Islamic civil rights group says nothing about civil unrest in Iran

(The Center Square) – America’s largest Muslim advocacy group speaks out regularly about Israel’s alleged abuses in Gaza. But it has yet to say anything about ongoing human rights protests in Iran.

Iran’s latest civil uprising broke out on Sunday, starting in Tehran as a demonstration against severe economic woes and depreciation of Iranian currency, then expanding nationwide into a broader protest against the country’s religious regime.

During that time, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued five press releases about Israel and the Palestinians and four complimenting or defending New York City’s new Mayor Zohran Mamdani, according to the news section on CAIR’s main website.

There’s nothing on the site, though, addressing Iranian citizens’ latest outcry against the Islamic Republic – know...