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Council on American-Islamic Relations (view source)
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[[File:CAIR Is Hamas.jpg|thumb|CAIR Is Hamas<ref>Policy, C. f. (2016). C. A. I. R Is Hamas: How the Federal Government Proved That the Council on American-Islamic Relations Is a Front for Terrorism. (n.p.): CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
[https://www.google.com/books/edition/C_A_I_R_Is_Hamas/hwMcMQAACAAJ?hl=en]
<blockquote><small>
On an October day in 1993, men from around the country had gathered together in the meeting room of a Philadelphia Hotel. They came from different places and they worked in different fields but they all had one thing in common. Membership in a covert organization, known as the Palestine Committee, with a single goal, to do whatever it took to support Hamas, a group formed by the secretive Muslim Brotherhood to wage a violent jihad against Israel and the Jewish people. Since it's founding the Palestine Committee had committed itself to raising millions of dollars for, and spreading propaganda on behalf of, Hamas in the United States.The members of the Palestine Committee feared that the signing of the Oslo Accords would soon lead the U.S. government to designate Hamas as a terrorist group. They knew that to continue their work, they would need help. A new organization, designed to defend their interests, push their message and keep law enforcement off their back. That organization would come to be called the Council on American Islamic Relations, or CAIR. But there was one thing the members of the Palestine Committee didn't know. The FBI was recording every word they spoke as they conspired. The transcripts of the infamous so-called "Philly Meeting" would become key primary evidence in the Holy Land Foundation Trial, the massive Hamas terror finance trial that would lead to convictions on all 108 charges against key Hamas financiers. The federal judge in that trial would rule that the government provided "ample evidence" for associating CAIR with Hamas, and for its status as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation case.This book features original Holy Land Foundation trial testimony of FBI agent Lara Burns as she walks acting district attorney Barry Jonas through the events leading up to, and during this historic moment in counterterrorism. Annotations from the Center's experts as well as excerpts from key sections of the infamous wiretaps supplement the trial testimony.The Archival Series is an effort by the Center for Security Policy to provide policymakers and the general public access to the original source documents that form the basis for understanding the nature of the Muslim Brotherhood's operations in the United States.</small></blockquote></ref>]]
The '''Council on American-Islamic Relations''' (CAIR), officially the Washington Trust Foundation (WTF) <ref>[http://moonbattery.com/?p=37059 CAIR Gets a Name Change, Moonbattery.com, September 24, 2013]</ref> is an Islamic [[terrorist]] [[propaganda]] organization based in [[Washington D.C.]] whose stated aim is to portray "a positive image of [[Islam]]" through public relations and the media.
The '''Council on American-Islamic Relations''' (CAIR), officially the Washington Trust Foundation (WTF) <ref>[http://moonbattery.com/?p=37059 CAIR Gets a Name Change, Moonbattery.com, September 24, 2013]</ref> is an Islamic [[terrorist]] [[propaganda]] organization based in [[Washington D.C.]] whose stated aim is to portray "a positive image of [[Islam]]" through public relations and the media.
It has been cited of one of the group's founder Omar Ahmad's alleged 1998 assertion that Islam must one day dominate the U.S.<ref>Art Moore, "[https://www.wnd.com/2006/12/39229/ Did CAIR founder say Islam to rule America?]", ''WND'', December 11, 2006.</ref>
It has been cited of one of the group's founder Omar Ahmad's alleged 1998 assertion that Islam must one day dominate the U.S.<ref>Art Moore, "[https://www.wnd.com/2006/12/39229/ Did CAIR founder say Islam to rule America?]", ''WND'', December 11, 2006.</ref>
It was elaborated: 'How Hamas founded CAIR.'<ref>[https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2019/04/how-and-why-hamas-founded-cair/ How and Why Hamas Founded CAIR], Mosaic Mag., Apr 15, 2019</ref>.
