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Muslims to Challenge GOP Hate Speech, Particularly Trump's and Gingrich's,

Islamophobia in the US, July 11-17, 2016, CAIR Reports

July 18, 2016 

Editorial Note:

Islamphobia (exaggerated and baseless fear of Muslims) has been perpetrated and perpetuated to justify the continuous US wars and invasions of the Muslim World since 1990, in order for the war industry beneficiaries to justify the enormous and unprecedented US national debt, which has reached more than $19 trillion, as a result of the permanent-war military spending.

Tens of thousands of Americans are killed by non-Muslim other Americans every year, in gun violence. However, Islamophobes ignore that fact and focus on an incident or two perpetrated by Muslims in an entire year.

For example, in 2015, there were 53,228 shooting incidents, resulting in the killing of 13,415 Americans. Of these, there were only two incidents perpetrated by Muslims and resulting in the killing of 18 Americans.

The Zionist media, like Fox News and CNN, together with the  war industry agents and Zionist-controlled politicians like Trump, kept mentioning these two incidents while totally ignoring the other 53,226 incidents, which resulted in the killing of 13,398 Americans!

The end outcome is that the American people are indeed actual victims of a continuous warmongering campaign, Islamophobia, and a daily holocaust, perpetrated against them by the war industry beneficiaries and their agents in the media and politics.

For a background, read: 

Zionist Creative Destruction of the Middle East for the Benefit of the Apartheid Israeli Regime

The Terrorism Industry, A Merciless Continuous Attack on the American People's Blood and Treasure

 

GOP: Bigotry, War Mongering, and Islamophobia

 

 

CAIR Livestream:

Muslims to Challenge GOP Islamophobia at Cleveland Convention

Trump, Gingrich Blamed for Vandalism at Rhode Island Mosque

• Religious Leaders Blame Trump, Gingrich for Vandalism at Rhode Island Mosque
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  • Video: CAIR Seeks Stepped-Up Protection for Mosques After Rhode Island Islamic Center Vandalism
  • Video: CAIR-AZ Seeks Probe of Fire at Tucson Mosque
  • CAIR: Rep. Ellison Calls for DOJ Investigation Into Shooting of Somali Men
    
    The day after the shooting, the Council on American-Islamic Relations demanded swift action to find those responsible and called on police and the FBI to investigate the shooting.
• CAIR: Muslims Face Alarming Pattern of Being Cast as Un-American (NBC)
  
  "Use of anti-Muslim sentiment has been made mainstream and systematized in this election cycle," said Corey Saylor, director of anti-Islamophobia for the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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  • CAIR-GA: Muslim Group Blasts Newt Gingrich's Call for Shariah Tests (Atlanta Journal)
    
    Council on American-Islamic Relations executive director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said Muslims who feed the poor, pray and obey American laws follow Sharia, and compared the code of conduct to Jewish halacha and Catholic canon law.
    
    "Yet Newt Gingrich wants to deport millions of American citizens, including the children of boxer Muhammad Ali and the tens of thousands of American Muslims who serve in academia, medicine and the military," he said. "Common sense forbids this lunacy. So does the U.S. Constitution."
  • CAIR-MI: Gingrich Call for Sharia 'Test' Riles Detroit Muslims (Detroit News)
    
    Dawud Walid, executive director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on Islamic Relations, said the First Amendment allows for the practice of religion as long as it does not infringe on other people's rights. "What Gingrich is putting forth is anti-America and against the Constitution of the United States," Walid said.
  • CAIR-OK's Anna Facci: Blaming Muslim Americans is Wrong
• CAIR: Alabama Congressman Calls for Targeting Aid to Christians in Iraq, Syria
  
  Robert McCaw, government affairs director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington D.C.-based Muslim advocacy group, expressed concern over some U.S. lawmakers refusal to accept refugees into the U.S.
• CAIR-NY: NYC Protesters Head to GOP, Dem Conventions
  
  Sahar Alsahlani, who is heading to both conventions as part of the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said having New Yorkers on the ground is key because the city's diversity reflects all walks of life across the nation.

