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Zahra Billoo speaks at the Jan. 2018 Women's March in San Francisco. (Photo/Wikimedia-Pax Ahimsa Gethen CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Zahra Billoo removed as keynote speaker at San Mateo women’s conference

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 10, 2022February 10, 2022

Zahra Billoo, a Muslim civil rights attorney and activist in the Bay Area who came under fire recently for controversial remarks attacking mainstream Jewish organizations, has been removed as a […]

Civil rights attorney Zahra Billoo (Photo/JTA)
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Muslim civil rights leader says she is target of ‘prolonged Zionist onslaught’ as she goes on sabbatical

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 21, 2021December 21, 2021
Anti-Defamation CEO Jonathan Greenblatt (left) and Zahra Billoo, executive director of the San Francisco chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations. (Photos/File)
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ADL spars with CAIR over local Muslim leader’s remarks on ‘polite Zionists’

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 13, 2021December 13, 2021
Zahra Billoo, executive director of the San Francisco chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations, speaks outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, April 2018. (Photo/Flickr-Lorie Shaull CC BY 2.0)
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Prominent S.F. Muslim leader Zahra Billoo draws rebukes after warning about ‘polite Zionists’

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Bari Weiss (left) and Ayaan Hirsi Ali speak at a virtual event hosted by the Commonwealth Club, Feb. 11, 2021. (Screenshot/YouTube)
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Commonwealth Club event goes forward, despite CAIR criticism of ‘anti-Muslim’ speakers

by Gabriel Greschler February 12, 2021February 16, 2021
Emily Howe resigned from the Commonwealth Club's Inforum advisory board over an event featuring Bari Weiss and Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
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Commonwealth Club under fire over planned event, Jewish board member resigns

by Gabriel Greschler February 11, 2021February 12, 2021
(Photo/JTA-Igor Golovniov-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Facebook draws left-wing ire after leaked email suggests policing the term ‘Zionists’

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA February 1, 2021
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East Bay mayoral candidate defends choice to skip Muslim forum

by Dan Pine October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

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