The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called for the release of a British journalist and analyst who the organization said was detained at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday morning.

Officials said Sami Hamdi, the managing director of The International Interest, a geopolitical consulting and advisory publication, was detained on his way to attend a CAIR gala in Florida. He was in the United States on a valid visa and had just spoken at a similar CAIR event in Sacramento on Saturday, according to CAIR.

“Abducting a prominent British Muslim journalist and political commentator on a speaking tour in the United States because he dared to criticize the Israeli government’s genocide is a blatant affront to free speech,” CAIR said in a statement.

The organization blamed t

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