CAIR Op Eds
CAIR Op-Ed: Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Can Now Control What TikTok Users See
TikTok played an important role in the sea change of U.S. opinion about Israel, particularly among young people. It’s why the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, the organization I work for, condemned the sale as a “desperate” attempt to silence young Americans. READ THE FULL OP-ED AT THE INTERCEPT
CAIR: Senator Tuberville casts George Wallace’s shadow over Alabama Muslims: op-ed – AL.com
Click here to read this editorial by CAIR Research and Advocacy Director Corey Saylor, “Senator Tuberville casts George Wallace’s shadow over Alabama Muslims,” on AL.com
CAIR Op-Ed: Abbott’s attacks on Muslims draw on an old religious bigotry playbook
Gov. Greg Abbott’s sweeping assault on Texas Muslims deploys a familiar methodology once used against Jews and Catholics. The targets have changed, but the pattern remains: Portray a religious minority as an alien threat seeking to create a “state within a state.” Sadly, Abbott’s recent actions against our Muslim organization echo those older bigotries. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL OP-ED AT THE AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN Corey Saylor is the research and advocacy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations
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