CAIR Condemns State Department’s Attempt to ‘Whitewash and Excuse’ Murder of Shireen Abu Akleh, Repeats Call for FBI Probe

(WASHINGTON D.C., 7/5/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the State Department’s attempt to “whitewash and excuse” the Israeli government’s murder of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. CAIR also repeated its call for the FBI to launch an investigation into her death.  In a statement issued yesterday, … Continue reading CAIR Condemns State Department’s Attempt to ‘Whitewash and Excuse’ Murder of Shireen Abu Akleh, Repeats Call for FBI Probe