CAIR: Edward Ahmed Mitchell on Violence Against Indian Muslims – The Good Men Project
Mitchell: Muslims are absolutely at the forefront of discrimination and threats of violence in India. Christians and other minorities also face discrimination, as do Hindus of lower castes. However, Muslims are the primary target for Narendra Modi.
CAIR-PA: Philadelphia Muslim leaders ‘shocked’ as police seek suspect in fatal execution-style shooting in mosque parking lot – Philadelphia Inquirer
Ahmet Tekelioglu, executive director of Philadelphia’s chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said the Muslim community was “shocked” by the shooting, but said there was no evidence that it was motivated by religious bias.
“Whether this tragic shooting is related to the gun violence epidemic in our city or another reason, we call on our local leaders and interfaith groups to stand together to offer their support to the Al-Aqsa community,” he said.
CAIR-Philadelphia: Pro-Palestinian Groups Seek to Block a Vice Presidential Contender – New York Times
CAIR-WA: 1 of last Republican congressmen to vote for Trump impeachment defends his seat in Washington race – Associated Press
CAIR: An Israeli publication says a woman charged with attempting to drown Palestinian children is Jewish. But is she? – Forward
Who else I tried: The Council of American Islamic Relations, which had connected with the victim. Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR’s national communication director, said he had seen the Yedioth report but hadn’t heard elsewhere that Wolf was Jewish.
CAIR: Al Jazeera journalist, photographer killed in Israeli air strike – The Desk
On Wednesday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on U.S.-based media outlets to “speak out” after the killings of al-Ghoul and al-Refee.
“The Israeli government continues its campaign of targeting journalists who report on their daily atrocities in the Gaza genocide,” Ibrahim Hooper, the National Communications Director of CAIR, said in a statement. “How many more reporters, how many more innocent people have to be killed by this rogue state before the Biden administration speaks out and takes concrete action to end the genocide it is enabling?”
Hooper continued: “Media outlets and journalists in our nation and worldwide must speak out forcefully in defense of their colleagues in Gaza who are under daily threat of attack and death by a far-right, genocidal government determined to silence their voices.”