Paper of CAIR by Steven Emerson

Investigative Project on Terrorism ^ | 8 February 2008 | Steven Emerson

[K-oneTexas]

Paper of CAIR
Glossing over Hamas ties

by Steven Emerson
National Review Online
February 8, 2008

Once again, New York Times reporter Neil MacFarquhar has proven himself to be the chief public relations mouthpiece for radical Islamic front groups in the United States.

In an article published Thursday titled, "Speakers at Academy Said to Make False Claims," MacFarquhar writes:

The Air Force Academy was criticized by Muslim and religious freedom organizations for playing host on Wednesday to three speakers who critics say are evangelical Christians falsely claiming to be former Muslim terrorists.

The three men were invited as part of a weeklong conference on terrorism organized by cadets at the academy's Colorado Springs campus under the auspices of the political science department.

And who are the "Muslim and religious freedom" groups MacFarquhar cites? One outfit called the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and none other than the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). In fact, MacFarquhar twice in his article refers to "Muslim" and "Arab" organizations – in the plural – as objecting to the conference, but the only Muslim or Arab group he cites is CAIR, once again giving CAIR its desired, and undeserved, platform as the sole spokesman for the Arab and Muslim communities.

Indeed, this whole "controversy" started with a CAIR press release on Tuesday, February 5, dutifully reprinted word for word by the some newspapers, and virtually parroted by the New York Times and MacFarquhar. He writes:

Muslim organizations objected to the fact that no other perspective about Islam was offered, saying that the three speakers — Mr. Anani, Kamal Saleem and Walid Shoebat — habitually paint Muslims as inherently violent. All were born in the Middle East but Mr. Saleem and Mr. Shoebat are now American citizens, while Mr. Anani has Canadian citizenship.

"Their entire world view is based on the idea that Islam is evil," said Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on Islamic American Relations. "We want to provide a balancing perspective to their hate speech." (emphasis added)

But it wasn't Muslim organizations. It was CAIR. And in a fairly ironic moment, MacFarquhar quotes a radical Islamic convert, Ibrahim Hooper, to pass judgment on the credibility of a group of Christian converts, letting Hooper slander the message of the speakers as "hate speech."

On that subject, Hooper and CAIR have absolutely no credibility whatsoever, but they do have experience. CAIR co-sponsored a conference at Brooklyn College in which radical Islamic cleric Wagdy Ghoneim told the audience, in Arabic, "The Jews distort words from their meanings." He also led the crowd in a song which began with the lyrics, "No to the Jews, Descendants of the Apes." An event, by the way, which CAIR has never repudiated, although its coterie of spokesman have spent years denying they had anything to do with the conference, despite the physical evidence to the contrary linked earlier in this paragraph.

Yet you certainly won't read about that incident in the New York Times (even though it happened in its backyard). The mere fact that the Times would cover this Air Force Academy conference story is telling, but hardly surprising. Apparently, the Times will happily try to do an expose on anyone CAIR asks them to, yet they categorically refuse to give CAIR the same treatment.

In fact, in March 20007, MacFarquhar tried his hardest to resuscitate CAIR's faltering image after the organization had suffered several public setbacks, including having an award from California Senator Barbara Boxer's office, originally given to CAIR spokesman Basim Elkarra, rescinded in a very public manner over CAIR's extensive ties to terrorists and long history of extremism. Instead of using the opportunity to report on CAIR's sordid history, chiefly its origins and continued linkages to the terrorist organization Hamas, MacFarquhar engaged in apologia, assuring his readers that CAIR is a totally benign, transparent organization. MacFarquhar quoted former FBI official Mike Rolince, himself a sought after speaker on the Islamist lecture circuit, who said, "Of all the groups, there is probably more suspicion about CAIR, but when you ask people for cold hard facts, you get blank stares," and then proceeded to do no independent reporting. Had he done so, he would have found, amongst other highly troubling and revealing facts:

• CAIR founders Nihad Awad and Omar Ahmad attended a three-day conference of Hamas members and sympathizers in 1993 aimed at finding ways to "derail" the Oslo Peace Accords, which the group feared would isolate the Islamist Hamas movement.
• CAIR founder and Executive Director Nihad Awad stated in 1994, "I am in support of the Hamas movement."
• CAIR included the arrest of terrorists such as top Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzook and the treatment of infamous Egyptian "Blind Sheikh" Omar Abdul Rahman, at the hands of the U.S. justice system in its 1996 report on "hate crimes" titled, "The Price of Ignorance." In fact, CAIR officials spearheaded the "Marzook Legal Defense Fund." Marzook is currently the chief deputy of the political bureau of Hamas in Damascus.
• CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Hamas-fundraising trial in Dallas against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), and has been linked by federal prosecutors to the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and other terrorist organizations several times.
• In a federal court filing in December 2007 in the Eastern District of Virginia, federal prosecutors described CAIR as "having conspired with other affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood to support terrorists." The government also stated that "proof that the conspirators used deception to conceal from the American public their connections to terrorists was introduced" in HLF trial last year and the Chicago trial of two Hamas operatives in 2006.
• Four CAIR officials have either been convicted of terrorism related offenses or deported for ties to terrorism, and CAIR officials have a long history of acting as the spokesman for terrorists linked to Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

In fact, in response to Rolince's unfounded assertion about CAIR, former FBI agent Mike Rolf stated, "It is clear that CAIR has had a number of people in positions of power within the organization that have been directly connected to terrorism and have either been prosecuted or thrown out of the country. There are no blank stares from people working in counterterrorism in the U.S., and it is troubling that CAIR seems unable to directly and specifically condemn terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah."

