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CAIR condemns Islamophobic attack on Muslims protesters in US

Attackers allegedly harassed protesters, shouting 'stupid Muslims, get out'

APP August 19, 2022

WASHINGTON:

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim advocacy group, has called on the state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate an alleged bias-motivated assault on those protesting against the persecution of religious minorities and caste discrimination in India at Los Angeles, Palma Park in Anaheim, in the US state of California.

A press release issued by CAIR’s Los Angeles office said that the attackers allegedly harassed protesters, shouting “stupid Muslims, get out.” They also reportedly grabbed protest signs and physically and verbally harassed the protesters.

In a statement, CAIR’s Executive Director in Los Angeles Hussam Ayloush said: “Every American has the right to peaceful protest without the threat of violence and intimidation based on their race, faith or national origin. We call on local, state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate this reportedly bias-motivated attack and to consider bringing hate crime charges against the alleged perpetrators.”

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Earlier, CAIR’s New jersey office joined the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) in condemning the use of a bulldozer at the India Independence Day parade in South Plainfield this year.

The bulldozer, which has become a symbol of Muslim home demolitions in India, was decorated with the images of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, both of whom espouse Islamophobic Hindu nationalist ideologies and serve as active leaders of India’s ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

COMMENTS (2)

Vi | 2 years ago | Reply I was present at the event these protestors came to an event that was peacefully celebrating Indian Independence Day with full permission from the city of Anaheim. The protestors started hurling abuses at Modi and Hindus and calling out Modis treatment of Muslims. Their intention was to disrupt the ongoing an ongoing cultural event. they had to be escorted to an area outside the event. Ironically many of the vendors and viewers at the event were form Hindu Muslim Christian and Sikh background. A reporter from your newspaper very continently happened to be right on the scene to click all the right pictures and videos. By now most of the public has guessed the game that CAIR an organization that has been banned in countries like UAE and Saudi for terrorism is playing legally here in the US

Erasput | 2 years ago | Reply This is Musalman version The bulldozer which has become a symbol of Muslim home demolitions in India was decorated with the images of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath both of whom espouse Islamophobic Hindu nationalist ideologies and serve as active leaders of India s ruling party the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP . Islam version The bulldozer which has become a symbol of vandalists trouble makers of the society s home demolitions in India was decorated with the images of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath both of whom serve nationalist ideologies and serve as active leaders of India s ruling party the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP . The problem in India is not Peace Loving Islam but the trouble creating miniscule Musalmans which has resulted in regrouping of hot headed elements from the majority community.

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