The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned false allegations by Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire and others who smeared and endangered an innocent Muslim student and anti-genocide activist at Brown University by raising suspicion that he was responsible for the deadly shooting on campus.
In a statement, CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said
“We strongly condemn anti-Muslim, pro-Israel extremists who rushed to blame the recent campus shooting on an innocent Brown University student who is Muslim and an advocate for Palestinian human rights. The remarks that Shaun Maguire and other bigots made about this student were irresponsible, dangerous, and, sadly, predictable.
“The Israel First movement has been desperately looking for any opportunity to stoke anti-Muslim hysteria in order to silence Americans, especially American Muslims, who opposed the genocide in Gaza. Mr. Maguire and others who risked endangering this innocent student must be held accountable and no one should take them seriously in the future.”
Earlier this year, CAIR reiterated its call for the firing of Maguire after he accused a US veteran of lying about Israeli forces killing a child in front of him.
CAIR previously called for the firing of Shaun Maguire over racist, anti-Muslim remarks posted on social media.
SEE: CAIR Calls for Firing of Sequoia Partner Shaun Maguire After Racist, Anti-Muslim Rants
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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