{"id":314483,"date":"2026-08-05T17:58:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314483\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T17:58:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:58:41","slug":"cair-ny-condemns-vandalism-targeting-queens-church-cair-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314483\/","title":{"rendered":"CAIR-NY Condemns Vandalism Targeting Queens Church \u2014 CAIR NY"},"content":{"rendered":"

(NEW YORK, NY, 08\/05\/26) – The New York\u00a0chapter of the\u00a0Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today condemned vandalism targeting a Catholic church in Queens, in which a statue of the\u00a0Virgin Mary was reportedly destroyed<\/a>. Authorities are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.<\/p>\n

SEE:\u00a0Hate Crimes Task Force investigating fourth act of vandalism targeting Dutch Kills church since 2024: NYPD<\/a><\/p>\n

[NOTE: Islam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad said: \u201cThe best of the world\u2019s women (in her lifetime) is\u00a0Mary.\u201d An entire chapter of the Quran, Islam\u2019s revealed text, is named after her.]<\/p>\n

In a statement,\u00a0CAIR-NY Executive Director Afaf Nasher\u00a0said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe condemn this disturbing act of vandalism targeting a house of worship. Every New Yorker deserves to practice their religion free from intimidation, hatred, and violence. We stand in solidarity with the community impacted by this incident and urge anyone with information to contact law enforcement authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

She noted that last month,\u00a0CAIR-NY condemned the vandalism<\/a>\u00a0targeting two Queens synagogues.<\/p>\n

Nasher said CAIR and the American Muslim community stand in solidarity with all those challenging\u00a0antisemitism<\/a>, systemic anti-Black racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, white supremacy, and all other forms of bigotry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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, 08\/05\/26) – The New York\u00a0chapter of the\u00a0Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today condemned vandalism targeting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-314483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314483","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=314483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}