American Muslims

“While we welcome the resignation of John Bolton, who has a long track record of promoting anti-Muslim policies and associating with hate groups, we cannot simply replace one Islamophobe with another

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced the partnership on Wednesday.

American Muslims for Palestine, who met with the freshmen US congress members is an alleged Hamas front group according to a lawsuit.

“The more we've gotten to know each other and to know each other's belief systems we've found there are more commonalities than there are differences," said Jewish cantor Gail Karp.

The lawsuit, brought by the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, claimed that the Council on American-Islamic Relation’s (CAIR) Initiative gave Muslim students special protections.

“I don’t know if her apology is genuine,” said Minnesota State Senator Ron Latz. "If she doesn’t like Israeli policy then say that, don’t use antisemitic canards."

Seffi Kogen, the Global Director of Young Leadership for the American Jewish Committee, counts at least four other lawmakers who in their lifetimes had refugee status, and two of them are Jewish.

“I believe and support the BDS movement and have fought to make sure people’s right to support it isn’t criminalized,” she said, adding her reservations about the movement.

Khatiri, a graduate student at John Hopkins University, does not himself live in Pittsburgh. However, a conversation with a Jewish friend spurred him to begin the account.

If elected to the House in November as is expected — Tlaib will become the first Palestinian — American woman ever to sit in the chamber.