The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned another march by members of a neo-Nazi white supremacist group in Nashville, Tennessee.
For the second weekend in a row, a white supremacist group carrying Nazi flags shouting the Nazi salute “Sieg Heil” and wearing “Whites Against Replacement” shirts marched in downtown Nashville. The Goyim Defense League is listed as a neo-Nazi hate group by the Sothern Poverty law Center (SPLC).
“While even bigots have the right to non-violent freedom of speech, all Americans who value justice and respect for others have a duty to speak out against the promotion of hatred and division,” said CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison. “We must all push back against rising bigotry in our society.”
Earlier this month, CAIR condemned a similar march by another white supremacist group in Nashville. Earlier this year, CAIR similarly condemned a neo-Nazi march in Nashville.
Also earlier this year, CAIR condemned a march by the white supremacist group in Charleston, West Virginia, a white supremacist demonstration held in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a rally by neo-Nazis in Greenwich, Connecticut, and white supremacist rallies in Cumberland, Rhode Island, and Paducah, Kentucky.
In March, CAIR condemned a reported demonstration by an armed neo-Nazi in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Hopper said 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.
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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