The only Muslim woman on US President Donald Trump's religious freedom committee is resigning, Middle East Eye can reveal.
Sameerah Munshi served on the Advisory Board of Lay Leaders on the Religious Liberties Commission, and is leaving the role "in protest" of the White House's decision to remove anti-Zionist Catholic commissioner Carrie Prejean-Boller from the panel, her resignation letter, seen by MEE on Thursday, said.
Prejean-Boller revealed on X on Thursday that the president, who appoints all the commissioners, has now fired her for what she believes is her stand against genocide committed by Israel in Gaza, and her pushback against those who call her antisemitic for her anti-Zionist views.
Boller's firing follows a viral video clip of a heated exchange at a February meeting of the commission, in which Prejean-Boller insists that Catholicism and Zionism are not compatible.
Middle East Eye has reached out to both the White House and the Department of Justice - under which the commission was established - for comment.