(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 11/4/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the distribution of white supremacist propaganda pamphlets in the city of Babbitt, Minn.
Babbitt police are investigating after several residents discovered pamphlets promoting the “White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan” on their properties on Wednesday.
SEE: Police in NE Minn. investigating reports of baggies with white supremacist material inside
“We condemn this hateful attempt to intimidate the residents of Babbitt and spread racist propaganda,” said CAIR-MN Executive Director Jaylani Hussein.
He said CAIR and the American Muslim community stand in solidarity with all those challenging antisemitism, systemic anti-Black racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, white supremacy, and all other forms of bigotry.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Coordinator Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com