Video: CAIR-SFBA Says Trump’s Latest Order Targets Student Protesters, Threatens Free Speech
CAIR: U-M advises community as Trump targets students from pro-Palestinian rallies – Detroit Free Press
CAIR-MN: Civil rights activists call for a Target boycott after retailer backs away from diversity programs – Associated Press
Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on Islamic-American Relations, said that as a company based in the city where Floyd’s murder sparked a national reckoning with racial injustice, Target must be called out.
“We here in Minneapolis today, the good people of the state, are saying to our friends all over the country, ‘If you were moved to do something good after the murder of George Floyd, it is time for you to stand up and boycott Target,’” Hussein said.
CAIR-MN: Activists call for a Target boycott after it rolled back DEI initiatives – KARE
CAIR-MI welcomes federal court decision allowing lawsuit against Oakland County sheriff for forcing Muslim woman to remove her hijab – Arab American News
CAIR: Trump’s New Executive Order Targets Non-Citizen Students – Evrim Ağacı
CAIR: Trump Bans Teaching of Race and Gender Theories in U.S. Schools – EFE
CAIR: Trump lays out blueprint to deport pro-Palestinian foreign nationals – Middle East Eye
CAIR: Philly-area colleges brace for impact as Trump threatens to deport international students who are pro-Hamas or participated in protests – Philadelphia Inquirer
CAIR, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy association, said the “broad language of the order appears to threaten deportation based on unprovable ideological tests and for mere participation in any anti-genocide protests, which the order’s fact sheet broadly mischaracterizes as ‘pro-jihadist,’ ‘violent’ and ‘antisemitic.’”
CAIR-LA: Pro-Palestinian student group at Chapman University stripped of MLK award – Los Angeles Times
Siding with the pro-Palestinian student group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations took issue with Struppa’s public criticisms, including his “misplaced and unfounded” contention about King’s legacy.
“By condemning the award presented to SJP Chapman, President Struppa not only undermines the rights of students to express their views but further promotes the nationwide pattern of hostility against them for their advocacy in support of Palestinian human rights,” said Amr Shabaik, CAIR-LA’s legal director, in a press statement.
In May, CAIR-LA called on Chapman’s leadership to protect pro-Palestinian student activists and investigate an incident involving man reportedly brandished a knife at them on campus.
CAIR-LA: Metropolitan Water District Dismisses General Manager In Troubling Move by Board – Daily Kos