WASHINGTON, July 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim
civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on all
Americans to donate to support its anti-hate and voter mobilization
initiatives after Donald Trump
retweeted a racist attack on CAIR, the Palestinian people and his
political opponents.
TO DONATE, GO TO: https://www.cair.com/donate
Trump retweeted Katie Hopkins,
who is infamous for using the term "final solution" to describe how
the UK should respond to a deadly bombing in that country.
[NOTE: That same phrase was used by the Nazis to describe
the genocide targeting Europe's
Jewish population.] Hopkins recently spoke an event in Connecticut hosted by the anti-Muslim hate
group ACT for America, which has alleged ties to white supremacist,
neo-Nazi hate organizations.
According to the Washington Post, "[Hopkins]
wrote a column in 2015 comparing migrants to 'cockroaches' and
'feral humans.' After the 2018 synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, Hopkins blamed the rabbi for
supporting 'mass migration.'"
Trump Promotes Activist Who Called for "Final Solution" for
Muslims
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/trump-katie-hopkins-ilhan-omar/
Trump Retweets Far-Right British Commentator Praising His Attacks
on
Omar
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-retweets-far-right-british-commentator-praising-his-attacks-on-omar/2019/07/20/923e67a4-aafb-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html
CAIR Islamophobia Monitor: ACT for
America
http://www.islamophobia.org/islamophobic-organizations/36-act-for-america.html
CAIR: June 10 Anti-Islam Hate
Rallies Show Convergence of White Supremacism,
Islamophobia
https://www.cair.com/cair_june_10_anti_islam_hate_rallies_show_convergence_of_white_supremacism_islamophobia
CAIR Condemns Trump's Retweet of UK Islamophobe Scheduled to
Speak at Connecticut Hate Group's
Event
https://www.cair.com/cair_condemns_trump_s_retweet_of_uk_islamophobe_scheduled_to_speak_at_connecticut_hate_group_s_event
In the tweet retweeted by Trump, Hopkins
wrote: "The @realDonaldTrump has made #2020 a bold and
binary decision. Are you going to choose socialists, choose ISIS,
choose the Palestinian flag, choose Cair? Or are you going to
choose to Make America Great Again?"
In a statement, CAIR said:
"By equating American Muslim activists,
his political opponents and the entire Palestinian people
with a terrorist group, President Trump has once again weaponized
hate and put a target on the backs of his fellow
Americans.
"Although our civil rights organization never
expected to come under attack from the President of the United States, this is nothing new to
us.
"Over the past 25 years, CAIR has been threatened by
terrorists because we condemn extremism, blacklisted by foreign
dictatorships because we support democracy, and harassed by hate
groups because we stand up against Islamophobia.
"We wear those attacks as badges of honor, just as
African-American civil rights groups did in the 1960s when
racists smeared them as everything from anti-American to
secret communists.
"If President Trump thinks his attack on CAIR will deter us
from countering his Islamophobia, he is mistaken. We wear his
attack as a badge of honor, and we plan to continue standing
where we belong: between President Trump and the American Muslims
and members of other minority communities he seeks to malign and
marginalize."
CAIR called on all Americans who value our nation's founding
principles, constitutional rights and freedom of speech to donate
to provide the Washington-based
civil rights organization the resources that will be necessary to
challenge increasing white supremacist, racist, anti-immigrant and
Islamophobic rhetoric and policies.
TO DONATE, GO TO: https://www.cair.com/donate
The Washington-based civil
rights organization said it has witnessed an unprecedented spike in
bigotry targeting American Muslims, immigrants and members of other
minority groups since the election of Donald Trump as president.
Video: CAIR-NY Director Afaf
Nasher on MSNBC's 'The Beat With Ari Melber' to Discuss
Trump's
Race-Baiting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7mbC6N3dc4
CAIR-Michigan: Muslim Couple Told
to 'Go Back to Their Country' at Tim Hortons
(VIDEO)
https://youtu.be/D2wxTeOvP34
CAIR-DFW: Here's Why Dallas Leaders are Troubled by Police
Officers' Questionable and Bigoted Facebook
Posts
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-police/2019/07/20/dallas-leaders-troubled-police-officers-questionable-bigoted-facebook-posts
CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy
organization. Its mission is to enhance understanding of Islam,
protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American
Muslims.
La misiĆ³n de CAIR es proteger las libertades civiles, mejorar la
comprensiĆ³n del Islam, promover la justicia, y empoderar a los
musulmanes en los Estados Unidos.
CONTACT: CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726,
ihooper@cair.com
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SOURCE Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)