{"id":1082,"date":"2019-02-07T22:16:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T03:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2020-04-07T15:54:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T19:54:56","slug":"cair-pittsburgh-joins-naacp-in-calling-for-resignation-of-school-official-over-anti-muslim-post-click-link-down-below-for-more-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/cair-pittsburgh-joins-naacp-in-calling-for-resignation-of-school-official-over-anti-muslim-post-click-link-down-below-for-more-details\/","title":{"rendered":"CAIR-Pittsburgh Welcomes Resignation of School Official Over Anti-Muslim Post"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CAIR-Pittsburgh Welcomes Resignation of School Official Over Anti-Muslim Post<\/b><\/p>\n

(PITTSBURGH, PA,2\/8\/19) \u2013\u00a0<\/b>The Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pittsburgh) today welcomed the resignation of a school board member who shared an anti-Muslim Facebook post.<\/p>\n

SEE: Plum School Board Member to Resign Over Anti-Muslim Facebook Share<\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/allegheny\/14592492-74\/plum-school-board-member-to-resign-over-anti-muslim-facebook-share<\/a><\/p>\n

Plum school board member who published anti-Muslim Facebook post to resign<\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/news\/education\/2019\/02\/08\/Plum-school-board-Brian-Wisniewski-resignation-anti-Muslim\/stories\/201902080126<\/a><\/p>\n

Yesterday, CAIR-Pittsburgh joined the NAACP Allegheny East Branch in calling for the resignation of Plum Borough School District Member Brian Wisniewski who shared an anti-Muslim post to his personal account that read: \u201cDoes it worry anybody that we have three devout Muslims in Congress who have unlimited access to our TOP SECRET GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS?\u201d Wisniewski claims he shared the post by mistake.<\/p>\n

A special board meeting is reportedly scheduled for Saturday to approve the resignation.<\/p>\n

SEE: CAIR-Pittsburgh Joins NAACP in Calling for Resignation of School Official Over Anti-Muslim Post<\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cair.com\/cair_pittsburgh_joins_naacp_in_calling_for_resignation_of_school_official_over_anti_muslim_post<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe welcome this reported resignation and hope it sends the message that bigotry of any type will not be accepted in our state\u2019s schools,\u201d said CAIR-Pittsburgh Program Director Zohra Lasania.<\/b><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, CAIR condemned Islamophobic and racist social media posts posted on the public Twitter account of a Maryland police officer<\/p>\n

SEE: CAIR Condemns Bigoted Posts by Baltimore County Police Officer, Calls for Apology, Diversity Training<\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cair.com\/cair_condemns_bigoted_posts_by_baltimore_county_police_officer_calls_for_apology_diversity_training<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

The Washington-based Muslim civil rights organization has reported an unprecedented spike in bigotry targeting American Muslims, immigrants and members of other minority groups since the election of Donald Trump as president.<\/p>\n

CAIR 2018 Civil Rights Report: Targeted<\/b><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.islamophobia.org\/reports\/224-2018-civil-rights-report-targeted.html<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

CAIR is America’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.<\/p>\n

La misi\u00f3n de CAIR es proteger las libertades civiles, mejorar la comprensi\u00f3n del Islam, promover la justicia, y empoderar a los musulmanes en los Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n

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CONTACT<\/b>: CAIR-Pittsburgh Program Director Zohra Lasania, 412-606-3601, zlasania@cair.com<\/a>; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CAIR-Pittsburgh Welcomes Resignation of School Official Over Anti-Muslim Post (PITTSBURGH, PA,2\/8\/19) \u2013\u00a0The Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pittsburgh) today welcomed the resignation of a school board member who shared an anti-Muslim Facebook post. SEE: Plum School Board Member to Resign Over Anti-Muslim Facebook Share https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/allegheny\/14592492-74\/plum-school-board-member-to-resign-over-anti-muslim-facebook-share Plum school […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-uncategorized"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1082"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1085,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions\/1085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}