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Thursday 10 Dec 2015 - 12:48 Makkah mean time-28-2-1437
 Alabama (IINA) - The Alabama chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Alabama) called on public officials to repudiate growing Islamophobia following reports that the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is recruiting in that state to “fight the spread of Islam in our country,”
In a statement issued on Wednesday, CAIR-Alabama said KKK recruiting fliers have reportedly been distributed in Cullman and Decatur. The circumstances of the alleged distribution are not known.
Other KKK fliers, without a reference to Islam, were reportedly distributed in the same area in September.
“Our state’s leaders must speak out against the rising anti-Muslim bigotry nationwide that is apparently inspiring a new recruiting effort by racists,” said CAIR-Alabama Executive Director Khaula Hadeed. “The KKK must be repudiated, whether it targets African-Americans, Muslims or any other minority group with hatred and intimidation.”
Hadeed noted that in November, CAIR joined widespread condemnation of an apparent act of racist intimidation in Vermont in which Ku Klux Klan (KKK) fliers were left at the homes of at least two Burlington, Vt., residents, including that of a Black Lives Matter activist.
She cited a recent spike in anti-Muslim incidents nationwide in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, the San Bernardino killings and Donald Trump’s call to bar Muslims from the United States.
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