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Muslim org fires leader for working with anti-Muslim group
AP ^ | 14 December 2021 | JULIE CARR SMYTH

Posted on 12/15/2021 11:12:13 PM PST by blueplum

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization has fired its leader for ethical and professional breaches that it says include a yearslong secret association with an anti-Muslim group...

...The year-long probe found “conclusive evidence that Iqbal had spent years recording CAIR network meetings and passing information regarding CAIR’s national advocacy work to a known anti-Muslim hate group,” a release said. During a Wednesday briefing, spokesperson Whitney Siddiqi identified the nonprofit as the Investigative Project on Terrorism, led by Steven Emerson, which bills itself as a research organization....

...In an emailed statement, IPT said CAIR did not represent American Muslims and called the organization antisemitic.

“While the Investigative Project on Terrorism has never and will never monitor the wider American Muslim community, it will not hesitate to uncover and publicly expose radical Islamist activity on American soil by groups like CAIR, which threaten our national security.”...

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Religion
KEYWORDS: cair; ipt; jihadophobia; muslimfoodfights; ohio; rominiqbal; stevenemerson; waronterror; whitneysiddiqi
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1 posted on 12/15/2021 11:12:13 PM PST by blueplum
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During a Wednesday briefing, spokesperson Whitney Siddiqi identified the nonprofit as the Investigative Project on Terrorism, led by Steven Emerson, which bills itself as a research organization...In an emailed statement, IPT said CAIR did not represent American Muslims and called the organization antisemitic.

2 posted on 12/15/2021 11:24:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

The truth hurts, esp. When exposed to the public.


3 posted on 12/15/2021 11:26:04 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: blueplum
An Ohio chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization

There is no such thing. Why start an article with a lie in the first sentence. I'd say, "Only AP", but most so-called news outlets would do that same.

4 posted on 12/16/2021 12:52:17 AM PST by ConservativeInPA ("Goats are like mushrooms. Because if you shoot a duck, I'm afraid of toasters." - Joe Biden)
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To: blueplum

Being anti terrorism is anti Muslim. Good to know.


5 posted on 12/16/2021 2:04:57 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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Steve Emerson does the work our journalists once did, and he has been doing it for decades. CAIR is a Muslim Brotherhood operation and anti-American to its core. It thrives because it has long had the support of the Clintons and the other subterranean anti-Semites in the Democrat Party.


6 posted on 12/16/2021 3:21:18 AM PST by Bookshelf
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To: blueplum

Lucky they didn’t behead him


7 posted on 12/16/2021 4:30:42 AM PST by The Louiswu (Peace to you and may God Bless you all)
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Muslim org fires leader for working with anti-Muslim group
AP ^ | 14 December 2021 | JULIE CARR SMYTH
Posted on 12/16/2021, 2:12:13 AM by blueplum


8 posted on 12/16/2021 9:01:40 AM PST by Lowell1775
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