Later, MacFarquhar writes:

Arab-American civil rights organizations question why, at a time when the United States government has vigorously moved to jail or at least deport anyone with a known terrorist connection, the three men, if they are telling the truth, are allowed to circulate freely. (emphasis added)

But he cites none of the organizations and quotes none of their leaders, anointing Ibrahim Hooper and CAIR the sole spokesperson of the Muslim and Arab community. Meanwhile, MacFarquhar systematically ignores CAIR's long history of trying to stifle free speech, including filing lawsuits against to attempt to stifle its "critics."

In CAIR's most high profile litigation, initiated against Andrew Whitehead and his website, www.anti-cair-net.org/, CAIR eventually withdrew its suit during the discovery process. Whitehead's attorney, Reed Rubinstein, described CAIR's motivations for dropping the lawsuit, "It would have opened up Cair's finances and their relationships and their principles, their ideological motivations in a way they did not want to be made public." And indeed, CAIR has a lot to hide. Just do not expect Mr. MacFarquhar to report on what CAIR wants to keep secret from the American public.

[alecqss]

"Just do not expect Mr. MacFarquhar to report on what CAIR wants to keep secret from the American public."

Who would? The NYT can only be expected to report on what America wants to keep secret from the Islamofashists.

[Cicero]

Wikipedia: Neil Graham MacFarquhar (b. 1960) has been a national correspondent, based in San Francisco, for The New York Times since November 2006. Among his previous assignments at the Times was as Cairo bureau chief.[1].

MacFarquhar went to elementary school in Libya and is a fluent speaker of Arabic. He graduated from Stanford University in 1982.[2]

A number of his stories for the newspaper are about Muslims in the United States.[1]

MacFarquhar is also the author of The Sand Cafe, a novel partly written during his recuperation from an accident where a runaway bus hit MacFarquhar and his bicycle on Fifth Avenue in New York City.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
The frustrations and follies of contemporary war reporting are skewered in this jaundiced, juicy dispatch, datelined Saudi Arabia during the 1991 Gulf War. Sent to cover the story of a lifetime, wire service reporter Angus Dalziel finds himself with a view mainly of his hotel room. Harassed by Saudi officialdom, stifled and spoon-fed by U.S. Army press minders, Angus struggles to unearth real stories about military corruption, the repressive Saudi society America is defending and front-line reverses once the longed-for fighting begins. Watching his comrades veer between frenzy and torpor in their media bubble, Angus ponders the rot at the heart of journalism—especially the shallowness and vanity of television correspondents, one of whom uses up his tent mates’ precious drinking water to shampoo his hair. First-time novelist and New York Times Cairo bureau chief MacFarquhar has this milieu down cold, though some of his tent poles are romantic clichés. A triangle between Angus, a cable-news babe and an egotistical producer yields much brooding over the transience of reporters’ love lives, and the dichotomy between serious print journalists and TV airheads is a little facile. But media insiders and casual readers alike will relish his stock of witty observations and nasty anecdotes, while gleaning timely insights into the corruption of the news business. Michael Moore this isn’t, but look for the book to serve as a kind of “physician, heal thyself” for the current wartime media, with corresponding talk show play. (Apr.)

Book Description
Dhahran Palace Hotel, Saudi Arabia, 1991. The U.S. forces are massing on the border with Iraq, preparing to throw Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait. There are rumors of SCUD missiles, talk of the possibility of chemical attack, but in fact, nothing is really happening. With no story to report, the press is getting restive.
The Sand Café is a satire of modern war reporting that mercilessly exposes the life of the foreign correspondent: endless trips in pursuit of a really big story, gathering frustration, and brewing jealousy directed towards other reporters. Neil MacFarquhar, a veteran of the Middle East foreign press corps, has written a woundingly witty black comedy of those who bring us news from the front lines.

