http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mpac/ en-us Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:22:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404051/posts Breaking News: Pakistan Reportedly Detains Five D.C.-Area Muslims on Suspicion of Terror IPT News December 8, 2009 **Updated December 9, 9:00 a.m. EST A Pakistani newspaper reports the arrest of five foreign nationals after a raid in a town called Sargodha. The raid took place at the home of a member of the Jaish-e-Muhammad, a Pakistani movement designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2001. According to the report, "The DPO told that these people had been living in Sargodha since Nov 30 and it was quite a possibility that they were engaged in acts of... INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404051/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:22:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2380999/posts Nidal Malik Hasan, the Islamist who launched a dispicable shooting jihad against U.S. soldiers at Ft. Hood, was a Task Force Participant with the George Washington University's HSPI Presidential Transition Task Force, April 2008-January 2009. Report at WND. The objective of GWU's HSPI Presidential Transition Task Force was to act in an advisory capacity to the Obama Administation. A list of Task Force Participants appears beginning on page 20 of their report. Hasan's name appears on page 29. Safiya Ghoria, an Islamist affiliated with MPAC [Muslim Public Affairs Council], was also listed as a Presidential Transition Task Force participant. Her... Amerisrael http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2380999/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:05:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2357391/posts During the Cold War, the term "anti-anti-Communist" was used to describe people who were not Communists themselves, but who objected to every practical initiative to counter Soviet and Red Chinese expansionism. In today's struggle against radical Islamists, Salam Al-Marayati, a founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) and its current executive director, can fairly be described as an "anti-anti-terrorist" - someone who rhetorically opposes Islamist terror but objects to virtually every practical measure that democracies take to defend themselves. While condemning terror in vague or general terms, Al-Marayati and MPAC focus their attacks on U.S. and Israeli security measures... INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2357391/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:07:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340873/posts SNIPPET: "The United States government's stepped-up courting of Islamist groups is on display at the State Department web portal www.america.gov. The site bills itself as a place to "meet the people" and "explore the values and ideas that define the character of the United States." But when it comes to American Muslim organizations, that often means providing a U.S. government stamp of approval to organizations linked to the Muslim Brotherhood such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) or apologists like the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)." SNIPPET: "Shea said this discrimination... INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340873/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:33:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2266922/posts Our Islamic loving President Obama has appointed Arif Alikhan a devout Sunni Muslim to assistant secretary for the Office of Policy Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Alikhan was instrumental in taking down the LA Police Department's plan to monitor it's Muslim community. Islam in Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2266922/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 02:50:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215650/posts SNIPPET: "For all his public activity, Bray has rarely, if ever, discussed his life story in detail. His own MAS biography offers vague descriptions of his work as "a long time civil and human rights advocate." A charismatic African-American convert to Islam, Bray spent this entire decade working for Islamist organizations. Prior to joining MAS, Bray was political director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC). Those jobs have helped him build a growing public profile and given him access to politicians and policy makers. And that may explain his reluctance to discuss his life before political activism. The Investigative... IPT News - An IPT Investigation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215650/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:34:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213645/posts NCPA Launches Toll-Free Line For Help on INS Registration. The National Council of Pakistani Americans (NCPA), in collaboration with The Resource Foundation, a non-profit economic development group, on Jan. 15 launched a toll-free telephone line to help people with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) registration process. Chico Enterprise Record http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213645/posts#comment Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:19:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2152108/posts Asghar Bukhari is a founding member of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC), which is the British equivalent of CAIR. Bukhari is the "go to" spokesman of Muslim rights for the British Media. Back in 2006 it was revealed that this "civil rights" advocate is a supporter of David Irving, holocaust denier: .....Asghar Bukhari, a founder member of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC), which describes itself as Britain's largest Muslim civil rights group, sent money to Irving and urged Islamic websites to ask visitors to make donations to his fighting fund. Bukhari contacted the discredited historian, sentenced this year... Telegraph/Yidwithlid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2152108/posts#comment Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:16:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109502/posts Who's Afraid of 'Obsession'? 