As far as the relationship being 'unusually cozy', these are the Muslims you want to be cozy with. Not the Muslim Brotherhood like Obama, or the House of Saud, like George Bush. You're comparing the hand of terror and the wallet of terror to the largest actual sect of what could be called moderate Muslims.
You're doing a great disservice to the discussion trying to spin Perry saying nice things to the Ismailis as some kind of nefarious thing.
oh, yeah?
Let’s watch
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/40924/hamas-cair-netwk-in-love-with-rick-perry/
CAIR would not support him unless he was sympathetic to Islam as WE know it!