CAIR designates UI as ‘Hostile Campus’ for handling of pro-Palestine advocacy

CAIR designates UI as ‘Hostile Campus’ for handling of pro-Palestine advocacy

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has designated the University as a “hostile campus” due to its handling of pro-Palestine advocacy, according to a Thursday press release. CAIR cited other civil liberties organizations’ condemnations, such as the ACLU of Illinois’ warning in January to campus administrators, as evidence for its designation of the University. “Despite public claims of inclusion, UIUC has subjected Muslim, Arab, Palestinia…

Palestinian poster's ban at Sunnyvale festival draws cries of censorship, apology demand - Local News Matters

SUNNYVALE IS FACING CRITICISM after officials asked a Palestinian art booth to leave a city-run children’s event for refusing to remove a poster.City officials confronted the “Palestine Palette” art booth’s organizers partway through the May 3 Hands on the Arts Festival, citing unapproved political content: a poster with a historic map of Palestine. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is condemning the decision, claiming the city ce…