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CAIR in the News, May 23, 2024

CAIR-Chicago: Photo that stirred antisemitism concerns fuels yearbook controversy at Bartlett High School – Daily Herald

“It has nothing to do with anything that’s antisemitic unless one believes that apartheid and oppression is a Jewish trait,” said Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Council of American-Islamic Relations in Chicago.

CAIR-MN: Man Arrested In Minneapolis Mosque Hit-And-Run: ‘Potential Bias Crime’ – Patch

Officers located and arrested 37-year-old James Evan Suttles on the 3900 Block of 2nd Avenue South at about 9:30 p.m., hours after the crash.

Investigators are familiar with the suspect, who has a history of trespassing and acting erratically at the mosque and in the neighborhood, according to police.

CAIR-MN: Minneapolis police arrest man in hit-and-run at mosque, investigating possible hate crime – USA Today

CAIR-MN: Minneapolis police arrest hit-and-run hate crime suspect – FOX 9

CAIR-MN: Minneapolis police investigate hit-and-run at a mosque as a potential bias crime as search for suspect continues – CNN

CAIR-MN: Man hit by minivan in south Minneapolis mosque lot; police investigate as possible hate crime – Star Tribune

CAIR-MN: Minneapolis police investigating hit-and-run outside mosque as potential hate crime – CBS News

CAIR-MN: Police investigating hit-and-run outside Minneapolis mosque as possible hate crime – KSTP

CAIR-OK: Oklahoma City Human Rights Commission, CAIR host bystander intervention training – KOSU

Veronica Laizure, deputy director of CAIR Oklahoma, spoke about the bystander effect and the importance of speaking out against harassment and discrimination.

CAIR: What do the ICC warrants on Israel mean for US policy? – The New Arab

“No one should be above the law,” Robert McCaw, government affairs director with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told TNA, referring to the arrest warrants.

“This would be a moral failing and a demonstration that they are not centring human rights in their foreign policy,” he added.

CAIR: Muslim Group Reacts After DMV Worker Allegedly Refuses to Validate Palestinian License – Shore News Network

CAIR: Northwestern President Michael Schill to testify before Congress in antisemitism hearing – Chicago Tribune

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