(ATLANTA, GA - 7/10/2018) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today applauded The Carter Center for releasing "Countering the Islamophobia Industry: Toward More Effective Strategies," an academic publication featuring articles from experts and activists working to combat anti-Muslim bigotry in the United States and around the world, including CAIR Georgia's executive director.

SEE: Countering the Islamophobia Industry: Toward More Effective Strategies (PDF)

In November 2017, Dr. Houda Abadi, associate director of the Conflict Resolution Center at The Carter Center, organized a two-day conference in Atlanta featuring the individuals who later contributed pieces to the journal. 

The final publication includes pieces from former President Jimmy Carter, Ambassador (Ret.) Ebrahim Rasool, Dr. Hatem Bazian, Professor Khaled Beydoun, Ms. Debbie Almontaser, and Ms. Soumaya Khalifa, among others.

"We applaud Dr. Houda Abadi and her colleagues at the The Carter Center for bringing together an international collection of activists and experts to expose and counter the threat of Islamophobia," said CAIR-Georgia executive director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, whose piece in the journal is titled, "Reducing a Threat to a Nuisance: A Holistic Strategy to Counter Islamophobia."

(ATLANTA, GA - 6/30/2018) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations co-hosted and spoke at a Families Belong Together Rally in downtown Atlanta, one of dozens of similar marches across the nation. As many as 20,000 people joined the march to protest the Trump Administration's policy of separating immigrant families who illegelly cross the U.S. border with Mexico, which has left thousands of children separated from their parents.