| No images? Click here   President of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Nihad Awad speaks in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 02, 2019. ELIF OZTURK/ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES Nihad Awad, co-founder of the Muslim civil rights organization, defended the Oct. 7 attack while claiming Israel has no right to self-defenseBy Gabby Deutch The co-founder and executive director of a major American Muslim civil rights organization characterized Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel in which more than 1,200 were killed as Gazans “break[ing] the siege, the walls of the concentration camp.” “Yes, I was happy to see people breaking the siege and throwing down the shackles of their own land and walk free into their land that they were not allowed to walk in,” Council on American-Islamic Relations Executive Director Nihad Awad said at a November conference hosted by American Muslims for Palestine. Audience members cheered Awad’s remarks. You May Have MissedREINSTATEDMd. hate crimes commissioner back on task force after suspension over antisemitismCAIR’s Zainab Chaudry had posted a series of controversial social media posts on Israel after Oct. 7 CAMERON'S CALLVisiting D.C., U.K.’s David Cameron rejects calls for Israel-Hamas ceasefire Cameron emphasized that a two-state solution is the only path to ‘long-term security’ for Israel Read more...      |
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CAIR executive director ‘happy to see’ Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack
