CAIR urges release of British journalist detained at SFO after criticizing Israel

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. 

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.