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For Immediate Release: Demand Letter from 28 Houses of Worship, Businesses, and Community Associations Regarding the Arrest of Peaceful Protestors at UT Dallas

Good Afternoon,

The Islamic Association of North Texas ("IANT")along with 27 other houses of worship, businesses, and community associations in the DFW Metroplexcollectively serving tens of thousands of individuals (and the recipients' constituents) across our respective communitieshas remitted the letter linked below to key individuals in the Cities of Richardson and Allen, as well the Counties of Dallas and Collin, among those others CCed. The letter is also available online atiant.com/utd-letter.

Summarized, the letter demands accountability from city leaders for what the undersignedbelieve to be a wholly unjustified and disproportionateresponse to our community members exercising their First Amendments right to peaceful protest and assembly in one of the most protected forumsa public campus.

For transparency purposes, the undersigned havelaunched a tracker to keep track of responses as we receive them.www.iant.com/letter-responses.

For additional inquiries, please contact[email protected].

Signatory Organizations:

1. Islamic Association of North Texas

2. MAS Islamic Center of Dallas

3. North Texas Islamic Council

4. Islamic Association of Collin County

5. Islamic Association of Allen

6. Islamic Center of Frisco

7. Islamic Center of Prosper and Celina

8. Dar Elsalam Islamic Center

9. Dar El-Eman Islamic Center

10. Guardians Foundation

11. World Food Warehouse

12. Jimmys Burgers & Grill

13. Bilad Restaurant and Bakery

14. Makkah Masjid

15. Islamic Center of Quad Cities

16. DFW Muslim Bar Association

17. Islamic Society of Denton

18. ICNA Council for Social Justice

19. Council on American-Islamic Relations-DFW

20. McKinney Islamic Association

21. Al-Ansar Society

22. Islamic Association of Murphy

23. Makka Auto Sales

24. US Tours & Travel

25. Jasmine Market & Cafe

26. Yummy Burgers & BBQ

27. BBQ King Express & Pizzeria

28. DFW Muslim Chamber of Commerce

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Islamic Association of North Texas, 840 Abrams Road, Richardson, Texas 75081, United States