CAIR-MN: Minnesota families and child care providers scramble as federal funds hang in balance – CNN
Nasrulah Mohamed said Nokomis Daycare Center in Minneapolis experienced a break-in. The day care center was not featured in the viral video, according to the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
CAIR-MN: DHS hypes worksite enforcement as fraud allegations rip through Minnesota – Axios
CAIR-NY: Mayor Zohran Mamdani revokes Eric Adams’ executive orders on Israel – WABC
However, CAIR-NY says it “welcomes Mayor Mamdani’s revocation of Adams’ ‘Israel First’ Executive Orders, Restoration of Free Speech.”
“This unconstitutional, Israel First attack on free speech should have never been issued in the first place,” CAIR-NY Executive Director Afaf Nasher, Esq., said. “We applaud Mayor Mamdani for immediately overturning it.”
CAIR-NY: NY mayor Mamdani defends scrapping executive orders his predecessor issued – Reuters
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is among groups that argue the IHRA definition has been used to try to silence advocates for Palestinian rights.
While Islamic organizations praised Mamdani’s moves, Israel’s Foreign Ministry posted on X on Friday that Mamdani “shows his true face: He scraps the IHRA definition of antisemitism and lifts restrictions on boycotting Israel. This isn’t leadership. It’s antisemitic gasoline on an open fire.”
CAIR-NY: Mamdani revokes Adams executive orders supporting Israel – The Hill
The Council on American-Islamic Relations in New York welcomed Mamdani’s revocation of “Israel First” executive orders, calling the IHRA definition an “attack on free speech.”
CAIR: Palestine advocates praise NYC’s Mamdani for revoking pro-Israel decrees – Al Jazeera
Afaf Nasher, the head of the New York chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), also applauded Mamdani for revoking an “unconstitutional order restricting the ability of New Yorkers to criticize the Israeli government’s racism or boycott Israel’s human rights abuses”.
“This unconstitutional, Israel First attack on free speech should have never been issued in the first place,” Nasher said in a statement.
CAIR: Israel Accuses Zohran Mamdani of Antisemitism for Reversing Orders Adams Gave Under Indictment – The Intercept