The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an Israeli soldier’s obscene desecration of a copy of the Holy Quran as the Israeli government’s latest act of war against Islam and called on Muslim-majority nations to take concrete action to end the Israeli government’s genocide.
An Israeli soldier from the Givati Brigade 435 Rotem Battalion reportedly published a photo of himself urinating on a copy of the Holy Quran in Jabalia, Gaza.
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In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:
“The far-right Israeli government has been openly waging a war against not only the Palestinian people in Gaza, but a war on Islam and Christianity. From the destruction of mosques and churches, to the abuse and humiliation of Muslim women, to now urinating on the Holy Quran, the Israeli government has violated every sanctity that Muslims hold dear.
“The Israeli military is currently one of the most immoral forces on the world stage, and unfortunately the Biden administration remains steadfastly complicit with its war crimes.
“We call on Muslim-majority nations to harness their collective power, including their economic influence, and take concrete action to confront this out-of-control government and end its genocide.”
Awad noted that yesterday, Israeli authorities demolished a mosque in occupied East Jerusalem.
He added that CAIR has previously condemned several incidents of desecration of the Quran by Israeli forces.
SEE: CAIR Says Israel’s Latest Quran Burnings Is a War on Islam that Biden Must Condemn
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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