(WASHINGTON, D.C, 8/25/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today published a commentary calling on President Biden’s Antisemitism Envoy Deborah Lipstadt to apologize for her remarks about Muslims and immigrants.
In its commentary, CAIR wrote in part:
“Lipstadt certainly qualifies as an expert on antisemitism, and is well equipped to challenge the dangerous spread of this ancient form of racism and bigotry.
“However, there is another side to Ms. Lipstadt: her own history of using bigoted rhetoric, including Islamophobic and anti-immigrant talking points.
“In a series of opinion pieces published in The Forward and other outlets dating back to 2016, Lipstadt made critical and troubling remarks about Islam, Muslim refugees and, repeatedly, America’s most famous Jewish politician.
“Writing for the Forward in 2015 following the Copenhagen shootings, Lipstadt stated that ‘we are fighting with Muslim extremism, not violent extremism.’ The violence, she said, was ‘directly connected to Islam.’
“In another Forward op-ed, Lipstadt further insists that ‘this is Islamic terrorism or, as some call it, jihadism.’ She explains that without making the connection between acts of terror committed by Muslims with Islam, ‘we will never be able to address or resolve the problem.’”
READ THE COMMENTARY: https://www.cair.com/op_eds/why-president-bidens-antisemitism-envoy-should-start-her-work-by-apologizing-for-her-remarks-about-muslims-and-migrants/
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