Posted on 11/21/2006 10:28:31 AM PST by PghBaldy
Sold-Out Event Raises More Than $620,000 for Civil Rights Work
More than 1,000 people turned out on Saturday at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) banquet in Arlington, Va., to hear addresses by several elected officials, including Keith Ellison, the first Muslim in Congress. The event raised more than $620,000 to support CAIR's civil rights and advocacy work on behalf of the American Muslim community. (Another dinner held by CAIR's Southern California chapter (CAIR-LA) over the weekend raised more than $430,000. Some 1,800 people attended that event.) Elected officials who spoke at the sold-out event included Representative- elect Ellison (D-MN), as well as Reps. Mike Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Albert Wynn (D-MD). Ellison and Jackson Lee offered their addresses by video. Saqib Ali, who was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates (District 39) on November 7, was also in attendance.
To view Keith Ellison's address, go to:
https://www.cair.com/videos/keith_ellison.wmv
To view Jackson Lee's address, go to:
https://www.cair.com/videos/sheila_jackson.wmv
SEE ALSO: Keith Olbermann, Jon Stewart Slam Glenn Beck for Questioning Keith Ellison's Patriotism
http://mediamatters.org/items/200611180006
http://mediamatters.org/items/200611160004
Other speakers included Special Agent in Charge Joseph Persichini, Jr. of the FBI's Washington Field Office, Fairfax County Police Chief Col. David M. Rohrer and Amy Goodman of Democracy Now. Most members of CAIR's national board also took part in the banquet, which was emceed by Julia Shearson of CAIR- Ohio's Cleveland office. Several Muslim community members received CAIR Islamic Community Service Awards during the dinner. The annual CAIR Rosa Parks Civil Liberties Scholarship went to Raashida Muhammad of Stillman College. "We would like to thank all those who, through their hard work and generosity, made CAIR's annual banquet such a success," said CAIR Board Chairman Parvez Ahmed. "Special thanks go to all those who volunteered their time and talents to make the dinner possible."
CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, has 32 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding. CONTACT: CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726, E-Mail: ihooper@cair.com; CAIR Communications Coordinator Rabiah Ahmed, 202-488-8787 or 202-439-1441, E-Mail: rahmed@cair.com; CAIR Communications Coordinator Amina Rubin, 202-488-8787, E-Mail: arubin@cair.com.
CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, has 32 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage
its a terrorist front plain and simple
This behavior simply should not be allowed. CAIR, the 6 pissed imams about the airline, the newly elected congressmuslim, all should be shown the exit doors. 50 years ago it would've been a no brainer.
The irony of having Islam and civil liberties in the same sentance.
its a terrorist front plain and simple
...it is indeed a terrorist front. Don't think for one second that it's every move isn't monitered by the FBI/CIA.
This was a Democrat/CAIR love fest.
It sickens me to know that Democrats and terrorists are in the same filthy bed together.
.......CAIR’s dinner, which in past years had sold-out crowds of more than 1,000, will feature addresses by Representative-elect Ellison (D-MN) and Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Albert Wynn (D-MD).
Must see this.....*Anti-CAIR* Defending America from The Council on American-Islamic ...
Yeah but when an FBI agent is a guest speaker????
What the.....
And so it begins. this is the first of many small steps in the assimilation, "Resistance is Futile". Are we going to have to fight in our own streets to keep our country from being handed over to the extreme left. I for one would like to see most Americans grow a pair and wake up to all that is happening around them.
CAIR = Islamic front for the spread of terrorism in the US & Europe
This is the same as having the Nazi party operate openly in the US during WW2. How many Americans have to die before we wake up?
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