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CAIR Expresses Solidarity with Jewish Community After Neo-Nazi Vandalism of Indiana Synagogue

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/29/2018) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed solidarity with the Jewish community in Indiana following apparent neo-Nazi vandalism of a synagogue in that state.

A black Nazi swastika and Iron Cross were painted on a wall at Congregation Shaarey Tefilla in Carmel, Ind., near Indianapolis.

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"We condemn this act of hate targeting a house of worship and express the solidarity of American Muslims with the Jewish community in Indiana at a time of growing anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry nationwide," said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper.

He said CAIR and the American Muslim community have in the past expressed solidarity with Jewish, Christian, Native American, African-American, and Sikh communities in New Mexico, Florida, South Carolina, Maryland, Alabama, Massachusetts, South Dakota, Ohio, Texas, and other states following acts of hate, threats, violence, vandalism, arson, or bombings.

Last week, CAIR's Kansas chapter expressed solidarity with the African-American community following an allegedly racially-motivated murder of an African-American woman by a reported white supremacist.

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CONTACT: CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com



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