[PubliusMM]

Ultimately, folks, it’s all about the global caliphate. That’s the goal of islam, supported by all the terrorist acitivty in the world, and all the muslim money in the world. Organizations such as CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood are the vanguard of the global jihad and should not be taken lightly, or dismissed out of hand.
These people are dangerous. They seek the total destruction of Western civilization, to be replaced with Islam as the only belief system on the earth.
They work from the muslim playbood, the quran, and follow the precepts and directions laid out by their deranged prophet.
They are taught that there are but three ways to deal with the infidel (us): Convert them, Enslave them, or Kill them. There are no negotiable points in this endeavor. The rules of engagement are simple: Any infidel is a target, at any time, under any circumstance; and they don’t do assessments of collateral damage.
Islam continues to bring us the best of the seventh century, even after 1400 years of war. This cancer on humanity must be excised.

[TXnMA]

Their entire world view is based on the idea that Islam is evil,"

They have 20/20 vision...

[bayouranger]

Great post!

I recently heard that cair lost their tax exempt status.

If it is so, the worm of government opinion may have turned....

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

DANIEL PIPES.org: "GETTING TO KNOW THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS (CAIR)"

DANIEL PIPES.org - Weblog: "CAIR's LEGAL TRIBULATIONS"

DANIEL PIPES.org -weblog: "A CAIR MISCELLANY"

DISCOVER THE NETWORKS - Group Profile: "CAIR"

"CAIR WATCH"

Google - Blogs - Search Term: "CAIR"

GOOGLE - News - Search Term: "CAIR"

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR's ANTI-LAW JIHAD" by Joe Kaufman (February 27, 2008)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org (NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE): "GLOSSING OVER HAMAS TIES" by Steven Emerson (February 8, 2008)

CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIC GROUP ORGANIZES '10,000 LETTERS FOR GAZA'" by Susan Jones (February 1, 2008)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com - INSIDE THE RING by Bill Gertz - Page 2: "CENTCOM and Islam" (January 25, 2008)

Video (On YouTube.com): "MICHAEL SAVAGE vs CAIR 1/15/08"

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org: "FOR THE RECORD: TALKING TO THE FBI AND NOT TALKING TO THE FBI" (January 14, 2008)

AMERICAN AGAINST HATE.org - Press Release: Coral Springs, Florida - "CAIR SPEECH AT CENTCOM CANCELLED Action Taken Following Call and E-Mail from Americans Against Hate" (January 12, 2008)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "MY BATTLE WITH CAIR" by Jamie Glazov (January 9, 2008)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - blog: "SAVAGE vs. CAIR" (December 19, 2007)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "EX-CAIR MEMBER TAKES ON FREE SPEECH" (December 17, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR's SPIN GUIDE" by Robert Spencer (December 12, 2007)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - blog: "CAIR's PRO-ACTIVE JOURNALISTIC OUTREACH" (December 1, 2007)

GreensPiece - blog: "CRY THE BELOVED PROFESSION" (December 1, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "SAVAGE FIGHTS BACK, SUES CAIR" (November 30, 2007)

"www.savage-productions.com/Savage_CAIR_suit.html"

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - blog: "SURPRISE: MUSLIM YouTube QUESTIONER WAS FORMER CAIR INTERN" (November 29, 2007, 09:07 PM)

WASHINGTONTIMES.com: "CAIR SEEKS REMOVAL OF LABEL IN TERRORISM CASE" by Bill Gertz (November 21, 2007)

LITTLE GREEN FOOTBALLS.com - blog: "CAIR MEETS RADICAL PALESTINIAN CLERIC" (November 11, 2007)

CNS NEWS.com: "CAIR TARGETS ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE TALK SHOW HOST" by Susan Jones (November 9, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR REWRITING AMERICAN HISTORY?" (November 4, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR WHINES THAT REPUBLICANS SPEAK OF 'ISLAMIC TERRORISM,' DEMOCRATS DON'T" (October 30, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR's LIVING LEGACY" by Joe Kaufman and Beila Rabinowitz (October 22, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR EXCORIATES ISLAMO-FASCISM AWARENESS WEEK FOR DARING 'UNABASHEDLY' TO INVITE 'MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS TO SUPPORT THE FREEDOM OF AMERICANS FROM MUSLIM TERRORISTS'" (October 16, 2007)

CNS NEWS.com: "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY URGED TO HIRE MORE MUSLIMS" by Susan Jones (October 9, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "NEW CAIR GENERATION" by Joe Kaufman (September 20, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR'S DIRTY TRICKS AGAINST ME" by Daniel Pipes (September 7, 2007)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org: "HLF PROSECUTION: CAIR 'AFFILIATED WITH' HAMAS" by Brian Hecht (September 4, 2007)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - blog: "CAIR OFFICIAL'S YouTube ACCOUNT SHUT DOWN" (September 4, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY): "IBD: CAIR 'HAS LOST ITS CREDIBILITY TO SPEAK HONESTLY FOR ANY LEGITIMATE CAUSE'" (September 1, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "A TRYING TIME FOR CAIR" by Robert Spencer (August 28, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "HOLY LAND FOUNDATION TRIAL DOCUMENTS: HAMAS-LINKED PALESTINIAN JIHADISTS FORMED ORGANIZATIONS IN WEST -- INCLUDING CAIR" (August 27, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "HLF AND CAIR, A SUPPLEMENT TO MAINSTREAM REPORTING (UPDATED)" by Steven Emerson (August 25, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR GOES BACK TO SCHOOL" by Patrick Poole (August 23, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "CAIR BLAMES JUSTICE FOR ITS TROUBLES" by Audrey Hudson (August 21, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CAIR'S REPUTATION AND INCREDIBLY FLUCTUATING MEMBERSHIP ROLL" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)" (August 21, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CAIR'S LEGAL GAMBIT (and another graph)" by Aaron Mannes (August 19, 2007)

