Crime

Baltimore lawmaker seeks to remove CAIR from Md. hate crimes commission Law creating the commission explicitly guaranteed CAIR, whose executive director praised the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, representation on the civil rights panel

(Jewish Insider) A legislative effort is underway in Maryland to remove the Council on American-Islamic Relations from a state hate crimes body after the organization’s Maryland director published a series of antisemitic Facebook posts after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, […]

Books

Anti-Israel group peddles children’s book that glorifies Jewish state’s eradication Council on American-Islamic Relations urges local libraries to adopt 'suggested Palestine reading list' for kids

(Free Beacon) An anti-Israel group whose founder said he was “happy to see” Hamas attack Israel is urging local libraries to feature children’s books that push propaganda against the Jewish state — including one that contends all of Israel belongs to “Palestine.” […]

Government & Politics

CAIR’s leader cheered Hamas’s terror attack on Israel. Gavin Newsom is sitting down with the group anyway Terror-tied group touts meeting with California governor

(Free Beacon) California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) met Thursday with the state’s Council on American-Islamic Relations chapter (CAIR) just weeks after the group’s leader said he was “happy to see” Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel, a comment that even prompted condemnation from […]