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CAIR: Distorting the Truth, Again

On February 11, 2004, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued an “Action Alert” calling on President Bush and other political and religious leaders to repudiate remarks by Rep.
Peter King (R-NY) claiming that the vast majority of American Muslim community leaders are "an enemy living amongst us" and that "no (American) Muslims" cooperate in the war on terror. (King
serves on the Select Committee on Homeland Security and the International Relations Committee.)

Rep. King was incorrect to say that no Muslims have come forward to help in the war on terror. It is interesting, however, that no record exists of any Muslim coming forward at the behest
of an Islamic religious “leader”.

Sadly, it's all too possible that Muslims who do publicly assist in the war on terror cannot expect to be welcomed back into their mosque, nor expect protection from a
militant-Islamist religious leadership.

Mr. Stephen Schwartz, director, Islam and Democracy Program at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies had this to say at the Kyl committee* hearings:

“At the present time, Shia and other non-Wahhabi Muslim community leaders estimate that 80 percent of American mosques are under Wahhabi control. This does not mean 80 percent of American
Muslims support Wahhabism, although the main Wahhabi ideological agency in America, the so-called Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has claimed that some 70 percent of American
Muslims want Wahhabi teaching in their mosques. This is a claim we consider unfounded.”

Schwartz, a respected expert on militant Islam reports that 80% of American mosques are under Wahhabi control - a figure that was originally tallied by Sheikh Muhammad Hisham
Kabbani in 1999.

CAIR claims that 70% of American Muslims want the bigoted, hateful, terrorism-encouraging Wahhabist Cleric preaching and providing instruction on Islam in American
mosques.

Who is the bigger threat to Americans, Congessman Peter King or the so-called “Muslim civil-rights” organization that publicly supports militant Wahhabi-Islam?

Anti-CAIR (ACAIR) predicts that the mainstream press will give a pass to CAIR and not challenge the ridiculous statements made in CAIRs so-called "Action Alert".

We ask our readers: “How come your local newspaper missed this story?”

*(Senator Jon Kyl, R-AZ chaired hearings on “Terrorism: Growing Wahhabi Influence in the United States” on June 26, 2003, before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on
Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security.)

ACAIR is pleased to answer any questions from the public and press.