The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a statement by Texas Securities Commissioner Travis Iles refuting a false claim made in connection with Attorney General Ken Paxton’s anti-Muslim lawsuit against the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC).
A Fox News article asserted that “Texas Securities Commissioner Travis Iles claimed the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) entities sold securities without meeting registration or exemption requirements and referred the matter to the Office of the Attorney General after identifying flagrant violations.” The Securities Commissioner issued a statement refuting the claim.
“We thank Commissioner Iles for issuing this statement clarifying the false information about EPIC presented in the article,” said CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw. “With the amount of defamatory and blatantly propagandistic lies there are targeting EPIC and the Texas Muslim community generally, it is important to set the record straight. Ken Paxton and anti-Muslim Texas officials to end their witch hunts into the community.”
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, [email protected]; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, [email protected]; CAIR National Communications...
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