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COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "NEW YORK TIMES COVERS FOR CAIR, AGAIN" by Steven Emerson (August 17, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CAIR CITES COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG IN HLF LEGAL FILING" by Jeffrey Imm (August 17, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CAIR'S AMICUS BRIEF AND DUE DILLIGENCE" by Douglas Farah (August 17, 2007)

"counterterrorismblog.org/site-resources/images/CAIR_amicus_brief.pdf" (pdf)

CAIR: "CAIR DEFAMES ME, JIHAD WATCH YET AGAIN" (August 15, 2007)

TOWNHALL.com: "DUCK STEW" -Column by Mike S. Adams (August 13, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CAIR: YOUNGEST MEMBER OF HAMAS FAMILY TREE" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) (August 11, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR - Tampa's Terror Defense Network and the Media" by Joe Kaufman (August 10, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR vs. ROBERT SPENCER" by Jacob Laksin and Jamie glazov (August 9, 2007)

CNS NEWS.com: "CAIR SEES 'ISLAMOPHOBIA' BEHIND TERRORIST CLAIMS" by Kevin Mooney (August 9, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CAIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLACED AT HAMAS MEETING" by the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) (August 2, 2007)

BECKET FUND.org: "BECKET FUND ASKS COURT TO REMOVE JOHN DOES FROM FLYING IMAMS CASE" (August 1, 2007)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - blog: "FLYING IMAMS LAWSUIT UPDATE: LEAVE THE JOHN DOES ALONE Update: Imams backing down?" (August 1, 2007, 2:46 pm)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "COME AND GET ME, IBRAHIM" (August 4, 2007)

HOT AIR.com - blog: "HOT AIR VIDEO: THE SPEECH THAT CAIR DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HEAR" (August 4, 2007)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - blog: "LIVE FROM THE YAF STUDENT CONFERENCE Updae: Video Added" (August 2, 2007)

HOT AIR.com - blog: "JASON MATTERA AND ROBERT SPENCER DISCUSS CAIR's THREAT AGAINST YAF" (Note: Video Included.) (August 2, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR THREATENS YOUNG AMERICA'S FOUNDATION OVER MY TALK TOMORROW" (August 1, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "SPOKESMAN FOR UNINDICTED CO-CONSPIRATOR IN TERROR FUNDING CASE DEMAES SPENCER ON CC" (July 31, 2007)

HOT AIR.com - blog: "AUDIO: CAIR SPOKESMAN HANGS UP ON ANDREW WILKOW" (August 1, 2007, 3:45 pm)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR-NY SAYS HATE VANDALISM IS NOT FREE SPEECH" (July 30, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR's IBRAHIM HOOPER LIKENS 'JOHN DOE' PASSENGERS TO KKK" (July 26, 2007)

YouTube.com: "CAIR REP DISCUSSES 'GOOD FAITH' PROVISION OF SECURITY BILL" (Added July 26, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "CAIR BLAMES WHITE HOUSE FOR BOOSTING 'ISLAMOPHOBIA'" by Audrey Hudson and Sara A. Carter (July 18, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CAIR & HAMAS: IMPLICATIONS AND AN ILLUSTRATION" by Aaron Mannes (July 13, 2007)

YouTube.com: "ANTI-CAIR DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION FROM CAIR (The Lawsuit)" (Added July 12, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "THE WHITE HOUSE, CAIR AND THE OIC" by Steven Emerson (July 5, 2007, 12:33 p.m.)

WHITEHOUSE.gov - News Release - The Islamic Center of Washington, Washington, D.C.: "PRESIDENT BUSH REDEDICATES ISLAMIC CENTER OF WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 27, 2007), 11:08 a.m. EDT)

WHITEHOUSE.gov - News Release: "FACT SHEET: STRENGTHENING OUR FRIENDSHIP WITH THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY WORLDWIDE President Bush Announces He Will Appoint A Speciial Envoy to The Organization Of The Islamic Conference" (June 27, 2007)

WHITEHOUSE.gov - News Release: Video (June 27, 2007)

