In Defense of the Constitution
Anti-CAIR Press Release 010/03
May 18, 2003
CAIR Attempts to Defend Position Regarding Condemnation
of Islamist Terror in United States
CAIR Attempts to Smear Daniel Pipes, Nominee to the United
States Institute of Peace
American Muslims Condemn Riyadh Bombings
Trust on Trial, CAIR Re-writes Newspaper Article, Distorts
Truth
Toll on Palestinians Goes Beyond Violence
ACAIR Will Respond to Requests for Information
CAIR Attempts to Defend Position Regarding Condemnation of Islamist
Terror in United States
On 12 May, 2003, CAIR (Council on American Islamic
Relations, www.cair-net.org) issued
an American Muslim News Brief with an article entitled “Muslims have not
been silent about terrorism” The article was written by Dalia Mogahed
who heads up the Outreach Program for the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh.
In the article, Mr. Mogahed is responding to a letter, “The True Outrage”
which he claims shows how evangelists like the Rev. Franklin Graham are “tearing
our nation apart”.
Mr. Mogahd claims the following organizations
“condemned” the Islamist terrorist attacks of Sept. 11th, 2001: (Note:
all are either terrorist or terrorist supporting organizations/people).
1. The League of Arab States – This organization condemned the
US-led effort to free Iraq.
2. President Muhammad Khatami of Iran – The “President” of Iran
has roundly condemned the United States on many occasions.
3. Jamaat-e-Islami – A Pakistan-based Islamic group dedicated to
the establishment of an Islamic theocracy.
4. Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt – An Islamist terrorist group.
5. Chief Mufti of Saudi Arabia – Whose clerics regularly call for
the destruction of the United States.
6. Islamic Research Academy in Cairo, Egypt – Which called for
“Jihad” against the United States should the US seek to liberate Iraq.
In the United States, Mr. Mogahed cited the following organizations:
1. CAIR – An organization founded by Hamas supporters which seeks
to overthrow Constitutional government in the United States and replace it
with an Islamist theocracy using our own Constitution to tear us down.
CAIR consistently screams for Constitutional protections and then will readily
deny these same protections to those who disagree with them.
2. Islamic Society of North America – Same aim as CAIR.
3. Muslim Student Association – A radical Muslim organization that
imparts Islamist propaganda on college campuses in the US and Canada.
What do these organizations and people have
in common? All of them are anti-American and anti-Democratic.
Each one of these groups or people has at one time or another called for
the overthrow of the United States government and its replacement by an
Islamic theocracy. CAIR, once again, defends the indefensible.
We find CAIR’s keeping company with these groups and people perfectly in
line with their policy of accommodation with Islamist terrorists and their
supporters.
Link:
http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/letters/20030511lets0511p1.asp
CAIR Attempts to Smear Daniel Pipes, Nominee to the United States
Institute of Peace
Continuing the smear campaign against Mr. Daniel
Pipes, CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relation, www.cair-net.org) reprinted a letter
printed in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 11th, 2003. The letter
was co-authored by Mr. Helal Omeira (Executive Director, Northern California
chapter of CAIR) and Mr. Arsalan Iftikar (Midwest Communications Director
for CAIR).
In the letter, the authors cite a 1983 Washington
Post book review that states: Mr. Pipes has “a disturbing hostility
to contemporary Muslims” and goes on to say that Mr. Pipes, “is swayed
by the writings of anti-Muslim writers”.
Once again, CAIR leadership writes a letter
concerning Mr. Pipes nomination that is completely devoid of any facts
to back up their claim that Mr. Pipes is anti-Muslim. In the lengthy
letter, the authors fail to cite even one case of Mr. Pipes alleged “anti-Muslim”
position. Could it be that CAIR simply fears having a fair and impartial
member on the board of the US Institute for Peace?
ACAIR strongly supports the nomination
of Mr. Pipes to the board of the US Institute for Peace and urges the Congress
to confirm Mr. Pipes in the shortest time possible so the Institute can
carry on its important work.