The group's executive director is "Palestinian " American Nihad Awad - a [[Hamas]] supporter since March 22, 1994.<ref>[https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/local-advocacy-group-lobbied-against-israel-during-gaza-conflict/ Local advocacy group lobbied against Israel during Gaza conflict], ''JC'', October 7, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.adl.org/education/resources/backgrounders/the-council-on-american-islamic-relations-cair The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)], ADL, 05.03.2022</ref><ref>Nihad Awad stated, "After I researched the situation inside and outside Palestine, I am in support of the Hamas movement ..." [http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=1217]</ref>
The group's executive director is "Palestinian " American Nihad Awad - a [[Hamas]] supporter since March 22, 1994.<ref>[https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/local-advocacy-group-lobbied-against-israel-during-gaza-conflict/ Local advocacy group lobbied against Israel during Gaza conflict], ''JC'', October 7, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.adl.org/education/resources/backgrounders/the-council-on-american-islamic-relations-cair The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)], ADL, 05.03.2022</ref><ref>Nihad Awad stated, "After I researched the situation inside and outside Palestine, I am in support of the Hamas movement ..." [http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=1217]</ref>
As a routine of sowing divisions in the US, after the trial of [[Kyle Rittenhouse]], it gave its "input" that it's supposedly: "Hard to imagine ‘black or Muslim defendant in the same circumstances being found not guilty.’"<ref>CAIR Says ‘Nearly Impossible to Imagine Acquittal of a Black or Muslim Defendant’ Engaged in Same Conduct as Kyle Rittenhouse,” by Ismail Allison, CAIR, November 19, 2021</ref> Deceitfully, conveniently linking black and Muslim. As if all Muslims are supposedly linked to/with race issue in America.<br>
As a routine of sowing divisions in the US, after the trial of [[Kyle Rittenhouse]], it gave its "input" that it's supposedly: "Hard to imagine ‘black or Muslim defendant in the same circumstances being found not guilty.’"<ref>CAIR Says ‘Nearly Impossible to Imagine Acquittal of a Black or Muslim Defendant’ Engaged in Same Conduct as Kyle Rittenhouse,” by Ismail Allison, CAIR, November 19, 2021</ref> Deceitfully, conveniently linking black and Muslim. As if all Muslims are supposedly linked to/with race issue in America.<br>
<font size=1>(Related: ''The Black Lives Matter protests have triggered discussions on racism toward Blacks in the Arab and Muslim world. Activists are looking to change attitudes around skin color in their societies.''<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/debating-racism-in-the-arab-world/a-54071330Debating racism in the Arab world], DW, July 6, 2020</ref>)</font>
<small>(Related: ''The Black Lives Matter protests have triggered discussions on racism toward Blacks in the Arab and Muslim world. Activists are looking to change attitudes around skin color in their societies.''<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/debating-racism-in-the-arab-world/a-54071330Debating racism in the Arab world], DW, July 6, 2020</ref>)</small>
Description<ref>[https://canarymission.org/organization/Council_On_American_Islamic_Relations Council On American Islamic Relations], Canary Mission</ref><blockquote>
Description<ref>[https://canarymission.org/organization/Council_On_American_Islamic_Relations Council On American Islamic Relations], Canary Mission</ref><blockquote>
Rather than disavow her hateful and antisemitic remarks, CAIR claimed that Billoo was "misquoted" and the victim of an "online smear campaign." Sadly for CAIR, the video is available for all to see...</small></blockquote></ref>
Rather than disavow her hateful and antisemitic remarks, CAIR claimed that Billoo was "misquoted" and the victim of an "online smear campaign." Sadly for CAIR, the video is available for all to see...</small></blockquote></ref>
2023 [[Swords of Iron|Oct 7]] attack:
''As Hamas terrorists spilled across the southern border of Israel, raping women, massacring concertgoers, beheading farmhands, and burning children alive, the leader of the most influential American Muslim lobbying group in the country attacked the Jewish state.''<ref>Ari Blaff, [https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cair-leaders-praise-for-palestinian-terror-should-come-as-no-surprise/ CAIR Leader’s Praise for Palestinian Terror Should Come as No Surprise], ''NRO'', February 20, 2024.<blockquote><small>
As Hamas terrorists spilled across the southern border of Israel, raping women, massacring concertgoers, beheading farmhands, and burning children alive, the leader of the most influential American Muslim lobbying group in the country attacked the Jewish state.