CAIR Livestream Event: Muslims to Challenge GOP Islamophobia at Cleveland Convention
Muslim civil rights group will distribute free packets of "ISLAMOPHOBIN," a mock-medicine designed to "cure" Islamophobia

(CLEVELAND, OH, 7/17/16) �

On Monday, July 18, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a news conference at the site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, to challenge the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim stance of the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump and of other party officials and representatives.

MEDIA NOTE - CAIR's news conference will be livestreamed on its Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/CAIRNational

At the press conference, CAIR will distribute free packets of "ISLAMOPHOBIN," a mock-medicine designed to "cure" Islamophobia. (NOTE: ISLAMOPHOBIN is actually sugar-free-chewing gum.)

SEE: CAIR Launches Satirical 'ISLAMOPHOBIN' Public Awareness Campaign to Challenge Anti-Muslim Bigotry

WHAT: CAIR GOP Convention News Conference to Challenge Republican Party Islamophobia
WHEN: Monday, July 18, 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Downtown Cleveland on "Mall A" (Across from Key Tower, Between St. Clair Ave. NE & Rockwell Ave, Just Off of West Mall Drive)
WHO: National and local Muslim leaders, including CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad; CAIR National Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw; CAIR-Cleveland Executive Director Julia Shearson; and others

CONTACT:

CAIR-Cleveland Chapter Executive Director Julia A. Shearson, 216.440.2247, jshearson@cair.com;

CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202.744.7726, ihooper@cair.com

"It is time the GOP and its presumptive presidential nominee repudiate Islamophobia and the politics of fear targeting Muslims and other minority groups," said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad.

CAIR condemned last week's terror attack in France and also condemned a suggestion by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich who responded to the attack by calling for Inquisition-style religious "testing" and possible deportation of "every person here who is of a Muslim background."

SEE: CAIR Condemns Terror Attack in France, Newt Gingrich's Call to 'Test' and Deport American Muslims

Video: CAIR in the News

Since the recent attack in France, CAIR has received reports of a number of hate incidents targeting American Muslims and their institutions.

CAIR recently demanded that Donald Trump "stop the bigotry" after he falsely claimed on Fox News that assimilation of American Muslims is "pretty close" to nonexistent and that a "percentage" of American Muslims "want to do what this maniac did in Orlando." Trump also repeated his call for surveillance of American mosques.

Earlier this year, CAIR said Donald Trump's continued use of a debunked myth about U.S. Gen. John Pershing executing Muslim prisoners in the Philippines using bullets dipped in pig's blood was endangering ordinary American Muslims who were already facing a surge in hate.

CAIR has previously stated that Trump's pig's blood claim and other instances of his Islamophobic rhetoric, including his calling for a ban on all Muslims entering the United States, his false claim that "Islam hates us," his refusal to rule out special IDs for American Muslims, and his willingness to consider closing down American mosques place millions of innocent, law-abiding citizens in the American Muslim community at risk.

SEE: CAIR Says Donald Trump's 'Hibi-Jabis' Reply Endangers Muslim Women

CAIR has reported an unprecedented spike in anti-Muslim incidents nationwide since the Paris terror attacks, the San Bernardino shootings and Trump's bigoted call for a complete ban on Muslims entering the United States.

The Washington-based Muslim civil rights group is asking Muslim community members to report any bias incidents to police and to CAIR's Civil Rights Department at 202-742-6420 or by filing a report at: http://www.cair.com/civil-rights/report-an-incident/view/form.html

CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

CONTACT:

CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202.744.7726, ihooper@cair.com;

CAIR-Cleveland Chapter Executive Director Julia A. Shearson, 216.440.2247, jshearson@cair.com,

CAIR-Ohio, Cleveland Chapter Board Member, Isam Zaiem, 216.337.7928, isamz@sbcglobal.net

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• Video: CAIR in the News
  
  

 

 

CAIR: Muslim Leaders to Challenge GOP 'Politics of Fear' at Cleveland Convention

(CLEVELAND, OH, 7/15/16) �

On Monday, July 18, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a news conference at the site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, to challenge the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim stance of the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump and of other party officials and representatives.

