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June 23, 2014

Suspect Arrested for Islamophobic Death Threat 
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A man who allegedly threatened to kill the head of the Council on
American-Islamic Relations has been arrested in New York. CAIR, the
largest Muslim civil rights group in the United States, says Bernhard
Laufer sent death threats to director Nihad Awad and other staff. Laufer
was charged with attempted murder last year for allegedly stabbing a
Muslim at a New York mosque. CAIR said: "This is yet another incident
demonstrating the actual, imminent harm that can result from
Islamophobia."

 

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