CAIR-FL: Why Palmetto Bay denied a resident request for Islamic holiday greeting on Village media – WLRN
Taha told WLRN he reached out to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization, Florida chapter, for advice.
Omar Saleh, CAIR-Florida’s lead attorney, said they are still exploring different legal options with Taha.
Saleh believes the rise of islamophobia — hate, violence, bias and discrimination against Muslims and Arab Americans — is “a direct product of the rhetoric we’re hearing from elected officials.”
CAIR-AZ: Bowles faces backlash over social media posts – Peoria Times
Representatives from CAIR also responded to the controversy, condemning Bowles’ actions.
“If Board Member Bowles were to act on these beliefs in her official capacity, it would be an unlawful violation of the Civil Rights Act,” CAIR civil rights attorney Martin Quezada said.
“Muslim students cannot afford a board member who sees them as a threat rather than as children in her care.”
Quezada, a graduate of Centennial High School, also alleged that Bowles used her social media platform to refer to Muslim political participation as “holy jihad” and claim that Islam is not a religion. He called for her resignation and urged the board to censure her if she failed to do so.
CAIR – Analysis: Greg Abbott touts Texas’ religious freedom even as he targets and harasses Muslims – San Antonio Current
CAIR: As Texas GOP leaders preached unity, delegates targeted Muslim party members – Houston Chronicle
CAIR: Muslim Republicans say they faced hostility, anti-Islamic rhetoric, and calls to leave the country at the Texas GOP convention. – Metro Weekly
CAIR: ‘Don’t sharia our Texas’: Muslim GOP members asked to leave Republican convention, US if they don’t become Christians – Times of India
CAIR: One month later, reflecting on the Islamic Center shooting – KPBS
CAIR: Israel Seizes Ibrahimi Mosque in Occupied West Bank, Details Emerge – Legit
CAIR: How Gaza Was Disappeared from the News – Common Dreams
Meanwhile, thousands of Palestinians languish in Israeli prisons, hostages who include, very notably, Dr. Abu Safiya, a pediatrician of tested integrity, tortured so maliciously by Israel that he now lies at death’s door. On June 5, the Council on American Islamic Relations urged congress to demand the doctor’s immediate release – he is currently in “solitary confinement,” per CAIR, “despite being held without charges…UN experts say Dr. Abu Safiya has been subjected to torture in Israeli custody,” and quotes Physicians for Human Rights Israel: “He is held in Negev Prison in harsh conditions, without access to medication or medical care as his health continues to deteriorate.”
CAIR: Local groups, entities offer voters guides for primary election – Frederick News-Post
The effort was coordinated by the NAACP Frederick chapter and Frederick for Justice in Palestine (FJP). Other participants were Asbury United Methodist Church, Frederick Democratic Socialists of America, the Islamic Society of Frederick, The Democracy Action Team of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick, Frederick Housing Solutions Task Force, RISE Coalition of Western Maryland, Montgomery Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines, and Maryland CAIR.