On Saturday, President Trump promoted a notorious anti-Muslim bigot’s tweet questioning whether U.S. mosques will be treated differently during the upcoming month of Ramadan than churches were treated during Easter amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
April 16, 2020 By Robert S. McCaw, CAIR Director of Government Affairs Department Every day, CAIR scours the internet for you to find, share and highlight the day’s most important COVID-19 headlines: Religion: Aqeeqah: Iowa Muslims find ways to keep birth rite tradition despite COVID-19 concerns White House: Trump’s backs down on coronavirus executive powers claim U.S. Record Deaths: Day Two: 2,371 in one day. U.S. coronavirus deaths continue to increase by record amount Record Job Loss: 22 million Americans have applied for jobless benefits in the past month Already Done? Paycheck Protection Program out of money: Thousands of small
April 15, 2020 By Robert S. McCaw, CAIR Director of Government Affairs Department Every day, CAIR scours the internet for you to find, share and highlight the day’s most important COVID-19 headlines: Religion: Muslims in New York struggle to hold traditional burials Islamophobia Watch: The Intercept: “The Coronavirus Is Empowering Islamophobes — but Exposing the Idiocy of Islamophobia” What’s in a Name: Trump orders IRS to print his own name on stimulus checks, likely delaying payment to some Record Deaths: 2,228 U.S. coronavirus deaths set single-day record on Tuesday while New York City deaths suspected to be more than 10,000
April 14, 2020 By Robert S. McCaw, CAIR Director of Government Affairs Department Every day, CAIR scours the internet for you to find, share and highlight the day’s most important COVID-19 headlines: White House: Trump says ‘I don’t know’ to why he re-tweeted ‘#FireFauci’ Market: IMF slashes growth forecasts, ‘very likely’ world will experience worst recession since the 1930s Trump v. Governors: Trump claims ‘total’ authority to reopen state economies while NY Gov. Cuomo threatens to sue Election: Illinois primary voters notified of possible coronavirus exposure Opinion: HuffPost: During coronavirus for Asian Americans fighting racism is an act of survival