"All Arab peoples must go out on Sunday, October 8th, and every day, in demonstrations in support of the Palestinians and in rejection of normalization with the ... regime,” Nihad Awad, the executive director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), wrote on October 7 — before Israel had even responded to the atrocities. The community leader even went so far as to apply Martin Luther King Jr.’s description of a riot as the "language of the unheard" to the events of 10/7.</small></blockquote></ref>
CAIR executive director Nihad Awad was: 'happy to see' Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack.<ref>[https://jewishinsider.com/2023/12/nihad-awad-council-american-islamic-relations-israel-gaza-terror-attacks/ CAIR executive director 'happy to see' Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack], ''JewishInsider'',
Dec 7, 2023.<blockquote><small>President of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Nihad Awad speaks ...</small></blockquote></ref>
In February 2024, Florida House passed bill slamming Hamas-linked CAIR.
The ''House Resolution 1209 encourages all state and local government agencies in Florida to “suspend contact and outreach activities” with CAIR, citing the group’s extensive history of terror connections and anti-Jewish bigotry. The non-binding resolution, which was passed 98-15, comes as CAIR faces growing public disapproval over its extremist rhetoric and record of pro-Hamas sympathies in the aftermath of Oct. 7, when Hamas massacred more than 1,200 men, women and children in southern Israel.''<ref>[https://www.jns.org/florida-house-passes-bill-slamming-hamas-linked-cair/ Florida House passes bill slamming Hamas-linked CAIR]. Benjamin Baird, February 11, 2024, ''JNS''.<blockquote><small>
A controversial “Muslim civil-rights and advocacy” organization experienced a major blow to its reputation last week after the Florida House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution to denounce the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The rest of the county should follow suit and permanently blacklist this Hamas-linked Islamist group.
Introduced by State Rep. Randy Fine (R-Palm Bay), [https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1209/?Tab=BillHistory] House Resolution 1209 encourages all state and local government agencies in Florida to “suspend contact and outreach activities” with CAIR, citing the group’s extensive history of terror connections and anti-Jewish bigotry. The non-binding resolution, which was passed 98-15, comes as CAIR faces growing public disapproval over its extremist rhetoric and record of pro-Hamas sympathies in the aftermath of Oct. 7, when Hamas massacred more than 1,200 men, women and children in southern Israel.
CAIR is no stranger to public disgrace. Throughout its tumultuous history, the Muslim nonprofit has faced legal scrutiny and survived multiple scandals, yet somehow remains the media’s go-to Islamic organization for any topic dealing with Muslims or the Middle East. Until recently, CAIR even belonged to a White House taskforce dealing with antisemitism.
In remarks delivered from the House floor, Fine noted that “this resolution seeks to follow the lead of a number of other states, and the FBI, and other countries around the world,” which have implemented policies forbidding contact with CAIR. Legislatures in Arkansas and Louisiana passed similar anti-CAIR bills years ago, and the United Arab Emirates labeled CAIR as a terrorist organization in 2014, citing its links to the Muslim Brotherhood, a global Islamic supremacist movement that includes Hamas.
The case against CAIR is laid out in 121 damning lines of text that make up HR 1209, which is supported by a robust staff analysis of the facts. The bill describes CAIR’s involvement as an “unindicted co-conspirator” in a landmark terror finance case targeting the Holy Land Foundation (HLF), a charity that was shut down and labeled a Specially Designated Terrorist Organization for funneling more than $12 million to Hamas. CAIR received startup money from HLF, and CAIR board member Ghassan Elashi was sentenced to a 65-year prison term for his part in the terror finance scheme.
Florida’s anti-CAIR bill does not mention how Hamas recently bartered for Elashi and his co-defendants’ release from federal prison with the lives of hostages captured in Israel.
The resolution provides details of other CAIR officials who were likewise convicted or deported for terrorism-related offenses. They include Randall (“Ismail”) Royer, who was “indicted on charges of conspiring to help Al-Qaeda and the Taliban battle American troops fighting in Afghanistan;” and Bassem Khafagi, a community-affairs director for CAIR who was convicted of bank and visa fraud and “deported to Egypt after he had funneled money to activities supporting terrorism.”
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Nihad Awad. Credit: VOA Photo by M. Elshinnawi via Wikimedia Commons).
All told, seven CAIR officials have been arrested, convicted or deported for terrorism-related offenses.
