Republican congressman's anti-Muslim remark prompts calls for his resignation

Republican congressman's anti-Muslim remark prompts calls for his resignation


Shortly afterward, he added a photo of a post from Nerdeen Kiswani, the co-founder of the pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime, in which she called dogs "unclean" and said that "NYC is coming to Islam." In a statement, the Council on American-Islamic Relations pointed to its previous condemnation's of Fine's past comments on Gaza and Hamas, adding that "leaders of Congress across the political spectrum should demand his resignation, which is long overdue.” She went on to accuse Fine of having a “documented pattern of dehumanizing Palestinians and Muslims” and said that “there has been a troubling pattern in which anti Muslim and anti Palestinian rhetoric from elected officials has not been met with the level of accountability we would expect if almost any other community were discussed this way.”

Author: Ben Kamisar


Published at: 2026-02-16 23:27:57

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