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Council on American-Islamic Relations (view source)
Revision as of 15:10, July 27, 2007
, 15:10, July 27, 2007CAIR is a pressure group which is "eager to pull down the nation's homeland-security procedures"
The '''Council on American-Islamic Relations''' (CAIR) is a civil liberties organization for [[Islam|Muslims]] based in [[Washington D.C.]] that seeks to portray "a positive image of Islam" through public relations and the media.
The '''Council on American-Islamic Relations''' (CAIR) is an organization based in [[Washington D.C.]] whose stated aim is to portray "a positive image of Islam" through public relations and the media.
There is controversy over whether this is their real aim, and over whether they are a [[civil liberties]] group.
The ''[[Washington Times]]'' calls that CAIR is a [[pressure group]] which is "eager to pull down the nation's [[homeland-security]] procedures" [http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070727/EDITORIAL/107270002]
CAIR leadership has been criticised for supporting [[Hezbollah]] and [[Hamas]].<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16384987/site/newsweek/</ref>
CAIR leadership has been criticised for supporting [[Hezbollah]] and [[Hamas]].<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16384987/site/newsweek/</ref>