WASHINGTON, April 19, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On
Friday, April 20, the Council
on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will join other Muslim,
Arab-American, Asian-American, and anti-torture organizations at a
National Press Club news conference to urge that the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee reject the confirmation of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state because of his
history of Islamophobia and support of unconstitutional
policies.
The committee has set a Monday vote on Pompeo's
confirmation.
SEE: Senate Committee Sets Monday Vote Even as Pompeo Appears
to Lack Support
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/383942-senate-committee-set-for-monday-vote-on-pompeo
WHAT: CAIR News Conference Urging Senate Rejection of
Mike Pompeo's Confirmation as
Secretary of State
WHEN: Friday, April 20,
10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Zenger Room, National Press Club, 529 14th Street,
NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC
20045
CONTACT: CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw,
202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications
Director Ibrahim Hooper,
202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com
News conference participants will include:
- CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert
McCaw
- CAIR National Executive Director Nihad
Awad
- Engie Mohsen, Muslim Public
Affairs Council (MPAC)
- Rev. Ron Stief, Executive
Director, National Religious Campaign Against Torture Action
Fund
- Megan Essaheb, Director of Immigration Advocacy, Asian
Americans Advancing Justice
- Osama Abuirshaid, Executive Director, American Muslims for
Palestine (AMP)
- Abed Ayoub, Director of Legal & Policy Affairs,
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
- Abdullah Baig, Islamic Circle of
North America (ICNA) Council for
Social Justice
Earlier today, CAIR applauded U.S. Senator Ben Cardin's (D-MD) decision to oppose Pompeo's
confirmation.
GOOD NEWS ALERT: CAIR Applauds Maryland Senator Ben Cardin's Decision to Oppose Pompeo
Confirmation
https://www.cair.com/press-center/press-releases/15102-good-news-alert-cair-applauds-maryland-senator-ben-cardin-s-decision-to-oppose-pompeo-confirmation.html
CAIR is also calling on all those who value America's traditions
of religious inclusion and respect for diversity to contact members
of the U.S. Senate to oppose Pompeo's confirmation.
The Washington-based civil
rights organization set up a click-and-send action alert to urge
senators and members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
to oppose and block Pompeo's confirmation.
- CLICK HERE TO SEND CAIR'S ACTION ALERT TO THE U.S. SENATE
https://oneclickpolitics.com/messages/edit?promo_id=4139
In addition to issuing the action alert, CAIR released a
congressional fact sheet, titled "U.S. Senate: Oppose and Block the
Confirmation of Islamophobe Mike Pompeo to Secretary of State," for
concerned citizens and activists to forward on to their senators
and members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
- CLICK HERE TO READ CAIR'S CONGRESSIONAL FACT SHEET OPPOSING
POMPEO'S NOMINATION
https://www.cair.com/images/CAIR_-_Fact_Sheet_Opposing_Confirmation_of_Mike_Pompeo_to_Sec._of_State.pdf
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.
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SOURCE Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)