June is off to a bad start for the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), whose Capitol Hill headquarters, pictured here, became a proud addition to my photo album last summer while I was in Washington.
For reasons that can only be explained by a compulsion by some to bow down to the Church, or is it Mosque? of Political Correctness, CAIR is often utilized by government agencies of all types and jurisdictions as as a bridgehead to reach moderate Muslims.
For more on CAIR, visit Anti-CAIR.
The New York Sun explains this latest setback for the group that likes to paint itself as the NAACP for Muslims:
Federal prosecutors have named three prominent Islamic organizations in America as participants in an alleged criminal conspiracy to support a Palestinian Arab terrorist group, Hamas.
Prosecutors applied the label of "unindicted co-conspirator" to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Islamic Society of North America, and the North American Islamic Trust in connection with a trial planned in Texas next month for five officials of a defunct charity, the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.
While the foundation was charged in the case, which was filed in 2004, none of the other groups was. However, the co-conspirator designation could be a blow to the credibility of the national Islamic organizations, which often work hand-in-hand with government officials engaged in outreach to the Muslim community.
It's been my opinion that CAIR is a "bad guy" organization for years. I don't know as much about the other two groups, but I should keep an journalistic eye on them.
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How to deal with CAIR
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