CAIR-MA: Man who threatened pro-Palestinian protesters with hatchet sentenced to year of probation – Boston Globe
CAIR-MN: Trump administration ending protected status for some Somali immigrants – USA Today
CAIR-MN: Somali Minnesotans with temporary protected status given 2 months to leave US – Bring Me The News
CAIR-OK: City Council votes down Broken Arrow mosque proposal – Broken Arrow Sentinel
Veronica Laizure-Henry, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma, said the outcome was disappointing but she didn’t feel the project is completely sunk.
“My feeling is if they’re given a chance to cure the deficiencies in their proposal, just as any other entity or house of worship would be given that opportunity, they could come back before the City Council again and ask for the permit to be approved with an improved proposal,” Laizure-Henry said.
“If the city of Broken Arrow goes on a course that includes discrimination against its Muslim residents we will advocate for them and that includes legal action if necessary,” she added.
“I sincerely hope they will be guided by questions and conversations about facts as we heard — the traffic and rainwater and sewage — and not about Islamophobic discourse that has unfortunately dominated a lot of the conversation.”
“I understand folks who have had very little contact with Muslims having these concerns. It’s not a bad thing to have been misinformed or to have lacked education,” she added. “Folks who are dealing with that kind of fear and concern should reach out to resources in the community, who are here to educate and teach and to answer some of these stereotypes.”
CAIR-CA: California’s Israel Exception to the First Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives – Informed Comment
The Council or American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) points out that the bill “criminalizes honest discussions on Palestine and other global human rights issues.”
CAIR: Eric Adams launches NYC crypto coin to ‘combat antisemitism’ – FOX
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, for example, has argued that the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism has been “weaponized across the country to silence advocacy against genocide and for Palestinian human rights.”
CAIR: Grok es el motor de una nueva ola de humillación contra mujeres con vestimenta religiosa – WIRED en Español