CNS.com: "CAIR VIEWS CONSERVATIVE COMMENTARY AS 'INCITEMENT'" by Susan Jones (July 3, 2007)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR: BRITISH MUSLIM DETAINED IN LOS ANGELES" (June 29, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "AL-QAIDA ANGLE EMERGES IN CAIR-TIED TERROR CASE" by Paul Sperry (June 22, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "NOT IN OUR NAME, GOV. STRICKLAND" by Patrick Poole (June 20, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "CAIR MEMBERSHIP FALLS 90% SINCE 9/11" by Audrey Hudson (June 12, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "CAIR MEMBERSHIP PLUMMETS" (June 11, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "WITH CAIR, ISNA AS UNINDICTED CO-CONSPIRATORS IN TERRORISM CASE, WILL USG POLICY TOWARD THEM CHANGE?" by Douglas Farah (June 8, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NEW YORK SUN): "CAIR 'UNINDICTED CO-CONSPIRATOR' IN HAMAS FUNDING CASE" (June 4, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR FINGERED BY FEDS" by Patrick Poole (June 8, 2007)

MPAC AND CAIR PRAISE OSAMA BIN LADEN" by Daniel Pipes (June 1, 2007)

WorldNetDaily.com: "MOSQUES AWARDED HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS CAIR urges Muslim clerics to cash in on federal funds" (May 25, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR by the Numbers" by Patrick Poole (May 24, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR’s Nihad Awad complains that Muslims aren’t playing the victimhood game well enough" (May 1, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "IMAMS NARROW TARGET OF 'DOES'" by Audrey Hudson (March 31, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "HOUSE VOTES TO PROTECT 'JOHN DOE' ON FLIGHTS" by Audrey Hudson (March 27, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (NEW MEDIA JOURNAL): "CAIR MUST BE FOUGHT, Part II" by Henry Mark Holzer (March 28, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "HILL BILL PROTECTS FLYING PUBLIC" by Audrey Hudson (March 24, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (BECKETFUND.org): "TACTICS IN CASE OF THE FLYING IMAMS AKIN TO 'LEGAL TERRORISM' A press release from The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty" (March 23, 2007)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - blog: "CAIR ATTACKS, SEEKS TO SILENCE CRITICS" (March 20, 2007)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "SESTAK GRILLED ABOUT CAIR SPEECH" (March 19, 2007)WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Today's Editorial: "RADICALS ON THE HILL" (March 15, 2007)

PIPELINE NEWS.org - "CAIR's SUPPORT OF KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED & SAMI AL-ARIAN INDICATIVE OF ITS PRO-TERROR STANCE" by Beila Rabinowitz (March 15, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR'S BLOOD MONEY" by Patrick Poole (March 13, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "CAIR OK'd TO MEET IN CAPITOL" by S.A. Miller (March 12, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR vs. HUMAN RIGHTS" by Robert Spencer (March 12, 2007)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "A BAD CAIR DAY" (March 12, 2007)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR'S ATTACK ON THE SECULAR ISLAM SUMMIT" (March 6, 2007)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR PROMOTING CARTER'S BOOK IN US LIBRARIES" (March 5, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (ANTI-CAIR): "CAIR ADMITS THAT SOME OF ITS OFFICIALS HAVE HAD TIES TO JIHAD TERRORISM" (March 3, 2007)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR SEETHING OVER CHRISTIAN EVANGELIST" (February 24, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "MUSLIM GROUPS FAST FOR JAILED AL-ARIAN" by Audrey Hudson (February 21, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR'S CENSORSHIP AGENDA ROLLS ON" by Janet Levy (updated) (February 1, 2007)

FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS.org: "CAIR: SELF ABSORBED AND MORALLY DISTORTED" by Glen Reinsford (January 26, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (LOS ANGELES TIMES): "CAIR OFFICIAL REFUSES TO CONDEMN HAMAS AND HIZBALLAH AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS" (January 24, 2007)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR ON HAMAS: 'I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RELEVANCE'" (January 24, 2007)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CAIR: WHY IS 'AMERICAN' IN ITS NAME?" -Commentary by Kevin McCullough (January 19, 2007)

NEWSMAX.com (AP): "MUSLIMS UPSET OVER '24' PORTRAYAL" (January 18, 2007, 2:08 p.m. EST)

WTOP.com (AP): Detroit - "AIRLINE APOLOGIZES TO BARRED MUSLIMS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Dawud Walid, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said in a statement the group welcomes the airline's apology and offer "as a positive step toward addressing the concerns of the Muslim passengers.") (January 17, 2007, 11:06 pm)

CNS NEWS.com: "BACKGROUNDER: WHAT CRITICS SAY ABOUT CAIR" by Fred Lucas (January16, 2007)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "VIDEO: KAUFMAN vs. IFTIKHAR (CAIR)" (January 10, 2007)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "VIDEO: CAIR ASKED TOUGH QUESTIONS ON CNN" (January 8, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "SACRAMENTO BEE EDITORIAL PLUMPS FOR CAIR" (January 7, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (UPI): Washington - "CAIR MONITORS AIRPORT TREATMENT OF MUSLIMS" (January 5, 2007)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - blog: "MONDAY MORNING BLOOD-BOILER: BUSH KOWTOWS TO CAIR" (January 2, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK: US GOVERNMENT MEETS WITH CAIR AND OTHER MUSLIM LEADERS TO DISCUSS 'ISLAMOPHOBIA'" (December 23, 3006)

CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIC GROUP HAS MASTERED VICTIMIZATION GAME, CRITIC SAYS" by Randy Hall (December 22, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR GOES AFTER REP. VIRGIL GOODE" (December 22, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIC GROUP WANTS GOP TO REPUDIATE CONGRESSMAN" by Melanie Hunter (December 21, 2006)

MensNewsDaily.com: "CAIR: THE OTHER FIFTH COLUMN" -Column by Jim Kouri, CPP (December 13, 2006)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "MUSLIM PILGRIMS URGED TO COMPLAIN" by Audrey Hudson (December 13, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "DID CAIR FOUNDER SAY ISLAM TO RULE AMERICA?" by Art Moore (December 11, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "CAIR SEEKING REDRESS FOR IMAMS KICKED OFF AIRPLANE" by Susna Jones (December 7, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR'S PRO-HAMAS PRESS" by Joe Kaufman (December 5, 2006)

NEWSMAX.com: "ISLAMIC GROUP TARGETS COLUMNIST" (December 4, 2006, 9:05 p.m. EST)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR KOs '24'" by Henry Mark Holzer (December 4, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR's FIVE-YEAR PROPAGANDA PUSH CONTINUES" (November 24, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (PRNewswire): Washington - "FIRST MUSLIM CONGRESSMAN ADDRESSES CAIR BANQUET" (November 20, 2006)

HOTAIR.com - blog/video (JIHAD WATCH.org with Robert Spencer): "The CAIR Congress" (November 16, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR vs. DePaul by Thomas Ciesielka, TC Public Relations  (November 14, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR's CANDIDATE WINS MINNESOTA" (November 7, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR's CONGRESSMAN" by Joel Mowbray (November 6, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR's Ahmed Bedier stops by Jihad Watch to tell me no one is reading Jihad Watch" (November 6, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "KICKING A CAIR EXTREMIST OFF THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION" by Steven Emerson (November 6, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CHICAGO TEEN SENTENCED TO 'SENSITIVITY TRAINING' FROM CAIR" (October 23, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "AMERICAN CITIZENS AIDED HAMAS TERROR Former CAIR member gets 7 years, imam in 'quite' town pleads guilty" (October 13, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "GYM ATTIRE SEEN AS LATEST ATTEMPT TO FORCE SHARI'A IN US" by Monisha Bansal (October 2, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "KEITH ELLISON, CAIR, AND HAMAS" by Robert Spencer (September 27, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR REP REACTS TO OHIO CAR DEALER 'JIHAD'" (September 26, 2006) (Note: Includes a video.)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (JIHAD WATCH.org): "WHAT CAIR-SAUDI CONNECTION?" (September 22, 2006)

YouTube.com - Video: "CAIR ANTI-ISRAEL RALLY-Columbus, Ohio (Added to YouTube on September 1, 2006)

AMERICAN THINKER.com: "KAFIR-PHOBIA: AMERICANS AS VIOLENT ANTI-MUSLIM BIGOTS" by Patrick Poole (August 31, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "CAIR ANTI-ISRAEL  CIRCUS BACKFIRES" (August 28, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR's FELLOW TRAVELERS" (August 28, 2006)

AIRPORT BUSINESS.com (AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION) (LexisNexis): "JFK SECURITY ACCUSED OF RACIAL PROFILING" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The allegations were reportedly made at a news conference held on 23 August, at which Dennis Parker of the American Civil Liberties Union stated that the price for racial profiling is too high to pay. The news conference was convened by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and was aimed at highlighting the case of an Iraqi-born US family, Reuters reported.") (Updated August 25, 2006)

HOURGLAS1941.blogspot.com: "CAIR (COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS) RALLY AGAINST ISRAELI WAR ON LEBANON AND PALESTINE - A REPORT BY CIAOSPIRIT" (July 30, 2006)

ZOMBIETIME.com: "EYES WIDE OPEN, COLUMBUS, OHIO: June 12-14, 2006" by Ciaospirit

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR TRUMPETS ANOTHER FABRICATED ANTI-MUSLIM HATE CRIME" (July 23, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "MUSLIM GROUP WANTS CHRISTIAN LEADER BANNED FROM CANADA" by Alison Espach (July 17, 2006) (Read More...)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "CAIR PLAYS THE 'DUAL LOYALTY' CARD" (July 14, 2006)

THE AMERICAN MUSLIM.org: Washington, D.C. (July 13, 2006)-  "URGE CONGRESS, PRESIDENT TO CONDEMN ISRAELI ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS  CAIR" -Posted July 14, 2006