WHAT: CAIR GOP Convention News Conference to Challenge Republican Party Islamophobia
WHEN: Monday, July 18, 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Downtown Cleveland on "Mall A" (Across from Key Tower, Between St. Clair Ave. NE & Rockwell Ave, Just Off of West Mall Drive)
WHO: National and local Muslim leaders, including CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad; CAIR National Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw; CAIR-Cleveland Executive Director Julia Shearson; and others

CONTACT:

CAIR-Cleveland Chapter Executive Director Julia A. Shearson, 216.440.2247, jshearson@cair.com;

CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202.744.7726, ihooper@cair.com

"It is time the GOP and its presumptive presidential nominee repudiate Islamophobia and the politics of fear targeting Muslims and other minority groups," said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad.

Earlier today, CAIR condemned yesterday's terror attack in France and also condemned a suggestion by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich who responded to the attack by calling for Inquisition-style religious "testing" and possible deportation of "every person here who is of a Muslim background."

SEE: CAIR Condemns Terror Attack in France, Newt Gingrich's Call to 'Test' and Deport American Muslims

Since yesterday's attack in France, CAIR has received reports of a number of hate incidents targeting American Muslims and their institutions.

CAIR: Muslim Group Reports Vandalism at Rhode Island Mosque

NY: Cops Investigating Hate Crime Outside Bay Ridge Mosque

CAIR recently demanded that Donald Trump "stop the bigotry" after he falsely claimed on Fox News that assimilation of American Muslims is "pretty close" to nonexistent and that a "percentage" of American Muslims "want to do what this maniac did in Orlando." Trump also repeated his call for surveillance of American mosques.

Earlier this year, CAIR said Donald Trump's continued use of a debunked myth about U.S. Gen. John Pershing executing Muslim prisoners in the Philippines using bullets dipped in pig's blood was endangering ordinary American Muslims who were already facing a surge in hate.

CAIR has previously stated that Trump's pig's blood claim and other instances of his Islamophobic rhetoric, including his calling for a ban on all Muslims entering the United States, his false claim that "Islam hates us," his refusal to rule out special IDs for American Muslims, and his willingness to consider closing down American mosques place millions of innocent, law-abiding citizens in the American Muslim community at risk.

SEE: CAIR Says Donald Trump's 'Hibi-Jabis' Reply Endangers Muslim Women

CAIR has reported an unprecedented spike in anti-Muslim incidents nationwide since the Paris terror attacks, the San Bernardino shootings and Trump's bigoted call for a complete ban on Muslims entering the United States.

CAIR: There Were a Lot of Alleged Anti-Muslim Crimes During This Year's Ramadan

CAIR-AZ Seeks Probe of Motive for Fire Outside Tucson Mosque

Texas Police Ask for Help Identifying Vehicle of Interest in Islamic Center Shooting

Florida Muslim Businesses Receive Death Threats

People Plan to Flood Wichita Restaurant with Business After Anti-Muslim Facebook Post

At the press conference, CAIR will distribute free packets of "ISLAMOPHOBIN," a mock-medicine designed to "cure" Islamophobia.

(NOTE: ISLAMOPHOBIN is actually sugar-free-chewing gum.)

SEE: CAIR Launches Satirical 'ISLAMOPHOBIN' Public Awareness Campaign to Challenge Anti-Muslim Bigotry

The Washington-based Muslim civil rights group is asking Muslim community members to report any bias incidents to police and to CAIR's Civil Rights Department at 202-742-6420 or by filing a report at: http://www.cair.com/civil-rights/report-an-incident/view/form.html

CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

CONTACT:

CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202.744.7726, ihooper@cair.com;

CAIR-Cleveland Chapter Executive Director Julia A. Shearson, 216.440.2247, jshearson@cair.com,

CAIR-Ohio, Cleveland Chapter Board Member, Isam Zaiem, 216.337.7928, isamz@sbcglobal.net

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CAIR Condemns Terror Attack in France, Newt Gingrich's Call to 'Test' and Deport American Muslims

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/15/16) �

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the terror attack in France that killed at least 80 people, and also condemned a suggestion by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich who responded to the attack by calling for Inquisition-style religious "testing" and possible deportation of "every person here who is of a Muslim background."

