CAIR MN removes Shaun King as event keynote speaker following backlash The decision came seven hours after the activist was announced as the speaker for the fundraiser.

(Star Tribune) Minnesota’s branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Thursday night it will remove activist Shaun King as its keynote speaker for an upcoming Ramadan fundraiser, hours after backlash over the announcement that King was selected.

A little before noon, CAIR posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that King would speak at its 17th annual fundraising dinner on Sunday evening at Coffman Memorial Union at the University of Minnesota.

The post quickly drew outraged comments on X that were later hidden by the page by making it private, with many comments accusing King of being a scammer.

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