(Arizona Republic) The Council [on] American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed an appeal Friday in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a decision dismissing a case against the Maricopa Community College District and one of its professors for teaching material that the group claims condemns Islam.
The Scottsdale professor, Nicholas Damask, and the college came under harsh criticism in May when one of his students, Mohamed Sabra, posted three of the professor’s quiz questions on social media.
Council [on] American-Islamic Relations’ claims
The questions frame terrorism as an absolute mandate of Islam, leaving no room for interpretation, according to the Council [on] American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The appeal details objections to these questions, after Sabra received wrong marks for stating terrorism in Islam is “always forbidden.”