SEE: Newt Gingrich Calls for Testing Everyone of a "Muslim Background" in the US for Sharia Beliefs

In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:

"We condemn this bloody massacre as we have condemned previous ISIS or ISIS-inspired atrocities and the deviant ideology that produces such senseless and cowardly violence. We are praying for the people of Nice, the victims of another outrageous attack on humanity.

"As we mourn the victims and determine how best to protect people of all faiths and backgrounds from such brutal attacks, let us not help the recruiting efforts of ISIS and other terror groups by blaming all Muslims for the murders in France.

"When former House Speaker Newt Gingrich suggests that American Muslims be subjected to an Inquisition-style religious test and then expelled from their homes and nation, he plays into the hands of terror recruiters and betrays the American values he purports to uphold."

CAIR recently called for unity against ISIS following a series of deadly attacks apparently carried out or inspired by that terror group in Turkey, Iraq, Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia.

SEE: CAIR Calls for Unity Against ISIS

American Muslim organizations have consistently and repeatedly condemned terrorism in all its forms.

SEE: CAIR's Condemnation of Terrorism

CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

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CAIR: Oklahoma Muslim Youth to Participate in Leadership Symposium

Beginning Friday, July 15, the Oklahoma chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will host its 7th annual three-day Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla. The three-day leadership program for Muslim high school and college students will focus on challenging Islamophobia in both social and political arenas. It will consist of a leadership banquet and a full day of workshops on promoting social justice, and will conclude with a mock legislative debate.

WHAT: 7th Annual Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) WHEN: July 15-17, 2016

WHERE: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK PROGRAM:

Media are invited to the Friday evening orientation dinner. Saturday, July 15 workshops and presentations, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; July 16 mock debate, 12:30 p.m. � 2:30 p.m.

CONTACT: CAIR-OK Executive Director Adam Soltani, 405-248-5853, asoltani@cair.com

CAIR-San Antonio: Community Leaders Share Pressing Concerns for Civil Discussion, Listening

Sarwat Husain is President of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in San Antonio. She says there are some deep misunderstandings about her Muslim community. She believes just getting to know each other, just listening to your neighbors, is a good way to find common ground.

Gov. Mike Pence's Tweet Bashing Trump's Muslim Ban Resurfaces

Video: CAIR-CA Seeks Accurate Portrayal of South Asian History at State Board of Education Hearing

Video: Texas Police Ask for Help Identifying Vehicle of Interest in Islamic Center Shooting

CAIR-FL: Florida Mosque Is Removed as Polling Site After Complaints and Threats (Washington Post)

CAIR-FL: Why Florida Pulled a Mosque as a Polling Site (Christian Science Monitor)

CAIR-FL: A Florida Mosque was Going to Be a Polling Police, But Then People Started Complaining

CAIR-FL: Bucher Too Quick to Abandon Mosque Polling Place (Palm Beach Post)

 

CAIR-AZ Seeks Probe of Motive for Fire Outside Tucson Mosque

(PHOENIX, AZ, 7/14/16) -

The Arizona chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) today called on law enforcement authorities to investigate the motive for a fire that appeared to be intentionally set outside the Islamic Center of Tucson Wednesday morning.

Worshippers at early morning prayers smelled smoke and immediately called 911 after seeing a recycling container set on fire. The fire was extinguished without any injuries or further damage to the facility.

SEE: Fire Outside Islamic Center Worries Muslims in Tucson

"With multiple incidents targeting this specific mosque in the past year, there is definitely cause for concern about a possible bias motive for the fire," said Imraan Siddiqi, CAIR-Arizona's executive director. "We hope that law enforcement exhausts every lead possible, as our Tucson community members feel a sense of compromised safety. All Americans have the right to access their house of worship without fear of being targeted."

Previously, the mosque dealt with ongoing issues of vandalism and objects being hurled at the facility from neighboring apartments.

SEE: University of Arizona Students Hurl Insults, and Litter, at Mosque in Tucson UA-Area Residents Reprimanded for Mosque Vandalism � Again

Additionally, a recently resettled Syrian refugee family in Tucson was targeted by a hateful note on their home, saying "Terrorists go home!"

