CAIR Op Eds
CAIR Op-Ed: With growing anger among conservatives over US support for Israel, fading power brokers revive Islamophobic hysteria as a distraction
This surge in anti-Muslim bigotry is not coming from the right wing generally, but from the old guard Israel First right, who are very well aware that they are losing the narrative among the younger generation of conservatives. Whipping up Islamophobia is their last, desperate attempt at stopping the bleeding. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL OP-ED AT NEWARAB.COM Ismail Allison serves as National Communications Manager at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest
Re: “Show Us the Evidence — Or, Gov. Abbott, is terrorist label for CAIR just partisanship?“ (CAIR-TX Letter to the Editor)
This letter to the editor was published in The Dallas Morning News in response to an editorial. This editorial rightfully criticizes Gov. Greg Abbott for branding America’s largest Muslim civil rights organization a foreign terrorist organization without evidence. However, the editorial expresses concern about CAIR’s stance on Hamas and antisemitism even though the organization has extensively addressed those issues. CAIR has condemned all forms of unjust violence, including terrorism. CAIR condemned ISIS so often that it put
CAIR OP-ED: ICE abduction of Sami Hamdi: Trump’s free speech is Israel First – The New Arab
The Trump administration should actually do as it says, and put America – including our constitutional guarantee of free speech for everyone on American soil – first. Releasing Sami Hamdi and the other political prisoners who have been detained for their opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza should be the first step. It’s time for the administration to actually prioritise American freedom over the feelings of a foreign government. Ismail Allison serves as National Communications
CAIR-Philadelphia Op-Ed: Remove Philly’s Voting Language Barriers
At the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Philadelphia, we serve Muslim American community members, many of whom speak languages not included in the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act. For example, in Pennsylvania, there are at least 35,000 Arabic speakers, at least 10,000 of whom live in Philadelphia. From our work within the region, we also know there are sizable West African communities in Southwest and West Philly, and Arab American communities in Northeast and South Philadelphia.
CAIR OP-ED: Why the Nobel Committee must reconsider its award to Maria Corina Machado
Maria Corina Machado has vocally supported European fascists, formed an official alliance with Israel’s racist, genocidal Likud Party, and called for foreign military intervention in her own nation. If Ms. Machado does not renounce her support for war, fascism and bigotry, she should not be mentioned alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nelson Mandela. There’s still time to correct this mistake. READ THE FULL OP-ED ON ANADOLU AJANSI
OP-ED: Expelling Brilliance: Trump’s Assault on International Students Imperils America
When brilliance, innovation, and the freedom to think, speak, and believe are driven out, we must be wary and active citizens; we cannot stay silent. We must fight for a country where politics do not gate opportunity and where the world’s brightest minds are not exiled but embraced. The future of America depends on it. Ariana Abbaszadeh is a student at George Washington University and a researcher at the Council on American-Islamic Relations. READ THE