The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed indictments unsealed by prosecutors in California charging two people with leading a white supremacist group that allegedly maintained a list of high-profile targets to assassinate and urging members to commit hate crimes.
Dallas Erin Humber and Matthew Robert Allison allegedly led the group “Terrorgram,” which promoted “white supremacist accelerationism.” Federal officials say the two used the messaging app Telegram to encourage acts of violence against minorities, government officials and infrastructure. Officials say they used the app to celebrate people accused in acts of violence, including the stabbing of five people outside a mosque in Turkey.
SEE: 2 charged in plot to solicit attacks on minorities, officials and infrastructure on Telegram – AP
“We welcome these indictments and hope they will serve to deter anyone who contemplates turning their hate-filled ideologies into violent actions,” said CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell. “The promotion of racism by individuals, hate groups and even politicians has resulted in horrific violence against minority communities in places as varied as Chicago, Burlington, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, El Paso and Minneapolis. It must end.”
He added that earlier today, CAIR condemned neo-Nazi and antisemitic vandalism this weekend targeting the Morrison Family YMCA in Charlotte, North Carolina, and its Colorado chapter condemned an alleged anti-Asian attack targeting a Boulder City Council member.
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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