SEE: A Syrian Refugee Family Says This Hateful Note Was Posted On Their Door

CAIR-AZ is asking for additional patrols in the area, and for anyone with further knowledge of this incident to please notify law enforcement.

CAIR recently issued a national community security alert urging Muslim community leaders to consider instituting additional security measures in the wake of the Orlando massacre and a number of recent hate incidents targeting Muslims and Islamic houses of worship.

CAIR Community Security Alert: CAIR Urges Mosques to Take Added Security Measures Following Hate Incidents

Incidents targeting American Muslims and their religious institutions have spiked in recent months, prompted at least in part by anti-Muslim rhetoric employed by public figures like Donald Trump.

The Arizona chapter of the Washington-based civil rights organization is also asking community leaders to implement long-term safety measures outlined in its booklet, "Best Practices for Mosque and Community Safety," which was published in response to previous attacks on American mosques. A free copy of the booklet may be requested by going to: http://www.cair.com/mosque-safety-guide.html

CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

CONTACT:

CAIR-AZ Civil Operations Coordinator Kristy Sabbah, ksabbah@cair.com, 602-716-1213;

CAIR-AZ Executive Director Imraan Siddiqi, 480-415-4652, isiddiqi@cair.com;

CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com;

CAIR Communications Coordinator Nabeelah Naeem, 202-341-4171, nnaeem@cair.com

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CAIR-Philadelphia Town Hall Meeting July 24: Islamophobia and the Progressive Movement

CAIR-Chicago: Cartoon Controversy Roils Local Muslim Leaders "It makes it as if ISIS is just your average, mainstream Muslim who's prostrating in prayer - something we all do - as opposed to what is unique and problematic about them," said Ahmed Rehab of the Council on American Islamic Relations. CAIR: People vote in churches and synagogues. Why not a mosque? "People of religion need to understand that we all have a common enemy � those who do violent acts in the name of religion," said Omar Saleh, a CAIR-Florida attorney.

CAIR-FL: Reps. Frankel, Deutch on Mosque Voting Site: Don't Discriminate Man Sentenced for Defacing Missouri Islamic Center

Concern Over Muslim Cemetery Leads to Moratorium in Georgia

CAIR-Cincinnati: Religious Leaders Seek to Change 'Irrational Racial Fear' Karen Dabdoub, Executive Director of the Council on American Islamic Relations says, "We can take on this challenge and we must. With open hearts and open minds, this challenge must be met and must be overcome."

CAIR Official: Reckless Leaders Are Fueling Racial Balkanization of the U.S. (TIME) Jimmy Jones is secretary of the Council of American-Islamic Relations' national board and has been a civil and human rights activist for more than three decades. There is a sad, painful redundancy in the rhetoric and actions that have once again come about in the wake of last week's killings of two black men by police officers in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

 The pain is only increased by the apparently premeditated murder of five police officers in Dallas at the end of a peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstration. This redundancy is heart-wrenching and excruciating for those of us, like me, who have lost a loved one to this particular form of frequent, deadly American gun violence we are all constantly witnessing. With sadness, we have watched this phenomenon appear and then disappear from our national consciousness until the seemingly inevitable next time.

Malik Jones, my son, was shot to death at the end of a traffic stop on April 14, 1997 in New Haven, Connecticut, by an East Haven police officer. No matter what kind of lives Malik Jones, Philando Castile and Alton Sterling were living at the time of their deaths, I hope that all Americans can agree that allegedly violating motor vehicle laws or selling CDs should not be punished with death.

CAIR-CA to Seek Accurate Portrayal of South Asian History at BOE Hearing

(SACRAMENTO, CA, 7/13/16) -

On July 14, the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), along with the South Asian Histories for All (SAHFA) coalition, will seek to have the California State Board of Education adopt edits to California School Curriculum on History & Social Sciences for 6th, 7th and 10th grades that is being adopted by the State Board of Education (SBE).

