CAIR demands state investigation into fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents – National News Desk
CAIR-MN: “He Was Executed”: Minneapolis Residents Outraged, Defiant After Immigration Agents Kill Alex Pretti – Democracy Now
CAIR-Texas: Republicans go all-in on ‘Sharia law’ attacks ahead of Texas primary – Politico
Sameeha Rizvi, CAIR Action Texas Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, called Cornyn’s ad “defamatory and despicable” and borne out of “desperation to compete with Ken Paxton’s anti-Muslim bigotry.”
“CAIR is not going anywhere, American Muslims are not going anywhere, and our community will show its strength at the ballot box, God willing,” Rizvi said in a statement.
CAIR: Anti-Islam rhetoric takes center stage in Texas Republican primary – Texas Tribune
Muslim civil rights groups say the negative messaging from Republicans around Islam is broader, more extreme and more frequent than in years past, and they worry about the cumulative effect of both heightened rhetoric and anti-Muslim policies.
“It’s definitely more coordinated than it was before,” said Sameeha Rizvi, the policy and advocacy coordinator for the Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “We’re seeing it on a national and state level, and we’re seeing so-called influencer activists on the far right using this as a tool to further burn the flames of anti-Muslim rhetoric and hate.”
CAIR: Florida seeks to ban ‘West Bank’ from official vocabulary – The New Arab
“The people of Florida elect their state legislators to serve the people of Florida, not to serve a foreign government stunt like this Israel First bill,” Edward Ahmed Mitchell, national deputy director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told The New Arab.