An article from The Intercept examines how federal officials and right-wing members of Congress are escalating unsubstantiated attacks on CAIR, CAIR-California, and CAIR-Washington.
The piece details how Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly suggested federal action against CAIR—even though CAIR National has never received or solicited HHS funding. It also explains how CAIR California and CAIR Washington, which operate independently from CAIR National, were vetted to provide legal services to Afghan refugees and have denied any wrongdoing.
The article places these allegations in the broader context of rising anti-Muslim rhetoric, election-year political attacks, and efforts to discredit Muslim civil rights organizations that speak out against injustice.
