CAIR-MI: U-M student sues over surveillance tied to Gaza protests – Detroit Free Press
CAIR-MI: U-M Student Says Pro-Palestinian Views Triggered Retaliation – LAW360
CAIR: Congress holds moment of silence for victims of Islamic Center shooting – FOX 5 San Diego
Video: Interfaith Community Vigil For the Victims and Families of the Islamic Center Shooting
CAIR: ‘The mosque always felt like a safe space’: San Diego’s Muslims reel after deadly shooting – Middle East Eye
CAIR DFW calls for end of anti-Muslim rhetoric – The Dallas Morning News
Mustafaa Carroll, executive director of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, called on Texas politicians to halt anti-Muslim rhetoric, especially in light of a recent deadly shooting at a San Diego mosque.
“There’s been a rise in anti-Muslim policies and rhetoric by politicians at the local, state and federal levels using Islam and Muslims as a political football,” Carroll said Thursday.
CAIR-Texas: Fort Bend County increasing patrols at mosques following San Diego shooting, Houston incident – FOX
CAIR-San Diego: ‘Never Going To Be The Same’: Members Of The San Diego Muslim Community Are Traumatized – HuffPost
“It’s going to be a long, drawn-out healing process,” said Nizam, the executive director of the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “We are never going to be the same.”
CAIR: What I Can’t Get Out of My Mind About the San Diego Mosque Shooting – SLATE
CAIR: Thousands mourn three victims killed in mosque shooting. ‘These men were my brothers.’ – San Diego Union-Tribune
According to Tazheen Nizam, the executive director of the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the ceremonywas done in accordance with Islamic ritual, which includes prayers being saidbefore the three caskets were lowered into the ground and during the gravesideceremony.
Nizam said the bodies of the men were treated and washed by other Muslim men and covered in a shroud so they could be laid to rest within a 72-hour time frame. At the burials, the families of the deceased were invited to pour earth over the coffins…
“The prayers are us asking that the deceased grant them into the highest levels of Jannah, which is heaven for us,” Nizam said. “We then say prayers for the family to have patience while they deal with such a heinous act, while they deal with such a great loss.”
CAIR: San Diego’s Muslim community picks up the pieces after mass shooting: ‘We’re just your neighbors’ – The Guardian
CAIR: After years fostering interfaith ties, San Diego mosque finds allies in grief – Religion News Service
CAIR: Muslim community in San Diego reels from mosque shooting, but refuses to be intimidated – BBC
CAIR: San Diego Muslim community buries 3 shooting victims as martyrs – KGTV
CAIR: San Diego mosque shooting condemned by local leaders – Beverly Press
CAIR-NJ: N.J. man freed after being held by Israeli navy released calls the experience humiliating, Islamic group says – NJ.com