Muslims battle for justice (10th Anniversary of CAIR)

South Floriday Sun-Sentinel ^ | July 5 2004 | Tanya Weinberg

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

Founded in Washington, D.C., CAIR grew slowly at first, starting new chapters with volunteers and speaking out against what it considered unfavorable depictions of Muslims in the media.

The group was tagged with controversy early on as detractors suggested links between CAIR founders and militant Palestinian movements. CAIR denied the links and asserted a domestic, civil rights mission.

The accusations are rooted in the previous employment of some CAIR founders, including Executive Director Nihad Awad, with the Islamic Association for Palestine in Texas.

Critics of CAIR long have said the Texas group actively promoted the militant Palestinian group Hamas, which over the past decade has employed suicide bombings as a key weapon in its struggle against Israel.

In 1995, the U.S. government designated Hamas as a terrorist organization.

In her 2002 decision upholding the terrorist designation of the Islamic charity Holy Land Foundation, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler made the link between the Islamic Association for Palestine and Hamas that CAIR detractors had made.

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

A puff piece (this is an excerpt, I edited the "Who is CAIR" type of stuff," but hey, the writer did manage to bring in the opinion CAIR critics. Here's a few more articles about the Saudi-funded CAIR.

The CAIR-Terror Connection: What did CAIR know, and when did it know it?"

Daniel Pipes: Why Is CAIR Suing Anti-CAIR?

Muslim Pair in 'Virginia Jihad' Sentenced

One of that pair was Randall Royer, one time communications specialist with CAIR

More about Randall here.

[rageaholic]

CAIR is an islamist propaganda agency.

[Flyer]

CAIR can kiss my butt.

[joesnuffy]

Wahabbi Lobby

[Pete98]

Too bad they won't battle for justice against any Arab dictator.

[Mike Darancette]

Who will protect Muslims if Bush is gone?

[spodefly]

Founded in Washington, D.C., CAIR grew slowly at first, starting new chapters with volunteers and speaking out against what it considered unfavorable depictions of Muslims in the media.

Like these:

Happy Birthday, you 5th Column terrorist sympathizers. 10 is 10 too many.

[lady lawyer]

When they start giving equal time to making sure that non-Muslims have rights in Muslim countries, they may begin to develop a little bit of credibility.