(WASHINGTON D.C., 7/1/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned vandalism targeting a Christian pregnancy center in Littleton, N.H., and welcomed a hate crime investigation into the incident.
The Pathways Pregnancy Care Center, a Christian organization, was targeted with graffiti that read ‘fund abortion, abort God.’ Police were reportedly informed of the vandalism on Tuesday. Police are currently investigating whether the vandalism constitutes a hate crime.
SEE: Littleton police investigating whether vandalism at pregnancy center is hate crime
“We condemn this hateful attack on a faith-based institution and urge law enforcement to conduct a swift and thorough investigation,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. “Regardless of one’s views on abortion, attacks on religious institutions should never be tolerated if we are to move forward as a just society.”
Hooper noted that on Tuesday, CAIR-New York condemned threatening graffiti that was scrawled on an Upper West Side church’s door, which ominously read, “If abortion isn’t safe, neither are you.”
SEE: CAIR-NY Condemns Death Threats Spray-Painted on Manhattan Church Door; Welcomes Arrest, Hate Crime Charges for Man Who Drew Swastikas in Monsey Synagogue
On Monday, CAIR called on law enforcement authorities to investigate abortion-related vandalism and possible arson targeting a Catholic church in Reston, Va., as a hate crime.
SEE: CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Vandalism, Possible Arson Targeting Catholic Church in Virginia
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, [email protected]; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, [email protected]; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, [email protected]; CAIR National Communications Coordinator Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, [email protected]