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21511_CAIR-San_Antonio-_Withdrawal_Will_Be_Regarded_As_an_Act_of_Courage_and_Heroism" (July 12, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: CAIR DEFENDS HAMAS TERRORISTS" (June 29, 2006)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21279_US_GIves_CAIR_a_Tour_of_OHare_Security" (June 28, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR FIFTH COLUMNISTS AND MULTICULTURALISTS" by Joe Kaufman (June 27, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "CAIR COMPLAINING TO FBI ABOUT BLOGS" (June 24, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (ARAB NEWS): "CAIR, WAMY TO LAUNCH MASSIVE PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN" (June 22, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "THE CAIR-UAE CONNECTION" by Paul Sperry (June 20, 2006)

HOT AIR.com - Blog - VENT with Michelle Malkin: "MARINE PROBE OVER HADJI GIRL" (June 15, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "HADJI GIRL UPDATE" (June 15, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "MAINSTREAM MEDIA DISGRACE OF THE MONTH: HADJI GIRL" (June 13, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR AND ISLAMIC JIHAD" by Joe Kaufman (May 23, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "CAIR ATTACKS LGF" (May 22, 2006)

DANIEL PIPES.org - Weblog: "WHY CAIR IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED" (May 12, 2006)

DANIEL PIPES.org (FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com): "CAIR BACKS DOWN FROM ANTI-CAIR" by Daniel Pipes (April 21, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "ANOTHER LEGAL DEFEAT FOR CAIR" (April 11, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR APRIL FOOLS" by Joe Kaufman (March 31, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIC GROUP WANTS PROBE OF ALLEGED US-ISRAELI  COLLABORATION" by Susan Jones (March 17, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NEW YORK SUN): "ALARM SPREADS OVER REMARKS OF JAIL IMAM" (March 10, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NEW YORK POST): "NEW YORK: TOP JAIL IMAM IN HATE TIRADE" (March 9, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "CAIR SUPPORTS IMAM JALIL'S HATEFUL VIEWS" (March 10, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR: ISLAMISTS FOOLING THE ESTABLISHMENT" by Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha (March 8, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR's DUBAI SUGAR DADDY" by Paul Sperry (March 1, 2006)

JIHADWATCH.org (THE DETROIT NEWS): "MUSLIM GROUPS CRITICIZE MSU FOR ONLINE CARICATURES" (February 28, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR's HOOPER PLUMPS FOR AID TO HAMAS TERRORISTS ON PBS" (February 25, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN via LGF): "CAIR BOARD MEMBER: RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IS NOT ABSOLUTE" (February 22, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: 'PRINTING CARTOONS LIKE SHOUTING 'FIRE,' SAYS RELIGIOUS LEADER" by Monisha Bansal (February 17, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "RADIO HOST APOLOGIZES FOR 'OUT OF LINE' REMARKS ON MUSLIMS" by Susan Jones (February 8, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "DEATH OF A TERROR LOBBY" by Joe Kaufman (February 3, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "US-BASED ISLAMIC GROUP WADES INTO MUSLIM-DANISH ROW" by Susan Jones (February 1, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "'DON'T OFFEND MUSLIMS, MR. PRESIDENT'" by Susan Jones (January 31, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "HANDEL FIRES BACK AT CAIR" (January 30, 2006)

KFI640.com: "HandelCAIRresponse"  (mp3) (January 30, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "SCHOOL ALLOWS MUSLIMS TO PRAY  Reverses policy after confrontation with CAIR" (January 26, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "CAIR, ACLU SUE TO STOP DOMESTIC SPYING PROGRAM" (ARTICLE SNIPPET:  "The Detroit suit, which also names the NSA, was filed by the ACLU, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Greenpeace and several individuals.") (January 17, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CAIR ISSUES U.S. 'TRAVEL ADVISORY'" (December 21, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AMERICANS AGAINST HATE.com): "CAIR-FL SPOKESMAN SAYS 'NOTHING IMMORAL' ABOUT ISLAMIC JIHAD" (December 13, 2005)

"www.internet-haganah.us/jihadi/pij.html"

JIHAD WATCH.org: "KAUFMAN AND EPSTEIN: CAIR HOTEL HELL" (December 2, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "D.C. WATSON: DOUBLE-CROSS" (November 14, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "CAIR CALLS FOR CALM IN FRANCE" by Melanie Hunter (November 8, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "THE LIES ESCALATE" (November 13, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR DEFAMES ME AGAIN" (November 9, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR GOES AFTER ME" (November 8, 2005)

DISCOVER THE NETWORKS: "PROFILE: CAIR by Investor's Business Daily" (August 8, 2005)

DANIEL PIPES.org - Weblog: "CAIR ACCEPTED AS 'MAINSTREAM'" (January 21, 2004) (UPDATED: October 25, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "CONGRESS URGED TO RECOGNIZE THE BEGINNING OF RAMADAN" (September 26, 2005)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "WHOSE SIDE IS CAIR ON?" by Andrew Whitehead (September 21, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org - DHIMMI WATCH: "DC Watson: CAIR: TRIVIALIZING 9/11 FOR THE SAKE OF ISLAM?" (September 18, 2005)

