The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the distribution of flyers promoting the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Virginia.
Flyers, in bags weighted with stones, were found near Round Hill Elementary in Loudoun County last Friday.
Earlier today, CAIR similarly condemned the distribution of racist flyers promoting the KKK in the Memphis, Tennessee, area.
“The promotion of racist hate is unfortunately taking place nationwide on a daily basis,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. “Our nation’s elected officials and community leaders must push back against this and all other forms of bigotry.”
Hooper said 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.
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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