CAIR-Philadelphia: Philadelphia City Council committee advances bill that would expand parameters of hate crime law to include businesses
Tim Welbeck, an attorney for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said the same is true for Islamic-owned businesses, such as the Lombard Cafe, owned by Jasmine Taibi Bennoui.
“When she began to voice her support for Palestinians in Gaza, her business was repeatedly attacked,” Welbeck said. “Attacks in this way convey a sense of hostility toward people just because of who they are.”
CAIR: Louisiana will let public schools show right-wing group’s ‘edu-tainment’ videos, sparking outcry – NOLA.com
On Wednesday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, called on Louisiana to cancel the partnership. PragerU has published videos critical of the Muslim faith, including “Where Are the Moderate Muslims?” and “Born to Hate Jews.”
CAIR, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, said that PragerU’s materials could “create a dangerous and disruptive environment” for Black and Muslim students.
“PragerU, which has a history of spreading ahistorical propaganda and Islamophobia, is not a reputable source of information about anything and has no place in public school curriculums,” CAIR Research and Advocacy Director Corey Saylor said in a statement.
CAIR-MA: With school out, campus Palestine protests may move to public areas – MassLive
Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Massachusetts, said that based on the discussions she has had with high school and college students, the student movement related to the war will only become stronger — and younger.
Amatul-Wadud said she has heard from high school students wanting to organize and seeking advice.
She said this summer will allow some college organizers to relax from potential burnout from the school year but will also for all students to begin or continue to organize for a stronger and more coordinated movement come September.
“I think we’re going to continue to see protests and vigils and I also think quietly we’ll see people educating themselves, building communities, building a network, so that once they return to school, they are more united, more together, more cohesive and clear on their various positions,” Amatul-Wadud said.
CAIR: Holding Duke accountable: A call for divestment from Israeli apartheid 76 years into the ongoing Nakba – Duke Chronicle
The OIE’s negligence has led the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, to call on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate the repeated defacement of the mural as a possible hate crime.
CAIR-NJ: NJ Rep. Pascrell sees primary challenge from Khairullah, spotlighting their stances on Gaza war – Gothamist
That will be an option for New Jersey voters in the June primary. Even though the presidential primary is not competitive and is unlikely to draw high turnout, the protest vote against the president could boost turnout in the Ninth Congressional district, CAIR-NJ’s Sayedahmed said. Her organization, a nonprofit that cannot work on partisan campaigns, has formed a political action wing.
“It just goes to show the extent to which the Muslim community and the Palestinian community is just very distressed by the Biden administration’s lack of support for Muslims and Palestinians here in the U.S.,” she said. The New Jersey chapter has launched a “vote for justice” campaign to register new voters and boost voter turnout.