Jewish American Summit declines to comment on CAIR's criticism of Yousef
Jewish American SummitEvent organizers
According to San Diego Jewish World, Jewish American Summit organizers were asked to respond to CAIR's criticism and demands and declined to comment.
Responding to
Yousef's remarks and the audience applause constituted anti-Muslim hate and warranted an apology and repudiation from the summit and its sponsors.
“JAS organizers were asked to respond to CAIR's criticism and demands but declined to comment.”
Reporting
Where this statement fits
Mosab Hassan Yousef’s call for Muslims to leave the United States at the Jewish American Summit
At the August 30, 2026 Jewish American Summit in Los Angeles, Mosab Hassan Yousef said he did not want Muslims in America, used profanity to tell Muslims to leave the United States, and told them to return to and reform the countries they came from. Audience members applauded. Critics characterized the remarks and the response as anti-Muslim bigotry; the dispute also concerns responsibility among the event's organizers, sponsors, speakers, and public commentators.
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On-site reporting describes the summit, Yousef's remarks and audience response, and the organizers' refusal to comment on CAIR's criticism.
Before the quotation
CAIR had asked the summit and supporting organizations to apologize and repudiate Yousef's remarks.
After the quotation
The report contrasted the refusal with organizers' description of the event's overall response as extraordinarily positive.
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The refusal is explicitly documented in the San Diego Jewish World report.
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Correction to: Statement by Jewish American Summit
- Previous language
- This statement displayed "Declined to comment." as a quotation from the Jewish American Summit organizers.
- Corrected language
- This statement now displays the sentence in which San Diego Jewish World reports the refusal. The organizers' own words are not in the record.
We presented "Declined to comment." as if it were the organizers' reply. It was the reporter's description of their refusal, not their words. The San Diego Jewish World report does not quote the organizers. The entry now quotes the reporter's full sentence and attributes it to that report.
This corrects our account of what happened.
On-site reporting describes the summit, Yousef's remarks and audience response, and the organizers' refusal to comment on CAIR's criticism.
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The Dispute Index. "Jewish American Summit declines to comment on CAIR's criticism of Yousef". First published: 2026-09-05. Last updated: 2026-09-30. https://disputeindex.com/events/90-according-to-san-diego-jewish-world-jewish-american