The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on law enforcement authorities to investigate reported neo-Nazi white supremacist vandalism targeting a Black-owned business in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as a hate crime.
That business was reportedly vandalized with graffiti threatening black people, referring to the racist Ku Klux Klan and including a Nazi swastika and the phrase “white power.”
SEE: Black-owned business targeted with racist graffiti
“We condemn this racist, neo-Nazi vandalism and urge local, state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate the incident as a hate crime,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. “The growing bigotry targeting minority communities nationwide is an important issue that must be addressed by all political and religious leaders.”
He noted that last year, CAIR condemned marches by neo-Nazis in South Dakota.
Earlier this month, CAIR said a new report stating that the gunman who opened fire in Yellowstone National Park last year had plans for “pro white nationalist violence” shows the ongoing dangers of white supremacist ideologies.
Washington, D.C., based CAIR and the American Muslim community stand in solidarity with all those challenging antisemitism, systemic anti-Black racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, white supremacy, and all other forms of bigotry.
CAIR’s mission is to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.
La misión de CAIR es proteger las libertades civiles, mejorar la comprensión del Islam, promover la justicia, y empoderar a los musulmanes en los Estados Unidos.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Director of Government Affairs Department Robert S. McCaw, 202-716-6242, 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