The Alabama chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AL), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined calls from the NAACP and other civil rights organizations asking the Supreme Court to deny the state’s efforts to redraw congressional districts following Tuesday’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.
Alabama Republicans started a push to redraw maps in 2021 but are enjoined from doing so until at least 2030 pursuant to a 2023 Federal Court order.
In a statement, CAIR-AL Staff Attorney Britton O’Shields said:
“The Alabama officials calling for redistricting are the same officials who defend white nationalists and use Islamophobia as a campaign platform. Though racism in Alabama has changed form since Jim Crow, it is still omnipresent in our political spaces. The court must preserve the political power of black and brown Alabamians and resist efforts to redistrict ahead of the 2026 election, or risk backsliding further into our past.”
She said CAIR and the American Muslim community stand in solidarity with all those challenging systemic anti-Black racism, antisemitism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, white supremacy, and all other forms of bigotry.
Yesterday, CAIR’s national office called on all states to oppose efforts to dilute Black political representation after the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that dealt a blow to protections under the Voting Rights Act.
CAIR’s mission is to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.
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CONTACT: A. Britton O’Shields, Staff Attorney – Alabama Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Alabama), aoshields@cair.com, 205-206-6399, 205-616-0733; CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com