For many months now, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has been sending out email blasts almost every day condemning China's actions in Xinjiang and calling for specific actions, such as canceling the Hilton hotel project being built over a bulldozed mosque.
Some takeaways:
1) This is America's largest Muslim advocacy org. Hopefully we're not going to hear anyone else saying "Why aren't Muslims condemning this"
1) This is America's largest Muslim advocacy org. Hopefully we're not going to hear anyone else saying "Why aren't Muslims condemning this"
2) CAIR is among the loudest voices fighting Islamophobia in US. They also have strong commitment to intersectionality, frequently offering support for Black activists & condemning anti-AAPI attacks.
They both support Asian Americans & condemn CCP authoritarianism.
They both support Asian Americans & condemn CCP authoritarianism.
CAIR, as an organization, has not always gotten everything right. But they provide important opportunities for Muslim Americans and have continued to grow and mature as an organization.
I would say that on this issue, they are getting it exactly right, when many others are not.
I would say that on this issue, they are getting it exactly right, when many others are not.
3) Expect China to go full "Muslim Brotherhood conspiracy" on CAIR if CAIR's work is able to have measurable impact. Li Xiaosi or some other Twitter wolf warrior already made a comment like that once a few months back.
What if China ends up sanctioning CAIR for "interfering in its domestic affairs" or whatever by criticizing its policies in Xinjiang? Would be interesting to see how the anti-China Islamophobe caucus in Congress reacts (plenty of China hawks aren't Islamophobes).
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