17 October 2008 | 15:44 | FOCUS News Agency Los Angeles. The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) - an organization identified as a California-based Muslim Brotherhood front - convened a press conference today in Los Angeles with a senior representative of local law enforcement and members of other faiths, FrontPageMagazine.com reports. The stated purpose is to unveil a new “united front” initiative called the “Coalition for Renewing American Democracy” which MPAC has apparently conjured up in order to inveigh against “Obsession,” a documentary film that powerfully, and authoritatively, dissects radical Islam’s war against the West. Shortly... focus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109502/posts#comment Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:19:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056433/posts A longtime adviser and close confidant of President Bush funneled millions of dollars in U.S. government grants to radical Islamist organizations, many of whose leaders have been convicted or indicted in terrorism cases in the United States, respected terrorism expert Steven Emerson told Congress last week. “When Ms. [Karen] Hughes was appointed as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, she set the tone to continue a disastrous policy of outreach with Islamist partners,” Emerson told the House International Relations Committee. Among the recipients of the State Department grants actively championed by Hughes was Ahmed Younes, formerly an... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056433/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:21:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040058/posts Al-Qaeda Draws New Recruits Via Internet Al-Qaeda is using the Internet to recruit vulnerable young people to its terrorist network, according to a programme aired on Saudi Arabian TV late on Tuesday. Umm Osama, the founder of al-Qaeda's first women-only website, al-Khansa, joined several others on the programme to discuss how they renounced jihadist ideology. Among those who sought a response to this question was an imam from the Medina mosque, Saleh Ibn Awad al-Mudamsi, and the father of a young al-Qaeda suspect held in an Iraqi prison. Read More Qaeda Targets U.S. Oil Interests in North Africa U.S.... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040058/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052363/posts It was described as an "exemplary piece of programme making" by an award winning film-maker which launched a week of television coverage of Islam. But a Channel 4 documentary on the Qur'an has angered a group of leading Shia Muslim scholars, who have criticised it for making "seriously inaccurate statements" about their branch of the faith. In a letter to Channel 4, they said that the depiction of Shia beliefs in The Qur'an, broadcast earlier this month, was "disappointing, misleading, even defamatory". The signatories to the letter were also angered by the apparent links made between Shiaism and violence, with... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052363/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:05:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921033/posts Muslims bully Muslims over selling Israeli products 12/10/2007 By Rachel Fletcher A campaign by the Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC) to bully Muslim shop-owners not to sell Israeli produce “verges on antisemitism”, an interfaith activist said this week. Richard Stone, founder and president of Muslim-Jewish dialogue group Alif-Aleph UK, said the tactics by MPAC, which calls on its website for pressure against shops that carry Israeli stock, were “not constructive”. The lobby group’s campaign, timed to coincide with the holy month of Ramadan, includes calls to boycott Sabar Bros in Slough for stocking Israeli “blood” dates, giving the shop’s address... thejc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921033/posts#comment Mon, 5 Nov 2007 05:53:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1916322/posts Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week - Terrorism Awareness Project During the week of October 22-26, 2007, the nation will be rocked by the biggest conservative campus protest ever – Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, http://www.terrorismawareness.org/islamo-fascism-awareness-week/ Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week kicks off; Update ...Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week kicks off; Update: Just in time for IFA Week…a new bin Laden tape. http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/22/islamo-fascism-awareness-week-kicks-off/ Interview on Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week on National Review Online, It’s Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week — the brainchild of David Horowitz, warrior for truth on American college campuses. Horowitz’s Terrorism Awareness ...http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDI5NDA2YTFiMDkyZTJkYjI3NDIyMzhlOTc5MDc3ZjM= Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week Begins An open invitation to any college students who haven’t been brainwashed: email... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1916322/posts#comment Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:31:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1894077/posts To be a "good" Muslim References -  'Palestinian' child abuse -  Evil 'Joy' -  'Blessing' Hitler -  Mourning the wicked -  Australia - Muslim land -  Jihad on all Buddhists -  Spain - Muslim land -  Europe - Muslim land -  Arabs DON'T care about 'Palestinians' -  72 virgins - Loyalty -  'Pallywood' -  (use of) Ambulances for terror -  (use of) Women for terror -  Human Shields -  Middle east background -  September 11 terror plot on London -  Myth on: 'Terrorists are desperate' -  Beheadings -  Ilan Halimi [an example of monsterous wild prolonged torture motivated by hate only] -  Muslims attacking Jews in France -  Ahmadinejad ' Islamic Hitler' -  Cutting -  'Honor killing' -  Jews & Christians as "Apes & Pigs"? - ... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1894077/posts#comment Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:30:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1890823/posts     ISLAMOFASCISM HAS A 'LOBBY' IN THE US - 'CAIR'     Just like the hypocrites at the infamous hate mongering "association" MSA (Muslim Student Association), who's actions have been proven more against non-Muslims then anything "for" Muslims, so is time to get rid of the "moderate" mask of the monsters at C.A.I.R., or at least call it by it's name.   America has had more than enough of these Jihad wolves in "moderate" clothing.   