CAIR-LA: Pro-Palestinian students, supporters begin ‘occupation’ on USC campus – City News Service
Organizations including the Muslim Public Affairs Council, the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Los Angeles and the ACLU of Southern California have denounced the decision and demanded the university reverse course and allow Tabassum to speak.
CAIR-FL: Muslim group blasts Joe Biden for Tampa campaign stop – Florida Politics
CAIR-NJ: NJ Groups Accuse Rutgers Of Allowing ‘Anti-Palestine Bigotry’
CAIR-NJ: Federal complaint accuses Rutgers University of anti-Palestinian discrimination
CAIR-NY: Here Is Why NYPD Succumbed To Pay $17.5M to These Muslim Women – Muslim Girl
Aziz recounted feeling traumatized as NYPD officers photographed her in the presence of numerous male prisoners and police personnel. Attorneys from Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP and the Council on American-Islamic Relations New York Inc., representing the plaintiffs, detailed in the complaint that “for nearly 5 minutes, NYPD officers had been taking photographs of Ms. Aziz, her head and hair uncovered, from multiple angles.”
CAIR-NY: As Israel protests engulf campuses, Columbia says students will scale down: Live updates – USA Today
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights organization, called on political leaders and university officials to stop “endangering” Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian and other students who conducting peaceful protests.
“Students should not have to risk their reputation, livelihoods or their safety to speak out against a genocide or their university’s complicity in genocide,” CAIR-NY’s Executive Director Afaf Nasher said in a statement.
CAIR-MI: Billboard company dumps racist, antisemitic images displayed in Michigan, apologizes – The Detroit News
CAIR-MI Executive Director Dawud Walid called for a rejection of messaging on the billboards.
“We condemn this deceptive campaign to honor one of history’s worst mass murderers and to promote racism and white supremacy,” Walid said in a statement Tuesday. “All Americans must reject the hatred and bigotry these billboards represent.”
CAIR-MN: Clash brewing over proposed Lino Lakes development that includes mosque – Star Tribune
In the council meeting, dozens held signs, most in favor of the project. Some said, “No to limits, yes to development.” Representatives of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations also attended the meeting in support.
CAIR-Texas: Grand jury indicts man accused of stabbing Palestinian-American with aggravated assault despite calls for hate crime charges – CNN
In a statement to CNN on Tuesday, CAIR said while they “welcome” the indictment, “the charges should have included a hate crime enhancement.”
“If shouting racial slurs at a group of Palestinian-Americans and ripping the Palestinian flagpole off their car before stabbing one of them is not a hate crime, then nothing is a hate crime,” CAIR said. “We encourage federal law enforcement to investigate this attack and consider hate crime charges.”
CAIR-Texas: Man accused of stabbing attack in West Campus won’t be charged with hate crime
CAIR-Texas: Stabbing of Palestinian American man near UT Austin will not be prosecuted as a hate crime
CAIR-Texas: Man indicted, but not charged with hate crime, in stabbing of Palestinian supporter – Austin American-Statesman
CAIR-NY: Gaza protests grow at US colleges, thousands demonstrate in Brooklyn – Reuters
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) also criticized the use of police force to stifle dissent, saying it undermined freedom of speech.
“So does defaming and endangering Jewish, Muslim and Palestinian … students based on suspiciously inflammatory remarks that a few unidentified, masked individuals have made outside of campus,” Afaf Nasher, executive director of CAIR in New York, said in a statement.
CAIR-LA: Israel-Hamas War protests intensify on college campuses
CAIR-LA: Colleges face scrutiny over handling of Israel-Hamas War protests
CAIR: Are ‘rogue provocateurs’ trying to hijack US pro-Palestine protests? Al Jazeera
CAIR-NJ: Arab groups file civil rights complaint against Rutgers – NY Daily News
CAIR-NJ: Rutgers accused of anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian bigotry – NBC
CAIR-LA: Ceasefire Resolution Demand Comes to Santa Monica City Council Meeting – CODEPINK
CAIR-NJ: Feds study antisemitism complaint against Princeton; Muslim group files against Rutgers – northjersey.com
CAIR-San Diego: Voice & Viewpoint Town Hall Breaks Ground On Uniting Communities Of Color
Representatives from the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), San Diego Asian Pacific Islander Coalition, MANA de San Diego, San Diego Black Pride, the Karen Organization of San Diego and the Somali Bantu Association of America were seated at the front of the room with more organizations and communities represented in the audience.