The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed its support for a petition to remove Confederate symbols from the flag of Montgomery, Alabama.
A group of Montgomery high school students have started a petition to remove Confederate symbols from the city’s flag. As of Monday evening, the petition had 951 signatures.
SEE: Montgomery high school student starts petition to replace city flag • Alabama Reflector
“We welcome the effort of these students to remove symbols of white supremacy, slavery and treason from their city’s flag,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. “We urge Montgomery residents to sign the petition.”
He noted that CAIR recently welcomed a decision to drop the name of a Confederate general for the highest mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in favor of the Cherokee name “Kuwohi.”
SEE: CAIR Welcomes Decision to Drop Confederate General’s Name for Tennessee’s Highest Mountain –
Washington, D.C., based CAIR has repeatedly called for the removal of Confederate names, holidays, flags, statues, and symbols nationwide.
Earlier this month, CAIR expressed solidarity with the Haitian community in Albertville, Alabama, after recent racist responses to Haitians moving to that city to work in a chicken processing plant.
SEE: CAIR Expresses Solidarity with Haitian Community in Alabama After Racist Pushback to Immigration –
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com