No matter how you turn it: Arab lobby, Muslim lobby, Islamic lobby, all the evidence, all of their actions show for a TERROR LOBBY,... The Reality Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1890823/posts#comment Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:11:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887772/posts Discover the Arab Lobby “Network”   By John Perazzo FrontPageMagazine.com | 1/17/2007 As Western civilization faces the threat of a radical Islamic foe that seeks to annihilate it, the collective self-assurance of the Western psyche continues to wither under the relentless, low-grade assault of the political Left. This assault presents itself in the form of constant criticism aimed at America’s allegedly vast array of societal defects — with the intent of expunging every last shred of self-respect from the Western mind and heart, and of thereby convincing Western man that his irredeemably sinful culture is unworthy of his defense.... FrontPage http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887772/posts#comment Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:38:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857216/posts (CNSNews.com) - "The keyboard equals Kalashnikov" is a popular new slogan among radical Islamic groups today, according to a recent report highlighting extremists' use of the Internet in spreading their message. The expression, a reworking of "the pen is mightier than the sword," refers to the computer keyboard and the Russian assault rifle more commonly known as the AK47, popular among radical and terrorist groups for many decades. Experts are voicing concerns that extremist messages on the web may contribute to radicalization, even among residents of the United States. Islamist groups have created a sophisticated online media network, complete with... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857216/posts#comment Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:59:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1843087/posts MPAC, CAIR, and Praising Osama bin Laden By Daniel PipesFrontPageMagazine.com | June 1, 2007The Muslim Public Affairs Council and the Council on American-Islamic Relations each have a problem. As perhaps the most prominent and effective Islamist organizations in the United States, they have distinct stylistic and ideological characteristics but work together effectively as a one-two punch. Their problem concerns two of their most prominent staffers, Edina Lekovic of MPAC and Hussam Ayloush of CAIR. Lekovic, who serves as MPAC’s communications director, appeared on CNBC’s Kudlow & Company with counterterrorism specialist Steven Emerson on May 23, where they discussed a... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1843087/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:00:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842138/posts Last week, on CNBC’s Kudlow & Co., I appeared alongside Edina Lekovic, Communications Director and spokesperson for the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), to discuss the recent Pew Research Center poll on Muslims in America, and posted about it here. At the end of the segment, I asked Ms. Lekovic about her former position as “managing editor” of al-Talib, a newspaper published by the Muslim Students’ Association at UCLA, specifically the July 1999 “The Spirit of Jihad” issue, which – almost a full year after al Qaeda’s devastating attack on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania – refers to... Counterterrorism Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842138/posts#comment Wed, 30 May 2007 21:33:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741542/posts A Muslim organisation said yesterday that one of its founders had made a "grave mistake" when he sent money and letters of support to the historian David Irving, jailed this year in Austria for Holocaust denial. Asghar Bukhari, a former chief executive of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC), which describes itself as a civil liberties group, admitted sending a donation to help Irving fight a libel case in 2000. Mr Bukhari said he now realised that Irving held "despicable" views. He made the £60 donation on the basis of a "limited" number of articles he had seen because he... The Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741542/posts#comment Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:00:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689316/posts On Friday, Sept. 8, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will host a dinner for former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington, Va. The theme of his address at the CAIR dinner will be "The Dialogue of Civilizations: Five Years After 9/11." Khatami will be in Washington, D.C., to take part in an event at the National Cathedral. WHAT: CAIR Hosts Dinner for Former President of Iran WHEN: Friday, Sept. 8 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. (A private reception with President Khatami, including a photo opportunity, will precede the dinner at 6 p.m.) WHERE:... US Newswire on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689316/posts#comment Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:46:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1671061/posts Southland Muslim leaders gathered Sunday to discuss violence in the Middle East and one prominent leader criticized Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for supporting Israel. Salam al-Marayati, executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, said the group is concerned about the mayor and governor's attendance at a pro-Israel rally Sunday. He said many Muslims were upset by the nature of the public discourse surrounding the conflict between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah. "We take issue with the governor and the mayor taking sides on this issue -- the pro-Israeli side -- without consulting residents of California... CBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1671061/posts#comment Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:40:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1469630/posts LOS ANGELES (AP) - The FBI has launched an inquiry into the activities of a grocery store owner who is allegedly the U.S. leader of a radical Islamic group banned in parts of Europe and the Middle East, authorities said. Iyad Hilal, an Islamic author and philosopher who owns an Orange County market, hasn't drawn much attention to his writings or his role in the group, Hizb ut-Tahrir, which means Party of Liberation. But since the July 7 bombings in London, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has suggested banning the group there. Hilal is apparently not suspected of any terrorist... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1469630/posts#comment Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:10:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1582083/posts CPAC invites Islamist groups and a Soros-front for drug legalization to influence the next generation of conservatives. The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is an institution. Now in its 32nd year, CPAC is the largest annual gathering of grassroots activists on the Right. But, when it comes to co-sponsors, CPAC and its parent group, the American Conservative Union, are keeping strange company.CPAC always has a lustrous line-up of speakers. Ann Coulter, Oliver North, George Will, Senator Rick Santorum, and Vice President Dick Cheney all addressed this year’s conference. For the most part, the panel discussions and workshops were informative.Increasingly, CPAC... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1582083/posts#comment Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:53:06 GMT