Posted on 10/10/2006 11:01:38 AM PDT by lowbridge
Here’s a web site whose time has come: CAIR Watch, whose motto is “Keeping an eye on hate.”
There’s a lot to watch, as the Council on American Islamic Relations gets more and more active in the US, and mainstream media refuses to deal with their many well-documented ties to extremists and convicted terrorists.
Here’s the latest example of that refusal, in an LA Times article about an Islamic candidate for Anaheim’s City Council, portraying CAIR as a “mainstream civil rights organization,” and the whistleblowers as “Islamophobic” kooks: GOP Leader Says Anaheim Council Candidate Backs Extremist Groups.
The accusations against Bill Dalati, an insurance agent who was born in Syria and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1987, surfaced last week in a letter from former state Republican Party chairman Shawn Steel and on various websites. On the OC Blog, a politically conservative website, the headline atop the letter opposing Dalati’s candidacy read “Something Scary in Anaheim.”
Steel, the state GOP leader from 2001 to 2003, said he wrote the letter to alert fellow conservatives that Dalati — a moderate Republican — could be a “Manchurian candidate.”
“He looks good on the outside, but the guy could be an extremist,” Steel said Friday. “Is his primary concern to fix the potholes and improve the city, or does he really have an agenda here to support extremist organizations and cloak them with respectability?”
In the letter, Steel questioned Dalati’s connections to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, later calling CAIR a “pretty radical, nasty group.” He also cited Dalati’s involvement with an Anaheim rally protesting the Israel-Lebanon conflict, and his endorsement of Rep. Cynthia A. McKinney of Georgia, a Democrat.
Dalati, who came to the U.S. in 1984 and has been an Anaheim resident for 12 years, said he was frustrated and angered by the letter. “I need to be out on the campaign trail, not worrying about all this negative stereotyping,” Dalati said. “People should look at the issues, not where I came from. Everybody came from somewhere. It’s clear that my faith and my heritage are the reason they don’t want me around.”
Dalati, a 41-year-old Muslim, doesn’t deny that he supports CAIR, the largest Muslim civil rights group in the country and largely viewed as a mainstream organization. Local Republican law enforcement officials such as Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona and Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca have attended the local chapter’s fundraisers.
UPDATE at 10/9/06 12:54:06 pm:
Here’s another example of MSM whitewashing, in a New York Times article about Islamic candidate for Congress Keith Ellison that makes no mention of Ellison’s ties to CAIR—even though his opponent Alan Fine has made it a campaign issue: Democrat Poised to Become First Muslim in Congress.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717235/posts
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I wanted to bump this thread again. I was corresponding with the director of CAIR Watch today. Because a project like this depends on the Intenet, the Blogosphere, and word of mouth, I mentioned the need of postable graphics for links on web sites and blogs. We now have these. If you have a blog or website, upload them, and use them!
Thanks, Joe!
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Thought you might be interested in this website. Glad someone started it.
Ah, the religion of Peace and Tolerance. /sarc
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Glad to see CAIR being watched! I strongly believe they are nothing but a terrorist front organization.
tnx zech
Interesting that many of the same nuts that defend and protect this way of life get up at arms when someone here invokes the name of Christ in a prayer and emphatically advocate for the eradication of religion (their code name for Christianity) having any part in government.
Americans against Hate, I like the true title. what is CAIR all about if not backing up, supporting and legitimizing Islamofascistic hatred?
AIRPORT BUSINESS.com (AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION) (LexisNexis): "JFK SECURITY ACCUSED OF RACIAL PROFILING" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The allegations were reportedly made at a news conference held on 23 August, at which Dennis Parker of the American Civil Liberties Union stated that the price for racial profiling is too high to pay. The news conference was convened by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and was aimed at highlighting the case of an Iraqi-born US family, Reuters reported.") (Updated August 25, 2006)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "CAIR, ACLU SUE TO STOP DOMESTIC SPYING PROGRAM" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Detroit suit, which also names the NSA, was filed by the ACLU, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Greenpeace and several individuals.") (January 17, 2006)
CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIC GROUP CALLS FOR USE OF KORAN TO TAKE OATH" by Melanie Hunter (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An Islamic civil rights and advocacy group is calling on North Carolina judges to allow people to use the Koran when taking an oath, saying the use of the Bible exclusively represents "an inappropriate state endorsement of religion." The request by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) comes after Guilford County judges said they would not allow use of Korans in their courtrooms.") (June 21, 2005)
CNS NEWS.com: "FREE KORANS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" by Susan Jones (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Over the weekend, CAIR held a conference in the Washington area on the causes and remedies of "Islamophobia and anti-Americanism."") (May 17, 2005)
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