CAIR: Texas seeks federal probe of airport washing facilities, Muslim group denounces move – Reuters
“These are not ‘Muslim-only’ spaces any more than a nursing room or an interfaith prayer room is ‘Christian-only’ or ‘mothers-only,'” said the Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an advocacy group.
“They are accommodations, open to any traveler, that happen to be used mostly by the Muslim community. That is not discrimination. That is what accessible public infrastructure looks like,” CAIR-Texas said in a statement.
CAIR: Texas airport washing facility probe sparks Muslim group outrage – The New Arab
CAIR-Texas: Abbott equates airport foot-washing stations to ‘white-only bathrooms’ in letter to DOJ – FOX
CAIR: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asks DOJ to investigate wash stations at DFW Airport, IAH – The Dallas Morning News
In a statement on Friday, the Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned Abbott’s actions.
“Comparing a washing station that any travelers can use regardless of their faith to whites-only bathrooms is a grotesque distortion of one of the darkest chapters in American history,” the statement said. “Segregation was designed to exclude. These facilities were designed to include. Nobody is turned away.”
“These are not ‘Muslim-only’ spaces any more than a nursing room or an interfaith prayer room is ‘Christian-only’ or ‘mothers-only.’ They are accommodations, open to any traveler, that happen to be used mostly by the Muslim community. That is not discrimination. That is what accessible public infrastructure looks like.”
CAIR- Ohio: A mosque in Ohio was attacked for the third time. Members doubt Trump’s FBI will call it a hate crime – The Guardian
Tala Ali, a community organizer at Cair-Ohio and a Cincinnati resident, says she does not intend to approach the FBI to ask them to investigate the community center attack as a hate crime.
“I don’t have trust in authorities to find who’s behind this. We have had incidents where the largest mosque in Cincinnati was bombed,” she says.
CAIR-MI: Muslim employee sues Oak Park over alleged hostile workplace – The Arab American News
CAIR-MI: Former records clerk sues Oak Park for alleged discrimination, harassment – Oakland Press
CAIR-CA: Irvine mayor urges Chancellor Gillman to drop penalties against professors – New University