CAIR: Biden criticized by Michigan Arab Americans, Muslims for Gaza aid – Detroit Free Press
CAIR: Updated From Our Reporters – New York Times
President Biden has been more forceful about Israel’s war in Gaza after protest vote movements in Democratic primaries garnered significant support. But the Council on American-Islamic Relations says he’s still not going far enough. Nihad Awad, CAIR’s national executive director, criticized Biden in a statement on Friday for refusing to “meaningfully change his policy on the Gaza genocide.”
CAIR-DFW: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Garland facility for aerospace and defense firm – Dallas Morning News
In a news release Thursday afternoon, the Council on American-Islamic Relations Dallas-Fort Worth chapter, said some demonstrators who were arrested at the defense facility had their hijabs “forcibly removed for mugshots.”
“By allegedly forcibly removing the hijabs of the female protesters, Garland police violated their fundamental right to religious liberty,” the release stated. “We call on law enforcement authorities to allow the protesters to retake their photos with their hijabs and to delete the photos without them. No American should have their First Amendment rights violated while seeking to end support for genocide.”
CAIR-Houston: Mayor Whitmire defies Houston Muslims’ deadline to call for cease-fire – Houston Chronicle
Before sending the demand, William White, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Houston (CAIR), who signed the letter on behalf of the civil rights and advocacy group that represents about 500,000 area Muslims—including Palestinians with family in Gaza and the West Bank—said Wednesday evening that Whitmire had “the moral imperative” to call for a cease-fire.
“We’ve been pleading with him to do so for months and, that he has not, shows that he’s not listening to his Muslim constituents, and because he has not listened to us, we’re not going to listen to him,” White said by phone. “We’re not going to give him or any politician who does not call for a cease-fire the audience—the time of day—to speak with us unless they hear our heartfelt plea that there be a cease-fire immediately and a lasting cease-fire at that.”
CAIR Deputy Director Says Tenn. Congressman Should Apologize for Saying, ‘Goodbye to Palestine’ (Video)
CAIR: Biden playing ‘firefighter and arsonist’ on Gaza: US Muslim group – Al Jazeera
CAIR: Gaza ceasefire protesters gather for Biden’s State of the Union address – Reuters
The Council on American-Islamic Relations advocacy group said the speech was Biden’s “best and perhaps last chance” to announce steps to reduce Palestinian suffering in Gaza and win back support of Arab, Palestinian and anti-war Americans disappointed with his policy.
CAIR-NJ: North Jersey mayor challenges Rep. Bill Pascrell in primary – northjersey.com
In September the Council on American-Islamic Relations or CAIR filed a lawsuit in federal court in Boston against the FBI and other federal agencies on behalf of a dozen plaintiffs including Khairullah. The group alleges that the agencies are violating its clients’ rights to due process and equal protection under the law and that they were subjected to unreasonable search and seizure.
CAIR: Jewish, Muslim Students Fear Their Views Put Them in Danger – Inside Higher Ed
“Attacks on students in education settings is exceeding anything I’ve ever seen before and is personalized in a way I’ve never seen before,” said Corey Saylor, research and advocacy director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations. He highlighted increased efforts to publish personal information about pro-Palestinian students, such as the truck that drove around Harvard University with the names and faces of students who signed a statement blaming Israel after the Hamas attack.
CAIR: Ramadan heralds a political awakening for Canadian Muslims – Toronto Star