Muslims Call for Ouster of Islamophobic Maine Official
Jackman, Maine, town manager Tom Kawczynski is scheduled to meet with local authorities Tuesday to discuss his fate.
Kawczynski, 37, founded New Albion, a white supremacist and anti-Muslim group. He told the Bangor Daily News that the nation would be better off if people of different races “voluntarily separate.”
“Everyone has the right to their own views, however intolerant or racist, but no one has the right to use public office to advance those bigoted and extremist views,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper.
He said CAIR has witnessed an unprecedented spike in hate incidents targeting American Muslims and members of other minority groups since the election of Donald Trump as president.
Last week, CAIR welcomed the resignation of a Trump administration official who made remarks disparaging African-Americans, Muslims, immigrants, and other minority groups.
Over the past weekend, CAIR’s Dallas-Fort Worth chapter similarly welcomed the resignation of two McKinney ISD middle school teachers who posted Islamophobic and hateful tweets on their social media.
Source: CAIR
