CAIR Asks Donald Trump to Apologize to Muslim Woman Abused by Crowd in Rally

TEHRAN (IQNA) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, called on leading GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump to offer a public apology to a Muslim woman verbally abused by the crowd and kicked out of one of his campaign rallies in South Carolina.

"The image of a Muslim woman being abused and ejected from a political rally sends a chilling message to American Muslims and to all those who value our nation’s traditions of religious diversity and civic participation,” said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad. 

"Donald Trump should issue a public apology to the Muslim woman kicked out of his rally and make a clear statement that American Muslims are welcome as fellow citizens and as participants in the nation’s political process.”

Awad also called on Trump to meet with American Muslim leaders to help stem the anti-Muslim hysteria resulting from his rhetoric and that of other GOP presidential candidates.

Last month, CAIR joined other national American Muslim organizations in condemning a Trump policy statement "calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”

Source: CAIR