Assalamu Alaikum
Dear Community Members,
On behalf of our entire CAIR-Ohio team, I hope that you and your families are doing well. We want to extend a heartfelt thank you for the outpouring of love and support over the past few days.
Please view our full community letter here.
Our work to protect and empower the community frightens anti-Muslim hate groups. While recent events are alarming, it is evidence that our work is crucial and necessary.
Our fight against Islamophobia and anti-Muslim discrimination is not new. Today it has come to our local community, and it hurts. But Iqbal was a small tool in a large anti-Muslim network operating nationwide.
Our entire CAIR network is on the offense. See sample evidence released by CAIR national. Accountability for the anti-Muslim hate group and those who worked with them will come in due time.
Since learning of this betrayal, our exceptionally talented team has been working around the clock, ensuring a successful transition of leadership, keeping our community and other stakeholders informed, and working with a renewed commitment to our mission. We do our work authentically, effectively, and to the highest standards of excellence.
As such, we are moving forward with these guiding principles:
- Our community comes first, always.
- We value transparency and accountability.
- We will never be intimidated from practicing our faith or doing our work. Nothing can harm us except with the will of Allah SWT.
We are grateful to Allah SWT for His protection and for the privilege to continue this important work. We recognize that our work to fight anti-Muslim bigotry across the United States is one for the long haul.
In the meantime, please reach out to us directly if you have any questions. You can contact the CAIR-Ohio Columbus office at 614-451-3232 and the Cincinnati office at 513-281-8200.
Sincerely,
Amina Barhumi, Acting Executive Director