ACTION ALERT: Ask the California State Board of Education Members to Adopt the South Asian Histories for All (SAHFA) Coalition Proposed Edits to History Textbooks

CAIR-CA is concerned about inaccurate portrayals of Islam, Sikhism, Dalits, and the South Asian caste system presented in the current framework. The coalition will present a revised proposal for the textbooks at the hearing. This final hearing will conclude with the adoption of a framework that will become part of the curriculum across California and will be in effect for up to 10 years.

SEE: California Textbooks: The Next Stage of the Battle

WHAT: California State Board of Education Hearing WHEN: Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 9 AM WHERE: California Department of Education, 1430 N Street, Room 1101, Sacramento, CA 95814 CONTACT: CAIR-SV Civil Rights Coordinator Saad Sweilem, ssweilem@cair.com, 916.441.6269; IAMC Media and Outreach Coordinator Musaddique Thange, mthange@yahoo.com

On May 19th, an interfaith and inter-caste coalition of over 80 members across California and the United States attended a hearing to present edits to California's Instructional Quality Commission (IQC). The IQC was presented with many edits, but voted to accept only a handful of them, but the SBE will vote upon the final framework on July 14th.

SEE: South Asian Histories for All May 19th Press Release

"The currently proposed edits being considered by the State Board of Education do not provide an accurate representation of several marginalized identities within South Asian history," said Saad Sweilem, CAIR-Sacramento valley's civil rights coordinator. "Students of all faiths deserve safe and nurturing educational environments, where diversity is celebrated. The current accepted edits to Islamic references in the curriculum framework will increase sentiments of Islamophobia in educational institutions and will lead to increased bullying and discrimination against Muslim students. Our hope is the State Board of education will reconsider these edits and follow a much more inclusive process that takes these important groups into account going forward so that our youth have a holistic and accurate understanding of history."

CAIR-CA is a chapter of CAIR, America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

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• CAIR: Muslim Woman Allegedly Assaulted with Eggs Because of Her Hijab
  
  The Council on American-Islamic Relations has reported a spike in hate crimes and discrimination against Muslims after the Orlando shooting.
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  • CAIR: Healing America Together with Justice, Empathy (Huffington Post)
    
    "Strengthening our nation requires a firm commitment to healing. We can heal by summoning the willpower to defiantly refuse to feel afraid of one another. 
  • Video: CAIR-WA Wants Mosque Threat Suspect Held Accountable
• CAIR Calls on Palm Beach County's Elections Supervisor to Restore Polling Place
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  • CAIR-FL: This Mosque Was Supposed to Be a Polling Location in Florida. Then People Complained.
  • CAIR: Muslim Advocacy Group Wants Boca Raton Mosque to Be Restored as Voting Site
• CAIR-Chicago: A Tribune Cartoon Does a Disservice to Muslims (Chicago Tribune)
  
  The cartoon. . .maligns 1.6 billion Muslims around the world by associating ISIS with a praying Muslim and by associating prostration with the most degraded condition of a human being. The position of prostration is well known as the position of Muslim prayer. 

CAIR: Islamophobic Capitol Hill Conference 'Postponed' After Speakers Pull Out

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/12/16) -

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the "postponement" of an Islamophobic conference targeting constitutionally-protected religious accommodations in the workplace that had been scheduled for July 20 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

A message circulated yesterday by notorious Islamophobe Daniel Pipes' Middle East Forum (MEF) "think tank" announced that the day-long "Radical Islam in the Workplace" conference, which had been scheduled to take place July 20, "has been postponed until later in the year because some of our speakers had to cancel their attendance for this date."

CAIR Islamophobia Monitor: Daniel Pipes (Middle East Forum, Founder and Director)

CAIR Islamophobia Monitor: Middle East Forum

Several groups, including CAIR, had raised concerns about credible speakers legitimizing MEF's anti-Islam propaganda at the conference.

Topics that were to be discussed at the conference implied that it was in part designed to help attendees understand how to selectively deny Americans of the Islamic faith workplace rights afforded to all U.S. citizens. A "distinct danger" the corporate world faces, according to the event announcement, is Muslim employees "making aggressive demands" such as "insisting on wearing hijabs" or praying.

The conference would have featured "experts" offering advice about how to avoid "EEOC charges" for denying Muslims' their constitutional rights.

