In Defense of the Constitution
Anti-CAIR Press Release 014/03
July 4, 2003
Former CAIR Officer Indicted / Terrorist
Suspect
CAIR Attacks California Supporter, Politically
Motivated?
CAIR Attempts to Smear Daniel Pipes, Nominee
to the United States Institute of Peace
Trust on Trial, CAIR Re-writes Newspaper Article,
Distorts Truth
Former CAIR Officer Indicted / Terrorist Suspect
On 3 July, 2003, ABC News announced that the government
has presented information leading to a Grand Jury indictment of eleven Muslim
men who plotted to commit various crimes against purported “enemies of Islam”.
Among those indicted, one name stands out: Mr. Randall Todd "Ismail"
Royer, former civil rights coordinator and communications specialist
for the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), an Islamist terror
supporting group based in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Royer is charged with: Conspiracy, Commencing
an Expedition Against a Friendly Nation, Acquisition of Firearm after Arrival
from Foreign Country with Intent to Engage in Crime of Violence, Conspiracy
to Possess and Use a Firearm in Connection with a Crime of Violence and Using
A Firearm in Connection with a Crime of Violence. Specifically, it
is charged that Mr. Royer conspired with the others to mount a military expedition
against India; Intent to engage in armed hostility against the United States;
Use and attempt to use false and altered passports; Unlawfully transport
and receive firearms and ammunition in interstate commerce with reason to
believe that such firearms and ammunition would be used to commit a felony
offense; Unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly obstruct foreign officials in
the performance of their duties. The government further alleges that
the conspirators prepared to become “mujahideen” and prepared to die as “shaheed”
(martyrs in furtherance of violent Jihad).
Several of the conspirators allegedly provided
military-style training to the rest of the group, based on training they
had received in the United States Armed Forces. Mr. Royer is further
alleged to have recruited conspirators for service with the Lashkar-e-Taiba,
a Kashmiri Islamist terrorist group currently list on the State Department
terror list. Mr. Royer is additionally charged with firing on Indian
positions in Kashmir. The full indictment can be viewed here: (Advisory:
PDF Document) http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/terrorism/usroyer603ind.pdf
This is not the first time that CAIR has had
its officers arrested for Islamist-terror related crimes; Mr. Bassem Khafagi,
CAIR’s director of community relations was arrested this past January and
Mr. Siraj Wahhaj, CAIR Advisory Board member has been named as “one of the
“unindicted persons who may be alleged as co-conspirators” in a plot to blow
up monuments in New York City several years ago.
Once again, CAIR has been embarrassed by links between
its senior leadership and terrorism. How long must we wait until the
federal government takes those steps necessary to investigate CAIR as a terrorist
sponsoring organization? When will the faithful followers of Islam
rise up and reject the Islamist terrorists of CAIR?
http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Guestcv.asp?hGuestID=605R88
CAIR Attacks California Supporter, Politically Motivated?
On 12 May, 2003,
CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations, www.cair-net.org issued an American Muslim
News Brief with a letter to the editor entitled “Muslims have not been silent
about terrorism” The letter was written by Dalia Mogahed who heads
up the Outreach Program for the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh. Mogahed is
responding to a letter, “The True Outrage” claiming it shows how evangelists
like the Rev. Franklin Graham are “tearing our nation apart”.
Dalia Mogahed 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, 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 as protection. CAIR consistently demands Constitutional protections
and then readily denies 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.
The MSA routinely distorts the truth and seeks to shut down free speech
on college campus’ when the speaker does not comport with their version
of the “truth”.
What do these organizations and people have
in common? We believe 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.
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 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 notes that while CAIR continually demonizes Mr. Pipes,
they have never asked for a criminal investigation of Mr. Pipes, nor have
they gone after Mr. Pipes in civil court. Surely, if Mr. Pipes is the
“Islamophobe” that CAIR claims him to be, they could find some legal way
to shut him up? Why haven’t they?
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.
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’s leadership once again
reveals their true agenda.
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-Qaeda 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?
For more information:
Andrew Whitehead
ajwhitehead@anti-cair-net.org
ACAIR