(WJZ) Maryland lawmakers are considering removing the Council on American-Islamic Relations, also known as CAIR, from a state commission to prevent hate crimes.
It follows controversial comments from the organization’s state director Zainab Chaudry on Facebook.
WJZ investigator Mike Hellgren spoke exclusively one-on-one with Chaudry following the Maryland House Judiciary Committee hearing on the issue Tuesday.
“I have received several death threats. I have been the target of a barrage and onslaught of hatred,” Chaudry said.
The push to remove her and CAIR, which bills itself as the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization, follows social media posts Chaudry made last year. They include one comparing Israel to Nazi Germany and another referencing “Palestinian freedom fighters.”