As revealed in a recent CAIR, UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender report, MEF funds groups know for promoting Islamophobia in the United States.

SEE: Confronting Fear

CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

CONTACT:

CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com;

CAIR Communications Coordinator Nabeelah Naeem, 202-341-4171, nnaeem@cair.com

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• Hadith of the Day: No Racism Allowed in Islam
  
  The following is an excerpt from the final sermon of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). He delivered this sermon during his last pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj), only months before he passed away in 632 AD (10 AH).
  
  "All humankind is from Adam and Eve. An Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab, nor does a non-Arab have any superiority over an Arab. Also, a white person has no superiority over a black person, nor does someone who is black have any superiority over someone who is white -- except by piety and good action."
  
  Abu Dharr said the Prophet told him: "You are not better than people (of other races) unless you excel them in piety." Al-Tirmidhi
• CAIR-AL: Civil Rights Rally Calls for Unity, Compassion in Wake of Violence
  
  "Our young people need to see us humble ourselves and seek leadership that stands and calls for justice without stoking the flames of prejudice," said CAIR-Alabama's Hadeed. "Our youth needs to see leadership that unites and commits to delivering an inclusive, warm, just and peaceful and peace-loving society."
• CAIR-OK Responds to Rep. John Bennett's Islamophobia
  
  My name is Omar Alam Rana. I am a Muslim and an Oklahoman. I have a few questions for you about your proposed interim study about Radical Islam and statements you have made on the matter.
  
  You have made many comments on Islam. Once even going as far as to state there being "[no] difference between moderate and radical Islam". Do you believe that all Muslims are radical? If so, I think it would be highly improbable that all 1.6 billion Muslims in the world adhere to radical principals.
• CAIR: This Might Be the Most Amazing Political Mail Piece We've Ever Seen
  
  Pith has seen some interesting mail pieces over the years, but the one that started landing in state Senate District 20 mailboxes over the weekend might top them all. It includes an ISIS "Welcome" mat. Really.
  
  It's so good it even made the Council on American�Islamic Relations' Islamophobia Watch.
• Video: CAIR-CT Director Mongi Dhaouadi Interviewed About Fighting Islamophobia and ISIS

CAIR-Florida Seeks Restoration of Mosque Polling Site Following Removal Based on Islamophobic Backlash

(MIAMI, FL, 7/11/2016) -

The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida) today called for the restoration of a polling place in one of that state's mosques after it was removed following an Islamophobic backlash.

CAIR-Florida said Palm Beach Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher removed a polling station from the Islamic Center of Boca Raton apparently in response to complaints, some of which she described as vulgar and threatening.

SEE: Elections Supervisor Removes Boca Raton Mosque as Polling Site

Palm Beach County Polling Stations Include Churches, Temples, Masonic Lodges and Synagogues

"The supervisor of elections is evidently targeted by an organized lobbying campaign spreading fear and Islamophobia. Her discretion to designate or remove polling sites must never be based on religious, racial or ethnic bias," said Laila Abdelaziz, CAIR-Florida legislative and government affairs director. "This apparent unconstitutional religious bias may need to be corrected by our courts."

Abdelaziz said CAIR-Florida is sending a written request for the supervisor to promptly reinstate the Islamic Center of Boca Raton as a polling station and will consider every legal avenue to prevent "this openly discriminatory decision affecting the federally protected rights of the Palm Beach County voters."

CAIR-Florida Civil Rights Counsel, Omar Saleh, is filing a public records request asking for all communications and records from Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections officials regarding the Islamic Center's polling station removal.

CAIR-Florida is the state's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties of all people, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

CONTACT:

CAIR-Florida Communications Director Wilfredo A. Ruiz, wruiz@cair.com, 305.502.6749;

CAIR-Florida Legislative and Government Affairs Director Laila Abdelaziz, labdelaziz@cair.com, 813.514.1414;

CAIR-Florida Civil Rights Director Thania Clevenger, tclevenger@cair.com, 813.514.1414  

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Council on American-Islamic Relations

453 New Jersey Ave, S.E., Washington, D.C., 20003 

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