Maryland matters
Maryland legislature passes law tweaking state hate crimes commission
After an outcry over CAIR’s inclusion on the commission, the law now gives Maryland’s attorney general the power to select its members
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Zainab Chaudry speaks during a press conference at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, Md., on February 16, 2015.
When the Maryland General Assembly passed a bill late Monday night that makes changes to the makeup of the state’s hate crimes commission, the legislation’s original intent — to remove the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) from participation on...