I went to a terrific lecture last night at the Ahavath Torah Congregation in Stoughton. Reed Rubinstein of Greenberg Traurig spoke about the Council on American Islamic Relations, specifically 1) the unsuccessful lawsuit that CAIR brought against Andrew Whitehead of Anti-CAIR and 2) the Muslim Brotherhood/ Hamas origins and ideology of CAIR. There was a decent crowd, approximately 50 or 60 people. Rubinstein asked the crowd if anyone knew who Andrew Whitehead was. I was surprised to be the only person to raise my hand. Weird! Rubinstein was an excellent, engaging speaker and he handed out a CD chock-full of primary sources for the statements he made about CAIR, its officers, its funding, its goals. Much of the info he provided came from the U.S. versus Holy Land Foundation trial held last fall, as well as the Whitehead case. What he has at his fingertips about CAIR needs to be understood by everybody. Especially the media need to know that this terrorist-related organization of 1,700 people does not represent the "grass roots" American Muslim community, and the media should stop going to CAIR for the Muslim viewpoint. They're only legitimizing this "stealth jihadist" group.
Here's the key concepts from last night's lecture:
- CAIR is a small, centrally controlled, top-down propaganda organization with a miniscule membership.
- CAIR is an "Islamist" organization and a child of the Muslim Brotherhood.
- CAIR is part of the “greater HAMAS-affiliated conspiracy” in the US.
- CAIR is a purveyor of the “Jew/Zionist/Rightwing conspiracy” meme.
Rubinstein recommended giving no legitimacy to CAIR: "cut the media oxygen and there's no more CAIR."
FYI, The Investigative Project on Terrorism recently put out a ten-part series on CAIR, which should thoroughly discredit this bogus "civil rights" group. Check it out. Pass it on to your local newspaper editors and congressmen. Spread the word.
P.S. God bless the libel laws in the U.S.A. and the discovery process!
P.P.S. Remember the CAIR-doctored photos from one of their press conference? That's some headscarf! Hilarious!
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