(WASHINGTON, DC, 12/6/23) – On Thursday, Dec. 7, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, plans to release updated civil rights data showing that it has continued to receive a “staggering” increase in complaints of anti-Muslim or anti-Arab bias over the past two months.
[NOTE: Media outlets may request an advance, embargoed copy of the data by emailing CAIR Research & Advocacy Director Corey Saylor at csaylor@cair.com]
In a statement, CAIR Research and Advocacy Director Corey Saylor said:
“The latest data will show that two months after Oct. 7th, both Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism continue to spin out of control, resulting in bullying, discrimination, censorship, harassment and hate crimes at American Muslims, Palestinian-Americans and others.”
The data CAIR plans to release tomorrow covers the entire two-month time period from 10/7/2023 to 12/4/2023.
CAIR previously released data covering 10/7 to 11/4. During that first month after Oct. 7, CAIR’s national headquarters and chapters received a total of 1,283 requests for help and reports of bias, which was a 216 percent increase over a similar one-month period the previous year.
CAIR’s mission is to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.
La misión de CAIR es proteger las libertades civiles, mejorar la comprensión del Islam, promover la justicia, y empoderar a los musulmanes en los Estados Unidos.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Research and Advocacy Director Corey Saylor, 202-384-8857, csaylor@cair.com; CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-999-8292, rmccaw@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