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Note to CAIR: Your Islamism Is Showing
by David J. Rusin
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 at 11:43 AM
http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2008/09/note-to-cair-your-islamism-is-showing.html
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Can anything dent the high regard that many politicians,
bureaucrats, and journalists have for the Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR)? Despite mountains of evidence exposing the group’s Islamist leadership and agendas, elected officials still attend CAIR events, government entities
still hire it to conduct training, and reporters still treat it as a
“civil rights” organization. Perhaps the following underreported news
items will inspire a few people to rethink their views.
For starters, the Investigative Project notes that Nihad Awad, CAIR’s executive director, offered some stunning comments
during a recent “interfaith dialogue” hosted by Islam Online. Asked
whether Muslims regret their support for George W. Bush in 2000, Awad
stated:
We should not blame the Muslims for taking part in the political
process, and we should not blame the United States alone for the 11
September 2001 attacks, but we should also blame the perpetrators.
One is left to imagine whether he believes that a government cabal
conspired with the terrorists or that America’s foreign policy and
infidel culture merely presented a valid cause for revenge.
The issue would have made for scintillating dinnertime conversation when Awad addressed a banquet
that religious groups held for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last week in New
York. He and the visiting Iranian front man each shared his wisdom on
the evening’s lofty topic:
“the religious contribution to peace, justice, and integrity of
creation.” At least Ahmadinejad’s attendance means that Awad was not
the most ironic participant to discuss the matter.
Finally, CAIR must be quite vexed at Mohamed Habib, a senior leader in the Muslim Brotherhood,
the radical Islamist movement that seeks to unite Muslims under a new
caliphate and serves as the grandfather of multiple terrorist groups.
During a revealing interview posted at Pajamas Media, Habib let the mask slip on CAIR’s ties to his organization:
Interviewer: But it’s not CAIR, right? …Many people say that they
are your front. Other people say that it’s ISNA. But back to CAIR, some
people from the Muslim Brotherhood have denied having a connection with
CAIR. Do they really represent you?Mohamed Habib: Ehh, this is a sensitive subject, and it’s kind of problematic, especially after 9/11 …
Interviewer: For them to say that there is a relationship between you two?
Mohamed Habib: Yes. You can say that.
For those politicians, bureaucrats, and journalists who do feel
inclined to take a more critical look at CAIR, there surely is no
shortage of opening questions to ask its brain trust.
