CAIR-MI: ‘A moral emergency’: Muslim leaders urge others to speak out on Gaza – Detroit News
Imam Dawud Walid, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Michigan chapter, noted the shared values of Muslims and Jews, such as the belief that “whoever kills an innocent soul is like killing all of humankind, but whoever saves an innocent soul is like saving all of humankind.”
He pointed to instances that the Muslim community in Michigan condemned actions of religious extremism as “not in the name of Islam,” including a conference held to condemn the London bombings of 2005 and another more recently to condemn Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant killings in Iraq and Syria.
“Likewise, we believe it is the moral obligation of rabbis and Jewish leaders (to) clearly say, genocide is not in our name, in the name of Jews or Judaism,” Walid said. “(To say), starvation of children is not in the name of Jews or Judaism, cutting off medical supplies (so) children have to have operations without anesthesia goes against Judaism and is not in our name of Jews.”
Video: CAIR-NJ Hosts Families, Community Leaders to Speak on Starvation in Gaza, Demand End to Genocide
CAIR: Trump OPM Memo Speeds Legal Shift Towards Religious Talk at Work – Bloomberg Law News
CAIR: Teton County Fair Board briefly pulls photo of veiled Moroccan woman after outcry – Jackson Hole News & Guide
Although the photo was returned to the wall on Thursday with a disclaimer after the committee reviewed the submission, the leading advocacy group for American Muslim civil rights called the temporary removal an “overreaction based on prejudice and stereotyping.”
“For decades, any time there’s been any kind of representation of Islam in America, it tends to be a red flag for bigots and Islamophobes,” Ibrahim Hooper, national communications director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said on Tuesday. “We’ve seen that time and time again.”
CAIR: American Muslims more likely than other citizens to have a college degree — study – TRT Global
Video: CAIR, CAIR-SFBA Condemn Killing of Palestinian Activist Awdah Hathaleen After U.S. Entry Denial
CAIR: The IRS says worship centers can endorse political candidates. Do Houston Muslims agree? – Chron.com
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, said in a statement last week that it was “strongly advising” mosques not to allow speakers to endorse political candidates.
CAIR: After Park Avenue Shooting, Anti-Muslim Disinformation Spread Rapidly – New York Times
On social media, unfounded reports proliferated, possibly stemming from a pro-Palestinian demonstration near the Park Avenue building, that the shooter had yelled “Free Palestine.” As details gradually emerged about the shooting, the false posts had a momentum of their own, with some accusing mainstream news outlets of refusing to report the supposed shouts of “Free Palestine.”
In response, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the country’s largest Muslim civil rights organization, denounced “those anti-Muslim bigots and anti-Palestinian racists who gleefully rushed to blame yesterday’s mass shooting on Muslims and Palestinians without any evidence,” condemning the “blind hatred that would lead someone to respond to tragedies like this shooting with such racism and bigotry.”
CAIR: Claims are unsupported about NYC shooting suspect wearing keffiyeh and saying ‘Free Palestine’ – PolitiFact
CAIR-NY: Cornell Expected to Reach Settlement with Trump Administration to Restore Federal Funding – Ithaca Times
Afaf Nasher, executive director of New York’s chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), called Columbia’s decision to adopt the IHRA definition “an attack on free speech.” Nasher continued, “This decision is nothing more than the shameless weaponization of antisemitism in order to stifle the ability of students to speak out against the ongoing genocide of Palestinians by the Israeli government. We urge Columbia’s administration to reverse this decision.”
CAIR-SFBA: Activists Mourn Palestinian Man Killed in West Bank After Being Denied Entry at SFO – KQED
CAIR-SFBA: Palestinian activist denied entry at SFO allegedly murdered by Israeli settler in West Bank – ABC7 News