CAIR-Houston: Azeez Al-Shaair’s anti-genocide note: Muslims tackle NFL fine with charity – Al Jazeera
Earlier this week, the Houston chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the NFL should not fine a player for rejecting genocide.
“Azeez Al-Shaair’s message was rooted in basic human decency and concern for innocent lives. That should not be controversial, much less subject to a fine,” CAIR-Houston director of operations Imran Ghani said in a statement.
CAIR-MN: Trump brings his attacks on Somali migrants to the world stage at Davos – Washington Post
Many Somali refugees fled three decades of government instability and repeated droughts. The vast majority came to the U.S. legally, and many even voted for Trump during the 2024 presidential election, said Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
“This isn’t about illegal immigrants,” said Hussein, who emigrated from Somalia to the U.S. in 1993. “This is about his continuous attack against Black people. He wants to get as many Black people out of here as possible.”
CAIR-MN: Trump administration says it is ending deportation protections for some Somali migrants – New York Amsterdam News
CAIR-AZ: Republican who called Muslims ‘f***ing savages’ wants an advocacy group declared a terrorist outfit – Arizona Mirror
“Branding a civil rights organization as terrorism is clearly viewpoint discrimination,” said Martin Quezada, a former Democratic lawmaker who now is a staff attorney for CAIR-AZ. He added that the legislation aims to create “guilt by association” and called the claims “ludicrous on their face.”
CAIR: Gov. Greg Abbott demands Cy-Fair ISD cancel Islamic Games event: ‘Not welcome in Texas’ – Houston Chronicle
“By placing Muslim children at the center of his campaign of hate, Governor Abbott is crossing every line of basic decency and digging himself a deeper legal hole,” CAIR said in a statement. “He is the governor of Texas, not the emperor of Texas, and we look forward to reminding him of that in a court of law. God willing.”
CAIR: Greg Abbott calls for Cy-Fair ISD to cut ties with Houston Islamic Games – Houston Public Media
In a statement to Houston Public Media, CAIR’s Washington D.C. office said Abbott was false in claiming that CAIR-New Jersey was a sponsor of the Houston games.
CAIR: Who’s afraid of Muslim kids playing soccer? Gov. Abbott is. – Houston Chronicle
CAIR-Houston: Azeez Al-Shaair’s anti-genocide note: Muslims tackle NFL fine with charity – Al Jazeera
Earlier this week, the Houston chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the NFL should not fine a player for rejecting genocide.
“Azeez Al-Shaair’s message was rooted in basic human decency and concern for innocent lives. That should not be controversial, much less subject to a fine,” CAIR-Houston director of operations Imran Ghani said in a statement.
CAIR-MN: Trump brings his attacks on Somali migrants to the world stage at Davos – Washington Post
Many Somali refugees fled three decades of government instability and repeated droughts. The vast majority came to the U.S. legally, and many even voted for Trump during the 2024 presidential election, said Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
“This isn’t about illegal immigrants,” said Hussein, who emigrated from Somalia to the U.S. in 1993. “This is about his continuous attack against Black people. He wants to get as many Black people out of here as possible.”
CAIR-MN: Trump administration says it is ending deportation protections for some Somali migrants – New York Amsterdam News
CAIR-AZ: Republican who called Muslims ‘f***ing savages’ wants an advocacy group declared a terrorist outfit – Arizona Mirror
“Branding a civil rights organization as terrorism is clearly viewpoint discrimination,” said Martin Quezada, a former Democratic lawmaker who now is a staff attorney for CAIR-AZ. He added that the legislation aims to create “guilt by association” and called the claims “ludicrous on their face.”
CAIR: Gov. Greg Abbott demands Cy-Fair ISD cancel Islamic Games event: ‘Not welcome in Texas’ – Houston Chronicle
“By placing Muslim children at the center of his campaign of hate, Governor Abbott is crossing every line of basic decency and digging himself a deeper legal hole,” CAIR said in a statement. “He is the governor of Texas, not the emperor of Texas, and we look forward to reminding him of that in a court of law. God willing.”
CAIR: Greg Abbott calls for Cy-Fair ISD to cut ties with Houston Islamic Games – Houston Public Media
In a statement to Houston Public Media, CAIR’s Washington D.C. office said Abbott was false in claiming that CAIR-New Jersey was a sponsor of the Houston games.
“Children should be off-limits in political games. Period,” a CAIR spokesperson wrote in an email. “Yet Governor Abbott’s hatred of Muslims and his obsession with silencing critics of the Israeli government have now led him to target innocent children scheduled to participate in an athletic sporting event that has occurred for over 30 years in states across America, including Texas.”
The organization also said that Abbott’s declaration against CAIR is “lawless.”
CAIR-NJ: Dentist at center of fracas outside NJ synagogue wins last-minute pardon – New Jersey Monitor
Selaedin Maksut, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations of New Jersey, said Wednesday that Glick’s pardon “sends a deeply troubling message at a time when all faith communities are facing heightened threats and deserve assurance that the law will be applied fairly and consistently.”
CAIR: Implicit bias attribution reduces prosocial emotions and donation intentions for natural disaster victims – Communications Psychology