The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on federal law enforcement authorities, including the FBI, to investigate “anti-Islamic” graffiti and vandalism targeting a restaurant in Madison, Wisconsin.
According to police, “On 12/26/23, between the hours of 1:30 am and 4:00 pm, a person or persons entered the restaurant and caused substantial damage, which included anti-Islamic graffiti.” Police are investigating the incident as a suspected hate crime.
“We urge federal law enforcement authorities to add their resources to those of local investigators so that the perpetrators of this alleged hate crime may be brought to justice,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper.
He noted that earlier today, CAIR’s New York chapter sought hate crime charges for an alleged attack on a Muslim teenager who was reportedly called a terrorist and pepper-sprayed while walking in Brooklyn.
Washington, D.C., based CAIR recently released new civil rights data showing that it has received a “staggering” 2,171 complaints over the past 57 days amid an ongoing wave of anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian hate.
CAIR also released a new paper on the state of Islamophobia leading up to and during the ongoing attacks by the far-right Israeli government against Palestinians in Gaza.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com