CAIR: Ending Support for Dictators Needed to Reset Relations with Muslim World
In his response to Trump’s speech, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said: "While President Trump’s address in Saudi Arabia appears to be an attempt to set a new and more productive tone in relations with the Muslim world, one speech cannot outweigh years of anti-Muslim rhetoric and policy proposals – including an attempt to enact a Muslim ban by executive order, which his administration continues to defend in court.
"We welcome President Trump’s recognition of Islam as ‘one of the world’s great faiths,’ but that recognition does not wipe out years of well-documented anti-Islam animus. The president should also recognize the contributions American Muslims make – and have made for generations – to the betterment of our nation.
"New policies and concrete actions – not mere rhetoric – are what is needed to reset relations with the Muslim world.
"Such concrete actions should include condemning Islamophobia, protecting the civil rights of American Muslims and other minority groups, achieving just and comprehensive resolutions to the various Middle East conflicts, ending religious and ethnic profiling at borders and in airports, ending support for dictators whose oppression foments extremism and violence, and supporting mainstream Muslims who peacefully pursue social, economic and political progress around the world.
Source: MILTECH
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