{"id":306634,"date":"2026-07-27T15:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306634\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T15:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:36:07","slug":"cair-ny-offers-reward-for-info-on-suspect-who-threatened-women-perceived-to-be-muslim-cair-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306634\/","title":{"rendered":"CAIR-NY Offers Reward for Info on Suspect Who Threatened Women Perceived to Be Muslim \u2014 CAIR NY"},"content":{"rendered":"

(NEW YORK, NY, 7\/27\/26) – The New York\u00a0chapter of the\u00a0Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today announced\u00a0a\u00a0$1,000 reward\u00a0for\u00a0information leading to\u00a0the arrest and conviction of a\u00a0suspect who allegedly\u00a0threatened two young\u00a0women perceived to\u00a0be Muslim<\/a> while\u00a0brandishing a box\u00a0cutter aboard a bus\u00a0in\u00a0Queens.<\/p>\n

According to the NYPD<\/a>, the incident occurred on\u00a0July 16\u00a0at approximately 6 p.m. near\u00a0Northern Boulevard and 51st Street in Woodside. Police say the suspect directed anti-Muslim remarks at the two women, ages 19 and 21, threatened them with violence while displaying a box cutter, and then fled the bus. The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident as a suspected bias crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anyone\u00a0with information is\u00a0encouraged to contact\u00a0the\u00a0NYPD Crime Stoppers\u00a0Hotline at\u00a01-800-577-TIPS (8477)\u00a0or submit a\u00a0tip online through\u00a0the NYPD.<\/p>\n

In a statement, CAIR-NY Executive\u00a0Director\u00a0Afaf Nasher\u00a0said:<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one should have to fear for their safety because of their faith or because they are perceived to be Muslim. Threatening passengers with a weapon while spewing anti-Muslim hate is an attack not only on the victims, but on the values of safety and religious freedom that all New Yorkers deserve. We urge anyone with information to come forward\u00a0so this individual\u00a0can be held\u00a0accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

She noted that CAIR-NY recently welcomed<\/a> charges against a suspect accused of carrying out a series of allegedly anti-Muslim firebombing attacks, joined a call for members of the public to provide any information that may assist law enforcement in identifying the individual responsible for a series of anti-Islamic graffiti incidents in Brooklyn and called for a hate crime investigation into a violent threat targeting the Sunnyside Muslim Center.<\/p>\n

CAIR-NY also recently condemned vandalism targeting two Queens synagogues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Washington, D.C. based CAIR\u2019s\u00a0latest civil rights report documented 8,683 anti-Muslim bias complaints in 2025<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0the highest number ever recorded by the organization since it began publishing civil rights reports in 1996.CAIR-NY\u2019s mission is to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.\u00a0<\/p>\n

La misi\u00f3n de CAIR-NY es proteger las libertades civiles, mejorar la comprensi\u00f3n del\u00a0Islam, promover la justicia, y empoderar a los musulmanes en los Estados Unidos.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Subscribe to CAIR-NY\u2019s Email List\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

You can help contribute to CAIR\u2019s work of defending civil rights and empowering American Muslims across the country by making a one-time contribution or becoming a monthly donor. Supporters like you make CAIR\u2019s advocacy work possible and defeating Islamophobia an achievable goal.\u00a0Click here to donate to CAIR.<\/a><\/p>\n

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CONTACT: <\/p>\n

Afaf Nasher, Esq. CAIR-NY Executive Director,\u00a0ANasher@cair.com<\/a><\/p>\n

CAIR-NY Communications Team,\u00a0comms@ny.cair.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(NEW YORK, NY, 7\/27\/26) – The New York\u00a0chapter of the\u00a0Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today announced\u00a0a\u00a0$1,000 reward\u00a0for\u00a0information leading…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-306634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}