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White House distances itself from CAIR, condemns director’s ‘antisemitic statements’
The White House scrubbed a mention of CAIR from an antisemitism fact sheet and pledged that the group has no involvement in efforts to draft a national Islamophobia strategy
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President of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Nihad Awad delivers a speech at the event that was held by the CAIR in Washington, D.C., on January 10, 2019.
The White House on Thursday distanced itself from the Council on American-Islamic Relations after the leader of the Muslim advocacy organization gave a speech celebrating the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack in Israel.
“We condemn these shocking, antisemitic statements...