A artistic response to a Muslim legislator
The New York Post newspaper on Thursday printed a print of a blazing Twin Towers on a cover page, captioned with a difference “Here’s your something.”
The categorical title read: “Here’s your something … 2,977 people passed by terrorism.”
The print and heading came in response to Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar’s criticism that “some people did something” on Sep 11, 2001.
“CAIR was founded after 9/11 since they famous that some people did something and that all of us were starting to remove entrance to a polite liberties,” Omar told CAIR, a Council on American-Islamic Relations, final month.
CAIR was founded in 1994 and aims to “enhance bargain of Islam, strengthen polite rights, foster justice, and commission American Muslims” while behaving as a “leading disciple for probity and mutual understanding.”
Critics, including a United Arab Emirates and a California senator, have claimed a organisation is connected to a Hamas apprehension classification and provides assist to apprehension groups. The classification has also protested aspects of a US counterterrorism policy, and one of a employees was indicted for his purpose in a apprehension group.
Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley slammed a Post, tweeting that a response “clearly speaks” to “post 9/11 #Islamophobia.”
“Manipulating her remarks is shaming dangerous for her her family. Stop with this recklessness. @rupertmurdoch this is on we – stoking hate, fear division, putting REAL lives during risk. Shame on you.”