CAIR-AL: Alabama set to execute Muslim man during holiest month of Islamic religion – AL.com
“While it would be tragic to execute a devout Muslim during Ramadan, our primary concern is that Mr. Burton is being executed at all,” A. Britton O’Shields, an Alabama attorney for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said.
“Unlike the vast majority of death penalty cases, Mr. Burton was never even accused of killing anyone — he was simply in the vicinity of the shooter when the shots were fired.”
CAIR: Iranian American community divided over Middle East war – Baltimore Sun
The tensions abroad have also heightened anxiety among local Muslims. Zainab Chaudry, director of the Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said recent aggressions have created “a heightened sense of vulnerability.”
“We are urging vigilance within our communities,” she said, “because it is around these kinds of historical moments where there tends to be an uptick in the number of retaliatory comments and incidents that occur.”
CAIR-Pittsburgh: Muslim and Jewish communities in Pittsburgh on high alert amid ongoing conflict with Iran – CBS News
Christine Mohamed, the executive director of the Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said conflict can trickle over and lead to misplaced blame.
“American Muslims and Iranian Americans, they’re not responsible for foreign governments, right?” Mohamed said. “They are part of our community. They are doctors, teachers, parents, they have their children going in schools here. So, we’re woven into this beautiful city of Pittsburgh. And our concern is that there may be some backlash or even blame, and obviously, it’s not their blame to carry.”
She said they will be working to identify any issues involving Islamophobia and discrimination.
“Protecting and ensuring that our community is safe during this time is our top priority,” Mohamed said.
CAIR: CT residents with ties to Iran react to US strikes, ongoing war in Middle East – Connecticut Public Radio
Members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT), the state’s chapter of the country’s largest Muslim civil rights organization, are calling on the state’s congressional representatives to oppose the United States’ war against Iran.
CAIR: Illinois responds as US war with Iran begins, American service members killed – Shaw Local
CAIR: The Republicans Are Messing with Texas – New Yorker
CAIR: Republicans rush to link Austin shooting to ‘radical Islam’ – Axios
The other side: CAIR Texas sent a letter to state senators in February asking them to oppose Patrick’s legislative priority, saying that the state and the country are governed by the U.S. Constitution and the Texas Constitution.
“There is no parallel judicial system operating in Texas,” the organization wrote, adding that a sharia law takeover does not exist.
What they’re saying: “The Texas state government repeatedly singling out Islamic religious practices and communities does not strengthen constitutional protections. Instead, it manufactures a fictional threat and then legislates against it,” CAIR Texas wrote.