CAIR: Pro-Palestinian protesters to surround White House; fencing put up – Reuters
Advocacy and activist groups like CODEPINK and the Council on American Islamic Relations said on Friday that demonstrations were planned on Saturday, marking eight months of Israel’s war in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands while causing a humanitarian crisis with widespread hunger and destruction.
CAIR-NJ: Probe launched after Jewish student group omitted from New Jersey high school yearbook – Associated Press
The New Jersey office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called for a “transparent and fair investigation.” The yearbook incident “has triggered heinous backlash against some Muslim students who had no knowledge on their photo being misused,” spokesperson Aya Elamroussi said in a statement.
CAIR-NJ: A New Jersey school district is looking for answers after a photo with Muslim students replaced a Jewish group in a yearbook – CNN
The Muslim Student Association “had no involvement in this, yet we have become the face of the whole incident because our faces weren’t even blurred out before the photo was posted on social media,” MSA Vice President Ali Salama said in a statement provided by the Council on American–Islamic Relations’ New Jersey office.
Tajikistan’s push to ban Islamic attire provokes international backlash, CAIR condemns as Islamophobia
CAIR-San Diego: Graduation at stake for some UCSD student protesters – KPBS
Tazheen Nizam, executive director of the Council On American Islamic Relations, San Diego, said the community is shocked that the school would penalize students for exercising their First Amendment rights.
“The arrest happened over a month ago,” she said. “The university waited for a month, 10 days before graduation, to put a hold on their records, not allowing them to graduate at this time.”
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