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   Zecharias Zelalem (zekuzelalem@dair-community.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 21:31:59 JST Zecharias Zelalem

   On Friday, the DC based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) just had a gala event honouring their 30th anniversary. There, the org handed out the "Gaza Solidarity Award" to a number of journalists.

   Among the awardees, someone infamous (not pictured) for years of mocking Syrian regime atrocity victims, denying/downplaying Russian atrocities in Syria & elsewhere, platforming Tigray genocide denial & a lot more.

   Absolutely tone deaf from CAIR. At an event labeled "standing for justice."

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     Zecharias Zelalem (zekuzelalem@dair-community.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 21:38:44 JST Zecharias Zelalem

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     For the denialism of suffering in my homeland, I'm sure the organizers wouldn't care. Racism has relegated us to irrelevance.

     But I would have thought a prominent Muslim org would show more sensitivity for Syrians, a Muslim majority people.

     It seems Palestinian solidarity gives everyone a pass, no matter how foul your transgressions are.

     If hating Israel is all that is required with no humanitarian based ethical standards necessary...why not award David Duke? I'm pretty sure he qualifies.

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     Zecharias Zelalem (zekuzelalem@dair-community.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 06:18:18 JST Zecharias Zelalem

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     UPDATE: The Deputy Director of CAIR, Edward Ahmed Mitchell came on Twitter to respond to complaints and state that the CAIR apologizes and says the awarding was a "vetting oversight."

     Mitchell says that the CAIR board plans to meet on Monday to discuss the matter.

     As of yet, CAIR itself hasn't formally commented, nor has it revoked the award.