Posted on 10/18/2009 6:18:03 AM PDT by kellynla
Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) continued to accuse a Muslim advocacy group of attempting to place interns on key national security committees to sway policy in its favor, a day after the group’s spokesman received a death threat.
Asked for her opinion on CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper receiving a death threat after the accusations she made on Wednesday, Myrick’s office reiterated her calls for Congress to stop dealing with the group.
“Why would anyone allow a group, who the FBI says is tied to terrorism, to influence national security policy, or any policy for that matter?” she said in a statement. “If the FBI has cut ties with CAIR, Congress should wake up and do the same.”
On Wednesday, Myrick and fellow GOP members of the Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus, Reps. John Shadegg (Ariz.), Paul Broun (Ga.) and Trent Franks (Ariz.), called for the House sergeant at arms to investigate whether the House Homeland Security Committee, Intelligence Committee and Judiciary Committee had hired interns who acted as “spies” for CAIR.
The next day Hooper said he received a death threat faxed to the CAIR offices depicting a gallows with his name on it and calling for him to be hanged for treason.
House Democrats, including Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.), came to CAIR’s defense, saying that the GOP allegations were promoting religious intolerance and heightening tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims.
On Friday Rep. Michael Honda (D-Calif.), chairman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, also denounced Myrick’s comments as “fear-rousing,” saying that they prevented Muslim Americans from participating in the political process.
“As a result of the innumerous obstacles facing Muslim-Americans in this post-9/11 environment, their political participation is stifled and often stymied,” he said in a statement. “These fallacious allegations implicate the existence of a society still struggling with anti-Muslim sentiment.”
The GOP accusations stem from a book released on Thursday, Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that’s Conspiring to Islamize America, by P. David Gaubatz and Paul Sperry.
In the book’s forward, Myrick writes: “Front groups of terror now operate openly in our country, comprising a network of support for jihadists…Government officials need to stop hiding behind political correctness and keep the American people informed.”
In a Jan. 13, 2007, memo that the book’s authors said was obtained from CAIR, the group states its intention to lobby members of Congress and place interns in the offices of lawmakers.
“We will focus on influencing congressmen responsible for policy that directly impacts the American Muslim community. (For example congressman (sic) on the judiciary, intelligence, and homeland security committees.) We will develop national initiatives such as a lobby day and placing Muslim interns in Congressional offices,” the memo reads.
The Republicans on Wednesday called for the Justice Department to share with all lawmakers and their chiefs of staff an executive summary of the findings that led the department to name CAIR as a co-conspirator in an anti-terrorism case.
Myrick’s office cited a letter on Friday they said was sent to Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) by the FBI on April 28. The letter states that the agency, while investigating the Holy Land Foundation, discovered a link between the founders of CAIR and the Palestinian Committee, which it says has ties to Hamas, which is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. and European Union.
“In light of that evidence, the FBI suspended all formal contacts between CAIR and the FBI,” the letter reads.
The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday called the GOP accusations a “witch hunt.”
“Attempting to stigmatize legitimate activities with sinister and baseless accusations is reminiscent of some of the darkest days of our history,” Amanda Simon, a spokeswoman for the ACLU, said in a statement.
“This sort of fear-mongering and baseless finger-pointing has no place in our democracy, much less in our Congress.”
Broun’s office reiterated his calls to investigate CAIR, but refrained from addressing either the death threat sent to Hooper or Democrats' calls for tolerance.
Neither of the offices of the two Muslim members of Congress, Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Andre Carson (D-Ind.), responded to requests for comment by press time. And the Congressional Muslim Staffers Association declined to comment. But Honda backed the efforts of Muslims in Congress.
“My Muslim colleagues in the House of Representatives, along with the highly qualified, patriotic and committed Muslim staffers and interns that have worked with my office and with CAPAC, contribute mightily to our democratic process,” he said. “Any slander against these fellow patriots is slander against democracy and religious freedom.”
The offices of Shadegg, Franks and Kyl did not return requests for comment by press time.
Myrick: CAIR won’t renounce Hamas ideology
Video Link:http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=113147
“These fallacious allegations implicate the existence of a society still struggling with anti-Muslim sentiment.”
