza look like? The competing visions for the Strip’s future – The Conversation
The tokens could eventually be redeemed for an apartment in one of Gaza’s new cities. But the plan also envisages the sale of tokens to investors being used to fund reconstruction. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation in the US, says the “mass theft” of Palestinian land through the token scheme would amount to a war crime.
CAIR-MN: ‘This Occupation Has to End!’ Omar Argues After Homan Says Most Agents Will Stay in Minnesota – Common Dreams
Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said Wednesday that “the limited drawdown of ICE agents from Minnesota is not a concession. It is a direct response to Minnesotans standing up to unconstitutional federal overreach.”
CAIR-FL: Florida bill raising concerns over Islamic school voucher funding – WESH
CAIR: US senator joins anti-Islam caucus in Congress – TRT World
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) denounced what it described as “racist, anti-Islam” comments made by Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville during a press conference organised by the newly formed “Sharia-Free America Caucus,” composed of 33 members of Congress.