DanielPipes.org (FrontPageMagazine.com): "WHY CORPORATIONS FUND RADICAL ISLAM" by Daniel Pipes (September 2, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "MPAC, CAIR, ISNA FEEL EXCLUDED FROM THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISM" (August 30, 2005)

MichNews.com: "ACLU ALLIANCE WITH CAIR?" -Column by Sher Zieve (August 26, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "CAIR HAILS FIRING OF MICHAEL GRAHAM" by Randy Hall (August 22, 2005)

TOWNHALL.com: "CAIR 1, FREE SPEECH 0" -Column by Joel Mowbray (August 22, 2005)

TOWNHALL.com: "WELL, THEY GOT ME..." -Column by Michael Graham (August 22, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (IndyStar): "CAIR, ACLU SUE GOV'T OVER BORDER SCRUTINY" (April 24, 2005)

DanielPipes.org - Weblog: "CAIR NAMED AS A DEFENDANT IN 9/11 TERROR LAWSUIT" (December 30, 2004) (NOTE: SEE AUGUST 15, 2005 UPDATE)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "CAIR FOUNDED BY 'ISLAMIST TERRORISTS'?" by Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha (July 28, 2005)

TheCounterterrorism Blog: "WALID PHARES: CAIR MUST CONDEMN AL QAIDA AND JIHADISM.." (July 28, 2005)

AMERICAN DAILY.com: "CAIR DISLIKES FREE SPEECH ON RADIO" by Pete Fisher (July 26, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CAIR TO GOP: REPUDIATE TANCREDO Upset by radio discussion about bombing Mecca" (July 22, 2005)

TOWNHALL.com: "THE MUSLIM HATE CRIME THAT WASN'T" -Column by Michelle Malkin (July 6, 2005)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIRing for Sami Al-Arian" by Joe Kaufman (June 22, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIC GROUP CALLS FOR USE OF KORAN TO TAKE OATH" by Melanie Hunter (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An Islamic civil rights and advocacy group is calling on North Carolina judges to allow people to use the Koran when taking an oath, saying the use of the Bible exclusively represents "an inappropriate state endorsement of religion." The request by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) comes after Guilford County judges said they would not allow use of Korans in their courtrooms.") (June 21, 2005)

DANIELPIPES.org - Weblog: "SIR IBRAHIM HOOPER AND LORD SALAM AL-MARAYATI?" (June 12, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org - Dhimmi Watch (AMERICANS AGAINST HATE): "JEB BUSH SENDS LETTER OF SUPPORT TO CAIR" (June 5, 2005)

ArabNews.com: Washinton: "CAIR OFFERING FREE QUR'AN COPIES TO AMERICANS" by Barbara Ferguson, Arab News (June 4, 2005)

"/littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=16089_NYT_Legitimizes_CAIR_(Again)&only" (June 4, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CAIR DISTRIBUTES QURAN BANNED AS ANTI-SEMITIC Version Offered for Free as Goodwill Response to Newsweek Fiasco" by Art Moore (June 2, 2005)

DanielPipes.org - Weblog: "MSM CRTICIZES CAIR, CAIR BRAZENS IT OUT" (May 23, 2005)

DANIEL PIPES.org (FrontPageMagazine.com): "CAIR's HATE CRIMES NONSENSE" by Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha (May 18, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "FREE KORANS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" by Susan Jones (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Over the weekend, CAIR held a conference in the Washington area on the causes and remedies of "Islamophobia and anti-Americanism."") (May 17, 2005)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR: HOW CLOSE TO TERRORISM?" by Andrew Whitehead and Lee Kaplan (May 11, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "ACLU, CAIR DECRY ANTI-TERROR EFFORTS" April 20, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CAIR AND TERRORISM" -Commentary by Joseph Farah (April 18, 2005)

FrontPageMag.com: "CAIR's RADICAL NEXUS" by Josh Lefkowitz and Erick Stakelbeck (March 10, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "WTF, OVER. [WHY IS THE DoD LIST SERVER BEING USED BY CAIR?]" (March 9, 2005)

ISLAM ONLINE.net: Washington - "CAIR PROPOSES WORLD ISLAMOPHOBIA REPORT" (January 14, 2005)

DanielPipes.org - Weblog: "CAIR NAMED AS A DEFENDANT IN 9/11 TERROR LAWSUIT" (December 30, 2004)

WorldNetDaily.com: "SCHOOLS TO OBSERVE RAMADAN HOLIDAY?" (December 16, 2004)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR vs. THE FBI" by Joe Kaufman and Beila Rabinowitz (August 22, 2003)

TIME.com: "KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED NAMES NAMES" by Elaine Shannon and Michael Weisskoff (March 24, 2003)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "SPEAK TO ME, IBRAHIM!" by Robert Spencer (March 10, 2003)