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Interfaith Alliance Condemns Islamophobia and Extremist Targeting of Public Officials
June 27, 2025

Interfaith Alliance Condemns Islamophobia and Extremist Targeting of Public Officials

As a national leader in defending religious freedom and multi-faith democracy, Interfaith Alliance is appalled by the recent surge of Islamophobic hate speech and incitement against NYC Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, and the broader pattern of extreme hate directed against public officials and vulnerable minorities. This hateful rhetoric seeks to spread polarization and division and wrongly pit diverse American communities against one another. 

CNN: Trump turns civil rights upside down in ‘biggest rollback’ since ReconstructionCNN: Trump turns civil rights upside down in ‘biggest rollback’ since Reconstruction
May 2, 2025

CNN: Trump turns civil rights upside down in ‘biggest rollback’ since Reconstruction

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Press Release
June 27, 2025

Interfaith Alliance Condemns Islamophobia and Extremist Targeting of Public Officials

As a national leader in defending religious freedom and multi-faith democracy, Interfaith Alliance is appalled by the recent surge of Islamophobic hate speech and incitement against NYC Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, and the broader pattern of extreme hate directed against public officials and vulnerable minorities. This hateful rhetoric seeks to spread polarization and division and wrongly pit diverse American communities against one another. 

Press Release
June 27, 2025

SCOTUS Ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor Enables LGBTQ+ Discrimination, Harms True Religious Freedom

WASHINGTON, DC – Interfaith Alliance, a national leader in defending religious freedom and multi-faith democracy, is deeply disturbed by the Supreme Court’s ruling today in the case of Mahmoud v. Taylor. The decision clears the way for further discrimination against diverse groups and undermines public education. While falsely claiming the mantle of religious freedom, it in fact suppresses diversity and promotes exclusion.

Press Release
June 26, 2025

Interfaith Alliance Condemns SCOTUS Limiting Medicaid Recipients’ Access to Healthcare

WASHINGTON, DC – Interfaith Alliance, a national leader in defending religious freedom and multi-faith democracy, condemns today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, which strips Medicaid recipients of the legal right to seek care from the qualified provider of their choice, including Planned Parenthood.

Press Release
June 18, 2025

SCOTUS Ruling in US v Skrmetti Helps Christian Nationalists Discriminate Against Trans Kids and Their Families

WASHINGTON, DC – Interfaith Alliance, a national leader in defending religious freedom and multi-faith democracy, is deeply disturbed by the Supreme Court’s ruling today in the case of US v Skrmetti, which clearly discriminates against the rights of trans kids and their families to make decisions about their own care.

Press Release
June 9, 2025

Trump’s Use of National Guard Against Peaceful LA Protesters is Authoritarian Abuse of Power

Interfaith Alliance, a national leader in defending civil rights and multi-faith democracy, is deeply alarmed by President Trump’s authoritarian crackdown on the many thousands of peaceful protesters in the Los Angeles area who have mobilized to protect their families and neighbors from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) abduction raids.

Press Release
June 5, 2025

Trump’s Discriminatory New Travel Ban Imperils Multi-Faith Democracy and Religious Freedom

Interfaith Alliance, a national leader in upholding multi-faith democracy and civil rights for all Americans, denounced President Trump’s deeply discriminatory new travel ban – which will ban the citizens of twelve countries from visiting the US, and impose heightened restrictions on an additional 7 countries. 

Rev. Paul Raushenbush on CNN

On February 10, 2025, Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush - president and CEO of Interfaith Alliance - appeared on CNN discussing Trump's creation of a task force to investigate the federal government's "targeting" of Christians.

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Associated Press
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Jeff Brumley
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