(BOSTON, MA, 10/10/23) – The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on law enforcement authorities to investigate vandalism targeting a sign for Palestinian and Islamic organizations in Boston as a possible hate crime.
The word “Nazis” was reportedly spray-painted on a sign for the Islamic Seminary of Boston and the Palestinian Cultural Center for Peace.
Earlier today, CAIR’s national office in Washington, D.C., urged houses of worship and human rights activists engaging in protests to take security precautions after a surge in racist, hateful and threatening rhetoric online, as well as inflammatory comments by political leaders.
“We urge state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate this disturbing incident as a hate crime,” said CAIR-MA Executive Director Tahirah Amatul-Wadud. “All Americans, whatever their faith or ethnicity, should be free from acts of intimidation and hate.”
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CONTACT: CAIR-Massachusetts Executive Director Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, 413-206-9839, tAmatul-Wadud@cair.com