In Defense of the Constitution  
 
Anti-CAIR Press Release 006/03  
 
April 26, 2003  
 
ACAIR Questions CAIR's Smear Campaign against Mr. Joe Kaufman  
 
    The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has issued a press release dated April 24, 2003 attacking Mr. Joe Kaufman (http://www.joe4rep.com/Links.htm) for providing a link to the web site of the late Mr. Meir Kahane.  CAIR goes on to say that the web site of the Kach organization is listed as a "foreign terrorist organization"? by the US State Department.  
 
    CAIR's attention to Mr. Kaufman's web site is the result of Mr. Kaufman publishing a complaint regarding the use of CAIR affiliated Muslims in diversity training in Florida public schools.  Mr. Kaufman reportedly made the statement that CAIR-FL (a local affiliate of CAIR, located in Florida) is a "group that supports terrorists."         
 
     Mr. Altaf Ali, executive director of CAIR's Florida office, stated: "It is beyond hypocritical for a person who uses defamatory smears against CAIR, a mainstream civil rights group that has been consistent in its repeated condemnation of terrorism in all its forms, to promote the views of actual terrorists."  
 
     While ACAIR has nothing to say regarding the feud between CAIR and Mr. Kaufman, we would like to point out the hypocrisy of the CAIR organization in accusing Mr. Kaufman of supporting terrorism:    
 
1.  Mr. Steve Pomerantz, the former Chief of Counterterrorism for the FBI has stated: "CAIR, its leaders, and its activities, effectively give aid to international terrorist groups."   
 
2.  Mr. Ibrahim Hooper, national communications director for CAIR, described the attacks on September 11th, 2001, as "misunderstandings of both sides."  A senior member of CAIR describes the murders of over 3000 people as a "misunderstanding?"  
 
3.  Six suspected Islamic terrorists were recently arrested in Lackawanna, N.Y.  The government contends that two of the six possessed audiotapes calling for jihad and martyrdom.  What was CAIR's response?   
 
 4.  CAIR has repeatedly failed to respond to terrorist attacks committed by Islamists.      
 
      For CAIR to proclaim that it is a  "mainstream civil rights organization" would be laughable if it were not so terrifying.  CAIR repeatedly attacks the US government for taking even the most rudimentary actions to protect the US mainland from Islamic terrorists and is ready with a quick accusation of "Islamophobia" whenever an Islamic is arrested for any crime.  CAIR's national spokesman, Mr. Ibrahim Hooper, repeatedly smears anyone who remotely disagrees with anything he says, not allowing the truth to interfere with CAIR's version of events.  We believe Mr. Hooper to be "Ameriphobic."  
 
   ACAIR(http://www.anti-cair-net.org) is a union of concerned Americans dedicated to shutting down the CAIR organization in the United States.  We believe CAIR supports terrorism and is an insult to the American way of life.   
 
 For more information:  
 
 Andrew Whitehead  
 ajwhitehead@anti-cair-net.org  
 ACAIR