CAIR: Protest That the University of Maryland Sought to Prevent Goes On – The New York Times
Students for Justice in Palestine, aided by two other organizations, Palestine Legal and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, sued the university, arguing that it had violated the student group’s First Amendment rights. They portrayed the school as having censored the event after pro-Israel individuals and groups complained and having justified the decision by citing vague safety concerns.
CAIR: Georgia congressman provokes crowd at memorial for victims of Hamas’ attack – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
LISTEN UP. Today on “Politically Georgia,” Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones joins the show. Later, you’ll hear from Edward Ahmed Mitchell, national deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
CAIR-Philadelphia: Temple, protests are meant to be disruptive – Temple News
The Council of American-Islamic Relations of Philadelphia is pursuing legal action against Temple for changing protest policies to target Muslim and pro-Palestinian protestors culminating in SJP’s interim suspension.
CAIR-Philadelphia: TUPD outlines training for demonstration protocols – Temple News
CAIR-SFBA: Bay Area’s Jewish community remembers victims of Oct. 7 attacks one year later – NBC Bay Area
The California chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations or CAIR released a statement Monday night, urging the Biden administration to force a ceasefire.
CAIR-MN: For local Palestinians, trauma remains as war in Gaza continues – MPR
Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Minnesota, said he has deep connections with many local Palestinian families.
“One by one, the people that I knew had the same story. ‘I lost this many family members, I lost this many family members, I lost this many family members,’” he said. “This war has taken the lives of many people and hasn’t ended, and I’ve never imagined one day we would be at this position right now.”
Hussein said the local community has seen “significant impact” from the war.
“It’s been a very difficult time for us, our community, since the beginning of this war and now genocide,” he said. “I’ve seen the increase of Islamophobia and antisemitism. We have seen an increase of attacks against our mosques.”
CAIR: CT marks one year after Oct. 7 attack – Connecticut Public Radio
The Council on American-Islamic Relations said in a statement that it is “long past time” for President Joe Biden to use American leverage to “force the Israeli government to accept a comprehensive ceasefire deal that ends the genocide in Gaza, frees all captives and political prisoners, averts an all-out regional war and addresses the root cause of decades of recurring violence: the illegal occupation of Palestine.”
CAIR: Hate speech surges against Jewish, Arab communities across US in year since Oct. 7 attack – CMG
Similarly, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim advocacy organization in the US, says they’ve also seen a large spike with more than 5,000 reports of anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian discrimination in the first half of 2024.
Research and Advocacy Director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations Corey Saylor said studies by Princeton University documented that 95% of protests on campus were peaceful.
“We’ve seen students targeted by their own university administrations and by other protesters,” Saylor said.
CAIR: Can Kamala Harris win back Arab-American voters lost to Gaza? – The Times
In a survey released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations in August, only 12 per cent of Muslim voters in Michigan favoured Harris, with 18 per cent backing Trump and 40 per cent supporting the Green Party’s Jill Stein, who has called for an immediate ban on US arms sales to Israel.
CAIR: October 7 Attacks Remembered One Year Later as Conflict Escalate – Erie News Now
CAIR: As Gaza war rages on, some fear Democrats can ‘kiss Michigan goodbye’ – Bridge Michigan
CAIR: ‘Trauma and heartache’: Mainers reflect on anniversary of Oct. 7 attack in Israel – The Portland Press Herald
CAIR: LAPD ramps up patrols as Jewish communities mark anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel – ABC7