...I wouldn’t say that I’m “struggling”. My anti-Muslim sentiment is very much intact.
Hmmm...they’re growing some in Congress! (seems like most of them with moxie are women)
That's a little bit of a stretch (har har) to call that a death threat IMO.
They were to be placed as spies.
Mark Steyn has pointed out that women have the most to lose if Islam gains influence here. Something like, “I’m a social conservative, anyway. I could just grow my beard longer and marry a couple more wives!”
Americans INCLUDING MEN AND WOMEN HAVE THE MOST TO LOSE!!
Please read the memo from CAIR RELEASED BY SHADEGG, MYRICK, ETC.
QUOTING FROM THE MEMO “We will have grown to at least 60,000 members, looking to represent over 75,000 people.”
“We will impact local cngressional districts with each chapter influencing at least two legislators through strong grass roots responses.” continuing the memo states, “(For example congressman on the judiciary, intelligence, and homeland security committees.)”
“In concert with local chapters we will sustain an ongoing media campaign to change hearts and minds of Americans.”
“We will continue our advocacy, adding the capacity to handle more civil rights cases with an increase of in-house lawyers and systems to monitor progress. We will have a direct influence on Hollywood.”
“We will leverage technology with items such as enhanced web site, intranet, and centralized database. We will develop the ability to quickly target segments within our database. (For example, to quickly access registered Muslim voters in a Congressional district.)”
“We will develop a grant writing capacity.”
“We will use an intranet, and Wiki capturing our best practices. We will centralize our databases to manage contacts, relationships, membership tracking, and civil rights. We will complete the revamping of our website and integration with our systems and processes.”
PLEASE UNDERSTAND AMERICANS THIS IS A WAR FOR OUR COUNTRY!!!
PULL UP A TERROR MAP THROUGH THIS WEBSITE: http://www.investigativeproject.org/
QUOTING FROM WEBSITE LINKED ABOVE:
“Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That’s Conspiring to Islamize America” is based in large part on access to CAIR operations obtained by Chris Gaubatz, the son of co-author P. David Gaubatz. Using an alias, the younger Gaubatz spent six months as a CAIR intern in 2008.
LINK TO MAP: http://www.investigativeproject.org/maps.php
QUOTING FROM ARTICLE AT WEBSITE AVAILABLE ON THIS LINK.
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1448/jasser-challenges-congressman-on-reforms-value
Criticizing policymakers in the White House and elsewhere who claim that “our enemy is simply Al Qaeda,” Jasser noted the falsity of that argument. A series of recent arrests and convictions of in terror-related cases in Colorado, North Carolina, New Jersey and elsewhere demonstrate that precisely the opposite is true.
“None of these individuals are related to Al Qaeda. The only unifying principle that we see them related to is violent jihadism or the concept of holy war that they pick up through the Internet, through communications in what has been demed the cyber-jihad,” he noted.
PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE CYBER-JIHAD MENTIONED ABOVE.
I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE TRACKING OUR CYBER ACTIVITIES IN REGARD TO TERRORISM AND TARGETING ACTIVE AMERICANS FIGHTING THIS BATTLE!!
JUST YESTERDAY I WAS INFORMED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT THAT THE MAP IS “ABOUT RIGHT.”
thanks , for the ping :)
Wait.... did someone say Larry Shaw of Cumberland County, north Fayette-Nam, was “National chair” of CAIR?”
“The next day Hooper said he received a death threat faxed to the CAIR offices depicting a gallows with his name on it and calling for him to be hanged for treason”
and in response-
“That’s a little bit of a stretch (har har) to call that a death threat IMO.”
Absolutely- Some overrated kid so much as farts into a live microphone and gets a standing ovation on America’s Got Talent. People perceive death threats to be real like I think I’m a winner whenever I see a pop-up web page that says I’m the ONE MILLIONTH visitor and to “CLICK HERE TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE”...Gee, I must be important. I can’t wait until I get my first stalker. Where’s my paparazzi???
http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/11/rep-sue-myrick-obama-weak-on-jihad/
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