CAIR-SFBA: Muslim advocacy group requests records on Los Gatos’ only mosque – Mercury News
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization with a San Francisco Bay Area office, is requesting records from the Town of Los Gatos to determine if the town’s only mosque is facing unfair treatment.
CAIR: When the president targets Muslim kindergartners, families like mine also pay the price – Baptist News Global
These actions are just another consequence of the broader anti-immigrant policies and hateful rhetoric of the Trump administration and its allies. As the Council on American-Islamic Relations has said, such hate “puts a target” on our backs.
CAIR: New Hanover sheriff denies Islamic center protection request after threats – Wilmington StarNews
The center is working with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights advocacy group, to resolve the situation, Salman said.
CAIR-Philadelphia: Delco officials are investigating a racist voicemail threatening the county sheriff – Philadelphia Inquirer
Members of the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called the incident “the latest example of the growing climate of intolerance that seeks to intimidate public servants based on their race, religion, or national origin.
“No public official should be subjected to racist intimidation for simply serving their community,” Ahmet Tekelioglu, executive director of CAIR-Philadelphia, said. “Attacks like these are not only directed at one individual They are intended to send a message of fear to entire minority groups — particularly the Black, immigrant, and American Muslim communities.”
CAIR-Philadelphia: Investigation underway after Delaware County Sheriff Siddiq Kamara receives racist voicemail with threats – CBS