Expert analysis of the leaked watchlist copies reveals that almost all records in the combined watchlists are of Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/10/23) – On Tuesday, April 11, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, plans to release its annual civil rights report at a news conference in its Capitol Hill headquarters in Washington, D.C.
That release will include a special presentation from the CAIR Legal Defense Fund revealing worrying findings concerning the government watchlist system, such as expert analysis of the leaked watchlist copies showing that almost all records in the combined watchlists are of Muslims.
Titled “Progress in the Shadow of Prejudice,” the report documents a new trend in total complaints to CAIR offices nationwide involving a range of discrimination cases. CAIR’s new civil rights report examines this new trend and details the various lived experiences of Islamophobia in the United States last year. The report will offer multiple recommendations for public officials to take in light of new data findings.
A special presentation by the CAIR Legal Defense Fund will introduce new findings concerning the government watchlist system after a data analysis study was conducted by an independent team of statisticians. CAIR Legal Defense Fund will present the results of the investigation and call attention to its implications for the ongoing occurrence of the government watchlist system.
To obtain an embargoed copy of the report, media professionals may email: csaylor@cair.com
WHAT: News Conference to Launch CAIR’s 2023 Civil Rights Report and Watchlist Update
WHO: CAIR National Deputy Executive Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell; CAIR Research and Advocacy Director Corey Saylor; Zanah Ghalawanji, Staff Attorney, CAIR Legal Defense Fund; Hannah Mullen, Staff Attorney, CAIR Legal Defense Fund; Ammar Ansari, CAIR Research and Advocacy Coordinator
WHEN: Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 12 P.M. ET
WHERE: Press Conference Room at 453 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, D.C 20003.
CONTACT: CAIR Research and Advocacy Director Corey Saylor, 202-384-8857, csaylor@cair.com; CAIR Research and Advocacy Coordinator Ammar Ansari, 202-742-6410, aansari@cair.com; CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Coordinator Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com
LIVESTREAM: https://www.facebook.com/CAIRNational
Since 1995, CAIR’s annual reports on the status of American Muslim civil rights document anti-Muslim incidents that were reported to CAIR in any given year. The report also usually includes sections on specific civil rights and civil liberties issues confronting Americans of the Islamic faith in the year under review. The upcoming 2023 report will be the 19th civil rights report published by CAIR since its founding in 1994.
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 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