{"id":3402,"date":"2010-05-14T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T04:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cairunmasked.org\/?p=3402"},"modified":"2010-05-21T15:20:32","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T19:20:32","slug":"cair-calls-on-connecticut-gop-to-repudiate-candidates-islamophobic-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cairunmasked.org\/?p=3402","title":{"rendered":"CAIR calls on Connecticut GOP to repudiate candidate’s “Islamophobic” comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Political Influence Operation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> May 14, 2010<\/p>\n

Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Connecticut\u00a0 chapter of CAIR called on state Republican leaders to repudiate statements made by congressional candidate Rick Torres during a GOP primary debate.<\/p>\n

CAIR’s press release described Torres’ remarks as “racist,” “anti-Muslim,” “intolerant,” and “Islamophobic.”\u00a0 CAIR also attributed a May 10, 2010 bomb attack on a Florida\u00a0 mosque to a “growing atmosphere of anti-Muslim sentiment nationwide that results from Islamophobic statements like those made by Torres.”<\/p>\n

Source(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/cair-asks-conn-gop-to-repudiate-candidates-anti-muslim-comments-93820844.html<\/a><\/p>\n

(Local Backup PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n

Actions: <\/strong><\/p>\n