The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest American Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, called on all Democratic House offices Thursday “not to engage in dishonest, Islamophobic attacks” on Rep. Rashida Tlaib, following critical remarks she made about Israel.
Ms. Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, re-ignited a feud within her Caucus Tuesday when she told an online conference that “[a]mong progressives, it has become clear that you cannot claim to hold progressive values, yet back Israel’s apartheid government.”
The seminar was hosted by Americans for Justice in Palestine Action and co-sponsored by American Muslims for Palestine. Fellow Democratic lawmakers were swift to criticize Ms.