Muslim civil rights group demands apology after being forced to pray, break fast outside San Bruno City Hall

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(Carlos Avila Gonzalez/Getty Images) The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization is demanding action and an apology from the city of San Bruno after Muslim constituents were not allowed to break fast or pray inside San Bruno City Hall while attending a City Council meeting.
Subscribe to Continue Reading Numerous Muslim constituents attended the meeting to advocate for the addition of a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war to an upcoming council agenda, according to a news release from the Bay Area organization.
Attendees requested accommodations in advance to break fast and pray in the City Hall lobby, said the complaint letter from Musa Tariq, policy coordinator at the Bay Area group.
The Bay Area group is calling on the city to issue a public apology, explain which city policies were used to justify the city’s actions, commit to rejecting Islamophobia and participate in Islamophobia training.