Link:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/05/11/ED303758.DTL
American Muslims Condemn Riyadh Bombings
On 13 May, 2003, CAIR (Council on American Islamic
Relations) issued an American Muslim News Brief containing statements made
by CAIR regarding the recent terrorist bombings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
In a statement, CAIR condemned “this vicious
attack on civilians” and stated, “We join with the international community
in calling for the swift apprehension and punishment of the perpetrators”.
ACAIR notes that CAIR is largely silent
when the dead are Americans Islamist terror-murdered in the attacks of Sept.
11th, 2001 and points out that CAIR is largely silent regarding Islamist
terror-murder attacks on Jews and other non-Muslims world wide. ACAIR
questions CAIR’s attitude towards Islamist terrorist murders, and points
out, once again, that CAIR was founded by Hamas supporters.
Was CAIR’s concern for the victims the result of
a new-found “concern for civilians” or a result of the strong financial
support provided to CAIR by the Saudi Arabian government? How many
pieces of silver were paid by the Saudis for this statement by CAIR?
The blatant hypocrisy of CAIR once again
reveals their true agenda.
Link: http://www.cair-net.org/asp/article.asp?id=31714&page=NB
Trust on Trial, CAIR Re-writes Newspaper Article, Distorts Truth
On May 13, 2003, CAIR (Council on American
Islamic Relations, www.cair-net.org)
issued an American Muslim News Brief containing an article written by Bob
Keefe of the Austin American Statesman on May 5th, 2003. The article
in question, “Trust on Trial” concerns the arrest and detention of Mr. Maher
“Mike” Hawash, an American citizen for the past 14 years.
To read CAIR’s version of events, Mr. Hawash
is an innocent American who was simply arrested for being a Muslim.
While CAIR’s version of the article does show that Mr. Hawash was eventually
indicted on charges of conspiracy to join al-Queda and the Taliban, it fails
to paint a complete picture of the governments case against Mr. Hawash.
ACAIR encourages all interested parties to visit the following
link:
http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_hidethis=no&p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_field_label-0=Author&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&p_text_label-1=trust%20on%20trial&s_dispstring=bob%20keefe%20AND%20headline(trust%20on%20trial)%20AND%20date(05/01/2003%20to%2005/19/2003)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=05/01/2003%20to%2005/19/2003&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(bob%20keefe)&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no
and read for themselves- and ask the question: Why did CAIR find
it necessary to distort the original article in such as way as to attempt
to embarrass law enforcement authorities? Why didn’t CAIR print the
whole article and let readers decide for themselves?
Toll on Palestinians Goes Beyond Violence
On May 14, 2003, CAIR (Council on American Islamic
Relations) issued an American Muslim News Brief referring to an article
written by Ms. Shelia Poole of the Atlanta Journal Constitution on May 14,
2003.
In the article, Ms. Poole writes about the toll
being taken on Palestinians in the Middle East. The article goes on to
blame Israel for a whole host of problems, including high unemployment
and malnutrition in the Palestinian Authority administered areas.
ACAIR questions why CAIR, a self-declared
“Islamic Civil Rights” organization would find a need to note occurrences
in the Middle East? Will CAIR now be speaking for Palestinian Muslims?
If so, what is the motive? Will CAIR present a fair and balanced
viewpoint on the Middle East, or continue to present articles that are
anti-Israeli?
Link:
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/atlanta_world/0503/14care.html
ACAIR Will Respond to Requests for Information
As a service to our readers, ACAIR stands
ready to answer any inquiries from the media or public. ACAIR will
answer questions from the public by e-mail which may be addressed as shown
below. Members of the media may request either an e-mail response
to queries or may choose to speak to an ACAIR spokesperson. Send an
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may be contacted. Please allow a minimum of 24 hours for an e-mail
response.
For more information:
Andrew Whitehead
ajwhitehead@anti-cair-net.org
ACAIR