Democratic Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown took action against a member of his own hate crimes task force on Tuesday after numerous antisemitic social media posts by the member surfaced, including claims that a baby killed in a brutal October 7 Hamas attack was “fake. “
Zainab Chaudry, an anti-Israel activist who serves as the director of the Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), made the post in the weeks after the Hamas attacks, which saw more than 1,200 people killed, including children and babies, as well as numerous rapes. and destruction of property.
“The Attorney General’s Office became aware last week of the personal social media posts of a member of the Maryland Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention, Zainab Chaudry, Executive Director of the Council on American Islamic Relations – Maryland Office,” Brown said in a press release.
“Attorney General Brown has determined that Ms. Chaudry’s social media posts risk interfering with the work and mission of the Commission, so she announced the steps taken today to ensure that the important work and mission of the Commission can continue without interruption,” he said, adding that Chaudry’s membership in the commission will be “temporarily suspended.”
He went on to say that his office would “develop a draft value statement” on personal communications by commission members, and called on those members to “be careful in their communications and behavior.”
Democratic Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown suspended members of his hate crimes task force. AP Zainab Chaudry claims that the baby killed in the brutal Hamas attack on October 7 was “fake.” Getty Images
In a Facebook post dated October 26, Chaudry wrote, “I will never be able to understand how the world is outraged over 40 fake Israeli babies while turning a complete blind eye to 3,000 real Palestinian babies.”
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In an October 17 post, Chaudry wrote, “[T]the moment when you become what you hate most,” and includes two photos of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, one showing it lit with an Israeli flag in solidarity with Israel after the attack, and another from a ceremony in 1936 when it was decorated with the flag of Nazi Germany during the Olympics that year.
Others weeks after the attack showed Chaudry sharing a quote celebrating “martyred Palestinians.” Zainab Chaudry / Facebook
In another post from November 6, Chaudry appeared to suggest Israel’s existence as a nation was the cause of the ongoing war, writing it was an “inconvenient fact.” He included an image of the words “it all started in 1948,” the year Israel was founded as a nation.
Others from the weeks after the attack show Chaudry sharing a quote celebrating the “martyred Palestinians,” and a post citing what appears to be an Islamic prophecy that says “the garrison defending the land of Islam will be in Ashkelon,” an Israeli city in north. Gaza Peninsula.
When reached for comment, Chaudry told Fox News Digital that the “Nazi post” was originally shared “by a close Jewish friend,” before accusing the Israeli government of wanting to commit genocide against the Palestinian people. He also said he condemned the killing of Israeli and Palestinian civilians.
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