(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/23/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an Israeli settler’s desecration of a Quran, Islam’s holy text, during recent attacks on Palestinian civilians.
That settler is shown on video leaving a mosque in the Palestinian village of Orif. In the video, the man is shown ripping pages out of the Quran and throwing them on the ground while other masked attackers looked on.
SEE: Israeli settlers desecrate Quran and vandalize mosque, video shows
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-settlers-desecrate-quran-outside-mosque-video-shows
In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:
“Murdering Palestinian civilians wasn’t enough for rampaging settlers enabled by the Israeli government. They raided mosques and desecrated the Holy Quran. The Israeli government is completely out of control, and it’s long past time for the United States to stop enabling its escalating oppression.”
Earlier this week, CAIR called on the U.S. Department of State to take concrete actions to protect Palestinian-American under attack by Israeli settlers.
On Tuesday, CAIR called on the Biden administration to take action after the Israeli government approved plans to expedite the construction of settlements in the occupied West Bank.
CAIR also called on the Biden administration to demand “real justice” after an announcement that Israeli soldiers will not face criminal prosecution for the death of an elderly Palestinian-American man who they dragged from a car, bound and left unresponsive on the ground overnight after apparently suffering a heart attack.
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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 Coordinator Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com