CAIR-Texas: Filipino artist arrested by ICE outside his home in Texas – Inquirer,net
CAIR-Texas DFW, CAIR Action Texas, MLFA, the Muslim American Society Dallas and the Islamic Circle of North America’s Council on Social Justice released a joint statement condemning ICE’s actions.
“To detain him is to trample on justice itself,” the groups said. “ICE’s conduct continues to undermine both the integrity of our legal system and the trust of immigrant communities across the country.”
CAIR: Trump’s Gaza test – Washington Post
And it remains to be seen how committed Trump will be to applying pressure on Israeli leadership to keep it on track for the peace plan, according to Shapiro. Israel continued to strike Gaza City yesterday in moves the Council on American-Islamic Relations called “sadistic.”
CAIR-Chicago: Thousands in Chicago protest Donald Trump’s National Guard deployment – The New Arab
CAIR urges Trump to prevent ‘sadistic’ continued Israeli bombings of Gaza – Al Jazeera
CAIR: For local families of hostages held by Hamas, a tense moment ahead of their potential release – CBS News
Edward Ahmed Mitchell, the deputy director for the Council on American Islamic Relations, applauded the deal.
“This is an important moment and it was long overdue. The genocide in Gaza should have ended long ago. The hostages and captives should have gone free,” Mitchell said.
He commended people who spoke out for Gazans like demonstrators at college campuses.
“Sadly, the Israeli government, even to this moment, is continuing to bomb Gaza completely unnecessarily because the cabinet has not approved the ceasefire deal. It’s purely sadistic for anyone else to die in a war that’s supposed to be over,” Mitchell said.
CAIR: American Jews and Muslims celebrate ceasefire deal, but cautiously – Religion News Service
The Council on American-Islamic Relations on Thursday welcomed the announcement of agreement on the first phase of a new ceasefire deal.
“The world must ensure that the next stages of this agreement lead to the reconstruction of Gaza free from Israeli occupation or Western colonial oversight, as well as a clear path to ending the broader occupation and oppression of the Palestinian people so that a just, lasting peace can be established,” the statement from CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad said.
CAIR-MI: As Gaza hostage release and ceasefire deal is announced, Michigan groups hold onto hope – Detroit Free Press
CAIR-MI: Local American-Islamic community reacts to Israel and Hamas peace deal – WWJ
CAIR: City of Orangeburg Officially Passes Hate Intimidation Ordinance – Greenville Business Magazine
“We welcome the passage of this important ordinance to combat hate crimes,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. “We again urge South Carolina lawmakers to follow suit and pass an anti-hate crime bill statewide.”
CAIR-MN: Warnings in Michigan, Minnesota over guns at polling places on Election Day – Reuters
In Minnesota, local affiliates of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and League of Women Voters asked courts to halt recruiting by a Tennessee-based private security company that promised $910 a day to former special operations military personnel who head to Minneapolis during and after the election. They called the effort voter intimidation.