CAIR: Sayfollah Musallet’s relatives criticize US government over West Bank killing: ‘Somebody needs to be held accountable – the Guardian
CAIR: Texas legislature passes laws strengthening campus protest rules, allowing citizens to be labeled foreign actors – Prism
The language in the bill is “dangerously vague and subjective,” said Sameeha Rizvi, civic engagement organizer for the Austin branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
“There is no clear definition of what it means to ‘act on behalf’ of a foreign government, and no safeguards to prevent this law from being weaponized against marginalized groups, especially Muslim, Arab, immigrant, and Palestinian communities,” Rizvi said in an email. “This bill draws directly from post-9/11 and Cold War narratives that frame immigrants and foreign-born residents as inherent threats, with few protections against profiling or abuse.”
CAIR-CA: Woman arrested for hate crime, allegedly set Novato church property on fire – KTVU
CAIR-Texas: Palestinian man detained at TX airport for 10 days despite valid visa, lawyer says – Star-Telegram
CAIR-Texas: Palestinian man detained at Houston airport for 9 days: report – Salon.com
CAIR-Texas: Palestinian with valid US immigrant visa held at Houston Airport since 5 July – Middle East Eye
Video: CAIR-MN Says ICE Turning Courts Into Traps for Deportation
CAIR-MN: ‘Dragged away after court’: Detention tactics at Minnesota immigration court hearings spark outcry – Star Tribune
Suleiman Adan, deputy director of the Council on American Islamic Relations in Minnesota, called the arrests “a moral and human rights crisis.”
“Every day we are witnessing ICE weaponize our courthouses, turning places meant for justice into traps for deportation,” Adan said. “When people are afraid to access the legal system, we all suffer. Justice delayed is justice denied. Justice surveilled is justice destroyed.”
“These are members of our community that are being impacted,” Adan continued. “They came here for safety, for opportunity, to build dignified lives, and instead, they’re being snatched from the systems that promise them justice. At CAIR in Minnesota, we’ve walked with families who face this terror, and I want to name that — it is terror. We’ve seen fathers disappear from child custody hearings. We’ve seen mothers taken outside courtrooms while trying to secure protection orders.”
CAIR-MN: Activists say ICE is targeting immigrants going to court – FOX
CAIR: Israeli Airstrike Kills Children Collecting Water As Gaza Crisis Worsens – HuffPost
“We condemn this latest massacre of children desperately seeking water for their families as we have condemned the uncounted war crimes Israeli forces commit on a daily basis, all with the complicity of our own government and using American taxpayer-supplied weapons,” the Council on American-Islamic Relations said on Sunday. “The slaughter of children must stop.”
CAIR: DeSantis says he has no information, comment on Floridian reportedly murdered in Israel – Sarasota Herald-Tribune
During a visit to Sarasota on Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis refused to comment on the recent murder of a Florida resident and American citizen that was allegedly perpetrated by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
Saif al-Din Musalat, also known as Sayfollah Musallet, was born in Florida and raised in Port Charlotte, according to the Florida Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida),a Muslim advocacy organization. The Israeli newspapers Haaretz and The Times of Israel reported that Musallet was in the West Bank visiting family. He was one of two Palestinians attacked by a mob of Israeli settlers in the town of Sinjil on Friday during a confrontation, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
CAIR-Florida expresses outrage after Palestinian-American from Florida is killed by Israeli settlers in West Bank – WSVN
CAIR-FL: Family of Tampa man reportedly killed by Israeli settlers in West Bank call for U.S. investigation – WTSP
CAIR-FL: Sayfollah Musallet built a business in Tampa. He died in the West Bank. – Tampa Bay Times
CAIR-FL: Family of Tampa man killed in West Bank confrontation with Israeli settlers calls for ‘justice’ – WUSF
‘Saifullah was just a very rare soul’: CAIR calls for action after Tampa man killed in West Bank conflict – WINK
CAIR-FL: Family of Tampa man killed by Israeli settlers in West Bank call for justice – WMNF
CAIR-FL: Family Demands US Investigate Fatal Beating of US Citizen in the West Bank – Truthout
CAIR to US: respond to murder of Palestinian American in West Bank – TRT World