CAIR: ‘Modern Crusaders’: Anti-Muslim biker gang hired to guard GHF Gaza concentration camps – Middle East Monitor
Council on American-Islamic Relations condemns Trump’s Israel First policy – Newsweek
“We strongly condemn the out-of-control Israeli government’s bombings of Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon and even Qatar, all in the past few days,” CAIR said in a statement.
CAIR: US Muslim group slams Trump’s ‘Israel First’ policies – Al Jazeera
CAIR-DFW: Site of Controversial McKinney Mosque Vandalized With Christian Images – Dallas Observer
CAIR-DFW: McKinney community reacts to vandalism at proposed mosque site – NBC
We spoke to Mustafa Carroll, the executive director of CAIR-Texas DFW, who said he was not surprised by the act of vandalism.
“It’s so commonplace and we’ve seen worse, but it’s so commonplace that I’m not really surprised,” Carroll said. “It’s always amazing to me the things people say and to some degree it points to their ignorance about what Muslims believe.”
“The most important thing for people to do is get to know each other,” Carroll said.
CAIR-MA: Man Charged for Threatening Protesters with an Axe – Harvard Crimson
CAIR-AZ: Arizona GOP lawmaker calls Muslims ‘f***ing savages’ and ‘terrorists’ from ‘sh*t hole’ countries – Arizona Mirror
After this story was published, Martín Quezada, a staff attorney and civil rights director for CAIR Arizona, said in an email that it’s sad Gillette “has been so overrun by hatred that he spews this kind of racist rhetoric that has absolutely no basis in fact.”
Quezada, a former state legislator who served in both the state House of Representatives and Senate from 2013 through 2023, added that Gillette should see his political career ended by his comments — but the state of modern politics means he’s unlikely to face any consequences.
“(O)nly a few years ago (even back when I served) statements like this would have meant a certain end to a political career. They would have been called out by members of both parties as being radically inappropriate and unbecoming of a public figure,” he said. “Yet today there’s silence.
“As a former Senator myself I’m disgusted at his lack of professionalism, hatred, and ignorance he has put on display. But mostly I pity him. Living with that kind of hate must be exhausting and draining.”
CAIR: Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites – BBC
“Putting the Infidels biker club in charge of delivering humanitarian aid in Gaza is like putting the KKK in charge of delivering humanitarian aid in Sudan. It makes no sense whatsoever,” said Edward Ahmed Mitchell, deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a leading Muslim civil rights organisation in the US.
“It’s bound to lead to violence, and that’s exactly what we’ve seen happen in Gaza.”
CAIR-MI: Warren mosque vandalized, prompts calls for hate crime investigation – WDIV
CAIR-MI: Police investigate vandalism at mosque in Warren, Michigan – CBS
CAIR-MI: Michigan Muslim group pushes hate crime investigation after Warren mosque vandalized – Detroit Metro Times
CAIR-MI: Muslim civil rights group offers reward for information about Warren mosque vandalism – Macomb Daily
CAIR-WA: Amid vocal opposition, Seattle council expands police surveillance – Seattle Times
CAIR-MA: Surge in Faith-Based Bullying: A Disturbing Reality for Tennessee’s Muslim Students – Campus Safety Magazine
CAIR: Campaign Problems – The Chronicle of Higher Education