CAIR-MI: Ann Arbor police seek suspects in alleged anti-Jewish attack – Detroit News
In a statement Monday, Dawud Walid, executive director of the Michigan chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations, said the group is offering a $1,000 reward for tips to the Ann Arbor Police Department that lead to an arrest and conviction in the incident.
"Everyone in Ann Arbor should be safe to express their ethnic and religious identity without fear of being assaulted nor menaced," he said in a statement Monday. "We call on anyone who witnessed this incident or who has any information relating to this reported attack to immediately contact the Ann Arbor Police Department.
He also said Washington, D.C., based CAIR and the American Muslim community stand in solidarity with those challenging antisemitism, systemic anti-Black racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, white supremacy as well as all other forms of bigotry.
CAIR-MI: U of Michigan condemns assault of Jewish student on campus – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
“Everyone in Ann Arbor should be safe to express their ethnic and religious identity without fear of being assaulted nor menaced,” Dawud Walid, CAIR-MI’s executive director, said in a statement.
CAIR-LA: Santa Ana School District Sued for Allegedly Creating Antisemitic Classes in Secret – Voice of OC
Basha Jamil, a policy manager with the Council on American Islamic Relations, said at last week’s school board meeting that understanding the plight of Palestinians is a crucial aspect to ethnic studies.
“Our education should not be shaped by political agendas that try to silence the reality of ongoing oppression and genocide,” she said.
“We absolutely need to teach about antisemitism. However, we must ensure that legitimate criticism of the State of Israel isn’t conflated with antisemitism.”
CAIR: Muslim voters in swing states favor Green Party’s Jill Stein, CAIR survey finds – Anadolu Agency
CAIR: Muslim-American Voter Shift Sparks Debate Ahead Of 2024 Election
CAIR: ‘Gaza Drives Political Choices’ – Stein Ahead in Three Critical States – Palestine Chronicle
CAIR: US Muslim group criticizes university for Israeli soldier speaking invitation – Al Jazeera
“Inviting any individual who has allegedly documented their presence in the homes of families suffering from forced displacement and genocide perpetuates a narrative of oppression, exacerbates tensions on campus, and fosters an unhealthy academic environment,” CAIR’s Zainab Chaudry said in a statement about the invitation extended by Johns Hopkins Hillel, a Jewish students group.
CAIR: GOP officials say states could punish colleges that divest from Israel. Could they? – USA Today
Opponents of antiboycott laws, meanwhile, have argued they violate the First Amendment, which protects the rights to free speech and peaceful protest. Gadeir Abbas, a senior litigation attorney with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group, said the letter is part of an antiboycott “hysteria.”
“In this climate, any university should take that letter as a threat,” he said. “Brown University has constitutional rights as well.”
CAIR: Republican ads in Michigan highlight Kamala Harris’ Israel ties – The New Arab
A survey published in August by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) found that just under a third of American Muslims said they were planning to vote for Harris, with a similar number saying the plan to vote for Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
CAIR: Rights groups respond to AG Nessel’s charges against 11 pro-Palestinian protesters during spring encampment at U of M – Arab American News
CAIR Poll: American Muslims in Michigan prefer Green Party candidate Jill Stein over Harris and Trump – Arab American News
CAIR: Jill Stein surges ahead of Kamala Harris among Muslim-American voters in key swing states – Middle East Monitor
CAIR: How Muslim voters are redefining the 2024 elections across the West – Malaysian Insight
CAIR-MN: Lino Lakes community must stand up against anti-Muslim rhetoric - Star Tribune
That’s the predicament the people of Lino Lakes will face in the weeks ahead amid calls to censure and oust City Council Member Chris Lyden, who fired off an email condoning Islamophobic rhetoric in the wake of a proposal to build a “Muslim-friendly” housing complex that would include a mosque. The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Minnesota chapter has called on him to resign.
CAIR-NY: Studi: Hampir 60% Siswa Muslim di New York Jadi Korban Perundungan Di Sekolah
