CAIR: Israeli Airstrike Kills Michigan Man While Helping Those In Need In Lebanon, Family Says – Patch
The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a statement condemning the President Joe Biden’s administration for arming the Israeli government and justifying its attacks on civilians in Lebanon.
“Only politics and racism could explain the Biden administration’s disgusting pattern of indifference to Americans of color killed by the Israeli government, from journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to Aysenur Ezgi Eygi to Kamel Jawad,” it said.
CAIR: American Arabs, Muslims feel ‘betrayed’ by Biden administration as Gaza genocide anniversary nears – Anadolu Agency
“We’re very frustrated and angry with this president who has put Israeli interests over humanitarian interests and over American interests, and also, he betrayed the trust that we have given him as a president,” Nihad Awad, head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), told Anadolu.
He said Biden has become the worst American president, adding that a genocide has been committed under his watch. Biden opposed all kinds of ceasefires, and participated in parroting the Israeli talking points, said Awad.
“Our feelings as American Muslims, is just like the feelings of all people’s conscience around the world seeing the devastation, the carnage, the genocide committed by the extremist Israeli government’s army in Gaza and now into Lebanon and threatening to engulf the region into a major war,” said Awad.
“We’re looking at an extreme Israeli government that is planning to annex and ethnically cleanse the entire Palestine, fulfilling a false religious narrative. So, it is more painful for us because this is happening and supported by our own government, sending arms and using and exploiting and misusing our tax dollars that should go to rebuild America, to build infrastructure, finance, education and healthcare,” he said. “We are angry at him, we are angry at (Vice President) Kamala Harris, at the entire Biden administration and also (Donald) Trump for their one-sided policies. And we believe that they will pay for it at the at the ballot box in November” in the presidential election.
CAIR: The major crack in Kamala’s Blue Wall? Why Democrats in sleepy town are terrified of radical outsider who could catapult Trump into the White House – Daily Mail
Polling by the Council on American Islamic Relations has shown Stein leading Harris and even Trump among Muslim voters in states like Wisconsin and Michigan.
CAIR: Gaza war defines a generation’s perspective on Israeli-Palestinian conflict – Axios
“This wave [of Islamophobia] stands out” for the way it’s affecting people in schools and workplaces, says Corey Saylor, director of research and advocacy at the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
CAIR: Tools and Strategies Addressing Anti-Palestinian, Anti-Arab, and Anti-Muslim Bias – Tufts Now
“We have to create space [for people] to listen to things that might disrupt what we were raised on or what we grew up learning,” said Amatul-Wadud, executive director for the Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “Try to peel back the onion of our own perspectives and ask, ‘Why do I believe this? Where does that come from?’ You might not change your opinion, but at least you’ll know why it’s there.”
CAIR: Law enforcement, student groups on alert as Hamas attack anniversary nears – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Meanwhile, the Council on American-Islamic Relations has said there’s been an increase in discrimination particularly against Muslim and other students advocating for Palestinians. The organization has asked colleges and universities to be aware of federal laws prohibiting discrimination as the anniversary approaches.
CAIR-Chicago: As Oct. 7 approaches, synagogues and mosques bolster security – NPR
Mosques in the Chicago area are also taking precautionary steps ahead of Oct 7. In September, the Council on American-Islamic Relations called for an investigation after the discovery of what appeared to be bullet holes at the Muslim Community Center, one of the city’s oldest mosques.
“Other suburbs of Chicago are a little bit luckier just because they might have really large Muslim populations or have sometimes better relationships with police,” said Maggie Slavin, operations manager at CAIR-Chicago. “But I know in the city of Chicago, getting CPD to work with us has been extremely challenging.”
CAIR-San Diego: Opinion: Bullying against Palestinian Americans in San Diego must stop – San Diego Union-Tribune
If that is not enough, individuals and organizations in San Diego have launched rampant bullying campaigns to disrupt and sabotage planned cultural and civil rights events and educational support in San Diego hotels, museums, parks, universities, and schools. Below is a partial list of several incidents and crimes where litigation is pending so few details are able to be disclosed. One is the Council on American Islamic Relations, CAIR San Diego, when their Sept. 14 annual gala’s location was abruptly moved. It resembles a similar incident in Arlington, Va.
CAIR: University of Maryland requests state police assistance for October 7 demonstrations – WJLA
Lawyers with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) promptly filed for an emergency injunction in federal court to permit the demonstration, citing their belief UMD was violating Students for Justice’s First Amendment rights.
U.S. District Court Judge Peter Messitte sided with CAIR’s arguments, ordering UMD to permit demonstrations on October 7. Public records show that Judge Messitte has served on the federal court since being appointed in 1993 by former President Bill Clinton.
CAIR-OK: CAIR-OK: Pro-Palestinian rally in OKC’s Myriad Gardens is planned to mark ‘One Year of Resistance’ – Oklahoman
CAIR: Liz Cheney trolls Trump’s fake tan habit as she campaigns with Harris at birthplace of Republican party – The Independent
“No elected official who cares about justice or the rule of law or human rights should ever praise Liz Cheney, a torture advocate, anti-Muslim bigot and warmonger who once refused to condemn racists spreading the Obama birther conspiracy,” Council on American-Islamic Relations national deputy director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said in a statement on Thursday.
CAIR: Harris angers pro-Palestinian voters with Cheney appearance – Washington Examiner
CAIR: Quad Cities Coalition for Palestine holding arms embargo rally – WVIK
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in America, released a statement yesterday, Thursday, October 3rd, condemning the Biden administration. The news release says in part, “While other nations organize evacuations for their citizens, Americans and U.S. residents in Lebanon are largely left to their own devices to protect themselves and their families under the Israeli government’s expanding attacks on civilians.”
CAIR: US Health Workers Back From Gaza Estimate Death Toll Is at Least 119,000 – Truthout