CAIR Offers Rewards for Info on Series of Apparent Anti-Muslim Attacks Nationwide

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today offered rewards for information on a series of apparently anti-Muslim incidents nationwide in recent days.

Video: CAIR Rep Ibrahim Hooper on Al Jazeera to Discuss Spike in Anti-Muslim Incidents, Islamophobia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--TIIFFVcAY

CAIR is offering $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators of each of the following crimes: [NOTE: Anyone with information about these crimes should contact relevant law enforcement agencies.]

• In New York, a Muslim woman who wears Islamic attire had her blouse set on fire outside a store in Manhattan Saturday night.

Video: CAIR-NY Condemns Spike in Attacks on Muslims After Woman Set on Fire, Video Released
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIEYUq4hH3Y

• An arsonist targeted the Ft. Pierce Islamic Center in Florida. [NOTE: CAIR's Florida chapter is also offering a $4,000 reward in this case, for a total reward of $5,000.]

Video: CAIR-Florida Rep Quoted on CNN About Mosque Arson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT8URwlu36A

• Vandals threw rocks through the windows of a mosque in New Hampshire.

CAIR-MA: Rocks Thrown Through Window of New Hampshire Mosque http://www.wmur.com/news/rocks-thrown-through-window-of-nashua-mosque/41639434

• A truck rammed a Maryland mosque.

Video: CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Probe of New Hampshire Mosque Vandalism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmlGjHQYZmA   

"It is important that the perpetrators of these crimes be apprehended and their motives be established," said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad. "The spike in incidents targeting American Muslims and their institutions is the inevitable result of the ongoing mainstreaming of Islamophobia we are witnessing in our society."

Today, CAIR's Georgia chapter condemned anti-Muslim extremists whose harassment and threats of armed protest outside a planned September 13 Newton County Commission meeting led the commissioners to cancel that meeting.

CAIR: Newton County Mosque Meeting Cancelled After Social Media Posts
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/covington/newton-county-mosque-meeting-cancelled-after-social-media-posts/317335449

On Friday, CAIR's New York chapter welcomed a hate crime charge for an attack on two Muslim women pushing babies in strollers during which the alleged attacker punched and kicked the victims and tried to pull off their Islamic head scarves, or hijabs.

CAIR-NY: 2 Muslim Women, Babies Attacked in Alleged Hate Crime (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/10/us/brooklyn-muslim-women-attacked/index.html    

CAIR has noted a spike in anti-Muslim discrimination and hate crimes in recent months, which the civil rights group attributes at least in part to Islamophobic rhetoric used by various public figures.

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.

La misión de CAIR es mejorar la comprensión del Islam, fomentar el diálogo, proteger las libertades civiles, capacitar a los musulmanes estadounidenses, y construir coaliciones que promuevan la justicia y la comprensión mutua.

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SOURCE Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

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