Hamas’s deadly Oct. 7 attacks have only further radicalized CAIR and cemented its support for violent “resistance.” In a recent example, HR 1209 references a Nov. 24 speech from CAIR founder and executive director Nihad Awad, who told an audience: “The people of Gaza only decided to break the siege, the walls of the concentration camp, on October 7. And yes, I was happy to see people breaking the siege and throwing down the shackles of their own land … .”
“I’m not the only one who found this statement offensive,” Fine told his colleagues. In fact, the White House publicly disavowed CAIR after a recording of Awad’s speech was publicized.
Reached by email, Fine said the bipartisan support for the resolution shows that CAIR has “no place in this state.” However, he is worried about those who refuse to denounce CAIR in the face of overwhelming evidence.
“What we should be concerned about is those who stood with terrorists by voting ‘no,’” he said.
Democratic Florida State Reps. Angie Nixon (D-Jacksonville) and Anna Eskamani (D-Orlando) were among the 15 legislators who voted against HR 1209. The pair were recently targeted in a Florida GOP political advertisement that denounced their appearance at a CAIR press conference in November, where they called for a “ceasefire” in Gaza. A week earlier, Nixon and Eskamani were the only House members to vote for a ceasefire resolution that drew bipartisan fury from House members, who stood together and turned their backs on Nixon in a dramatic display as she defended a bill that some legislators complained was antisemitic.
However, the most outspoken opponent of HR 1209 was State Rep. Christopher Benjamin (D-Miami Gardens), who spent 10 long minutes defending CAIR from the House floor. His arguments appeared to be lifted straight from CAIR’s “dispelling rumors” webpage, which is filled with half-truths and inaccuracies regarding the nonprofit’s origins and involvement in terror prosecutions.
Benjamin isn’t exactly a dispassionate observer. He is a steadfast ally of the South Florida Muslim Federation (SFMF), a coalition of regional Islamic institutions that includes CAIR. In January, the two-term legislator was scheduled as a guest panelist at an SFMF conference that was canceled by the hosting Marriott Coral Springs Hotel following a backlash from locals. The two-day conference would have featured speeches from notorious antisemites and include a youth discussion about “finding hope from our past” in the Islamic “conquests of … Jerusalem.”
Benjamin agreed that Awad’s statement regarding Oct. 7 was “reprehensible and morally deplorable,” but insisted that his colleagues should condemn the individual, not the organization. Fine shot back that “if the heads of our organizations spoke like that, they’d be gone.”
“Six weeks after October [7th]—the deaths of 1,200 Jews, people who were burned, people who had their head (sic) cut off with farm equipment, babies that were lit on fire—he said it made him ‘happy’ and he still has the job,” Fine responded.
Many of the accusations set forth in HR 1209 are old news, Benjamin argued, and besides, “CAIR-National and CAIR-Florida are not the same things,” he added.
“[Y]ou can say that it doesn’t happen in Florida,” Fine answered, “but in 2020, CAIR-Florida invited a convicted terrorist—someone they knew who was a terrorist, someone who used to work, by the way, for our state university system—to be one of their featured speakers.”
Fine was referring to Sami Al-Arian, a former University of South Florida professor who was convicted of providing material support to Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a designated terrorist organization, and was later deported to Turkey. As the keynote speaker at a CAIR-Florida webinar in August 2020, Al-Arian slammed Muslim American groups that “dance with Zionists” and “infiltrate our community.”
Despite its checkered past, CAIR continues to enjoy a bewildering degree of respect from politicians and journalists. State legislatures from Texas to California have passed resolutions praising the Islamist nonprofit, and San Diego County regularly pays for CAIR’s fundraising banquets.
Reporters continue to ask CAIR to comment on issues involving hate crimes and anti-Muslim bias. In a bizarre twist, news outlets increasingly call on CAIR to provide expert commentary in response to antisemitic incidents.
“One of the things we need to realize is that much of the mainstream public has no idea how evil CAIR is,” Fine said in an email. “They hear an innocent-sounding name—Council on American-Islamic Relations—and think, ‘What could be wrong with that?’”
He continued: “It is incumbent upon the rest of us to make sure that these terrorist sympathizers find no quarter in Florida.”</small></blockquote></ref
===CAIR's claims, PR===
===CAIR's claims, PR===