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Muslims in Philadelphia face more housing disadvantages than non-Muslims, report says. Some Philly Muslims don’t see a problem.

Until recently, many immigrant and first-generation Muslims lived in mostly white suburban communities without facing discrimination or hostility, said Jacob Bender, executive director of the Council of American-Islamic Relations in Philadelphia, a civil rights organization that advocates for Muslim Americans...
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CAIR-Philadelphia Condemns Bigoted Incident at Chestnut Hill Starbucks, Demands Apology for Muslim Customer

Approaching the ordering counter, Mr. Aziz ordered and paid for three iced-drinks and when asked, gave his name as “Aziz.” When the drinks were ready, a barista at the pick-up counter called out the kind of drinks, rather than the name of the customer, which is the customary procedure, as any regular Starbucks customer can attest to. CAIR-Philadelphia finds Starbucks’ behavior in this incident exceedingly deficient. After the incident in 2018 when two African American men were arrested in another Philadelphia Starbucks, one would have expected a greater commitment to religious and racial diversity from Starbucks staff.
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CAIR-Philadelphia Condemns Trump’s Support for Israel’s Denial of Entry to U.S. Congresswomen

The Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned President Trump's support for the Israeli government's denial of entry to two U.S. Congresswomen (both of whom are Muslim), preventing one from seeing her grandmother and both from acting as firsthand congressional observers of Israel's anti-Palestinian policies and visiting one of the holiest sites in Islam.
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CAIR-Philadelphia: “Blood from the El Paso Shooting Victims Leads to The White House Door”

The Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization (CAIR-Philadelphia) today said "blood of the El Paso shooting victims leads directly to the White House door." The shooter in the deadly attack in Texas allegedly issued a manifesto in which he said he was inspired by the massacre of Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, by a white supremacist, and alarmed by "the Hispanic invasion of Texas."
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CAIR-Philadelphia Condemns Hate Messages Left on Norristown Mosque, Calls for Community Solidarity at Friday Prayers

The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) today condemned the targeting of Norristown Islamic Society with hate messages placed next to the mosque. The hate messages left by the suspect or suspects were discovered early Friday morning. Mosque administrators immediately reported the incident to Norristown Police Department, whose headquarters is within one-minute walking distance to the mosque’s building on Green Street in Norristown. The police department responded promptly and filed a report.
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