(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/19/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today backed a call by the NAACP to remove a Confederate monument in Virginia that refers to the Confederacy as a “noble cause.”
The NAACP asked the Amherst County Council to consider removing a Confederate monument on the grounds of the historic portion of the county courthouse. The monument includes an inscription that refers to the Confederate cause as “noble.”
SEE: Amherst NAACP asks county board to remove Confederate monument from courthouse grounds (newsadvance.com)
“The Confederate ’cause’ was to preserve slavery and white supremacy,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. “A monument referring to that cause as ‘noble’ should be removed because it is an offense to all those who felt and continue to feel the impact of racism and bigotry.”
He noted that Washington, D.C., based CAIR has repeatedly called for the removal of Confederate names, holidays, flags, statues, and symbols nationwide.
SEE: CAIR Welcomes Dropping of Confederate Name from Naval Academy Building in Maryland
CAIR Reiterates Condemnation of South Carolina’s ‘Confederate Memorial Day’
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@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