CAIR Applauds Planned Removal of Statue Honoring ‘White Supremacist and Traitor’ Robert E. Lee’s in Richmond, Virginia

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/4/20) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s plan to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., and place it in storage. CAIR also supported the move by Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney to introduce … Continue reading CAIR Applauds Planned Removal of Statue Honoring ‘White Supremacist and Traitor’ Robert E. Lee’s in Richmond, Virginia