Muslim civil rights group repeats call for Country of Particular Concern designation
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a State Department report highlighting violence targeting religious minorities in India. CAIR also repeated its call for the State Department to designate India as a country of particular concern.
The State Department’s 2023 religious freedom report on India noted violent attacks on minority groups, especially Muslims and Christians, including killings, assaults and vandalism of houses of worship.
SEE: US religious freedom report notes violence against Indian minorities (yahoo.com)
In a statement, CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw said:
“We welcome this report that once again brings attention to the continuing and escalating government-enabled violence targeting Muslims, Christians and other religious minorities in India. We urge the State Department to take action and designate India a country of particular concern.”
He noted that CAIR has previously called on the State Department to designate India a country of particular concern.
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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