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Hamas-linked CAIR “warns” Muslims of FBI questioning over al-Qaeda threat

Nov 7, 2016 10:44 am By Robert Spencer

“The North Texas Council on American-Islamic Relations has received reports that Muslims from Kansas, Oklahoma, Florida and Texas were questioned by FBI agents, according to Alia Salem, the group’s director….Salem warned the Muslim community about the investigation in a video posted on Facebook and Twitter on Saturday.”

The idea that she had to “warn” Muslims about this questioning, and told them to tell the feds that they would only talk to them with an attorney present, is based upon Hamas-linked CAIR’s wholly unsupported claim that the FBI and other agencies target Muslims unfairly out of “Islamophobia.”

Salem’s “warning” also has to be evaluated in light of the fact that the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has more than once advised Muslims not to cooperate with law enforcement. In January 2011, its San Francisco chapter featured on its website a poster that read, “Build A Wall of Resistance / Don’t Talk to the FBI.” In November 2014, CAIR-Florida’s “14th Annual Banquet Rooted in Faith” in Tampa distributed pamphlets entitled “What to do if the FBI comes for you” and featuring a graphic of a person holding a finger to his lips in the “shhh” signal.

Another CAIR pamphlet, entitled “Know Your Rights: Defending Rights, Defeating Intolerance” featured a graphic of the Statue of Liberty likewise making the “shhh” symbol. Cyrus McGoldrick, a former official of Hamas-linked CAIR’s New York chapter, even threatened informants, tweeting with brutal succinctness: “Snitches get stitches.” Zahra Billoo of CAIR-San Francisco regularly tweets that Muslims have no obligation to talk to the FBI, and should contact Hamas-linked CAIR if the FBI asks to talk to them.

How does all that play out in practice? Remember that the Orlando jihad mass murderer’s wife knew of his plans, and fled after his attack. No one knows where she is. No non-Muslim, that is.

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“FBI interviewing Muslims in Texas over alleged al-Qaeda terrorist threat, community leader says,” by Caleb Downs, Dallas News, November 6, 2016:

Investigators from the FBI interviewed Muslims in North Texas this weekend after warnings that al-Qaeda may target the state on the eve of Election Day, a Muslim community leader said.

The North Texas Council on American-Islamic Relations has received reports that Muslims from Kansas, Oklahoma, Florida and Texas were questioned by FBI agents, according to Alia Salem, the group’s director.

“It was made apparent to us that the FBI has a list of a couple hundred people they are wanting to visit and ask a series of eight generic questions intended to drum up information about the attacks,” Salem said.

The North Texas branch of CAIR has confirmed that three interviews took place over the weekend and that it received reports of five more.

A representative in the FBI’s Dallas field office declined to comment on the reports.

On Friday, U.S. intelligence officials alerted joint terrorism task forces that al-Qaeda could be planning the attacks the day before the election, according to CBS News. Authorities are taking the threat seriously, a source told CBS, though it could be “aspirational” because it lacked specificity….

Salem warned the Muslim community about the investigation in a video posted on Facebook and Twitter on Saturday. She said the interviews are nothing to worry about but that Muslims should be aware of their civil rights before FBI investigators knock on their doors.

“The FBI is important and serves an important role in America,” she said. “We’re not here to inhibit their work, but to prepare the community in how to address [investigators].”

If an FBI investigator tries to interview a member of the Muslim community without an attorney present, Salem advised them to request the investigator’s business card and let them know that an attorney will schedule the meeting with them.

Salem said CAIR would provide members of the Muslim community an attorney free of charge should they need one.

“Muslims, along with fellow Americans, are committed to doing their job in helping to make our community safer,” she said. “That includes reporting suspicious activity. But for the Muslim community to be targeted as if we are guilty is inappropriate. If [law enforcement] wants to communicate with specific individuals, there should be no hindrance in doing that with an attorney.”

Since posting the video on Facebook, CAIR has received 17 phone calls from Muslim community members who had been contacted by the FBI, 14 of which were from people in North Texas, Salem said. That’s in addition to the three reports that prompted her warning.

“We are still verifying the validity of a few of the more recent calls, which must be noted, but that’s the raw data,” Salem said….

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  1. David says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 10:56 am

    Cair should be closed. And the criminal gang leaders JAILED!

    • billybob says

      Nov 8, 2016 at 5:41 am

      There is a good write up about this in the algemeiner

      Council on American-Islamic Relations Decries FBI Investigation of Election Day Terror Threats

      https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/11/08/council-on-american-islamic-relations-decries-fbi-investigation-of-election-day-terror-threats/

  2. Jay Boo says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 10:59 am

    It is not as if Muslims have something to hide.
    Wink, Wink.

    What a dirty hateful ideology.

    • JOHN SPIELMAN says

      Nov 7, 2016 at 2:44 pm

      yes and they make such good citizens (sarc)

  3. David says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 11:01 am

    Under normal circumstances anyone hindering a Federal Investigation goes directly to JAIL.
    But not muslums???????
    THANK YOU BARRY OBAMA.
    OH HOW I’M PRAYING THE LAW WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU!

    • linnte says

      Nov 7, 2016 at 3:45 pm

      That didn’t cross my mind! But TRUE! Why can’t the FBI slam CAIR for this? Talk about frustrating!

  4. Angemon says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 11:39 am

    “We’re not here to inhibit their work, but to prepare the community in how to address [investigators].”

    I.e., telling them what to say. “We know nothing, officer. We’re just poor follwers of the religion of peace trying to lead an honest life while everyone and their mothers thinks we’re terrorists. You should look into that, all this islamophobia and hate speech we have to face on a daily basis”.

    • David says

      Nov 8, 2016 at 7:38 am

      If there ever was a “Religion of Peace”, the peaceful members would be the first to step forward and help catch all these “Muslim Terrorist”.
      Buy no! There is only “The Religion of TERRORISM”.

  5. Jay Boo says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 11:47 am

    The innocence of Muslims

    Just like Hillary.
    Rather than staunchly defend their innocence, they take the (indignant attitude) of accusing others of not being able to prove them guilty.

  6. JIMJFOX says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 11:47 am

    “the Orlando jihad mass murderer’s wife knew of his plans, and fled after his attack.
    No one knows where she is. No non-Muslim, that is.”

    Exactly- she had no need to flee, she is in hiding with other ‘moderate’ muslims-
    who will arrange her flight to the Islamic sh*thole of her choice if/when things get too hot.

  7. JIMJFOX says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 11:48 am

    No longer ask “Where’s Wally?”
    WHERE’S HUMA???

  8. Buford says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 11:51 am

    All those CAIR offices need to be closed & Leveled they are nothing less than co-conspirators
    in Terrorism with Muslims & God help us all if that Muslim loving Bitch gets elected president

  9. Jay Boo says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 11:52 am

    That photo is not an entirely fair image of Muslims.

    Muslims do sometimes smile.
    That is, when they get distracted and are not thinking about Islam.

    • underbed cat says

      Nov 7, 2016 at 12:03 pm

      The photos of woman in hijib are marketed precisely of only young woman to attract our youth…who unless informed, will view these woman sympathetically instead of understanding the political element of promoting sharia law.

    • Jay Boo says

      Nov 7, 2016 at 12:24 pm

      Before 9-11 most Americans assumed the Islamic hijab was about humility, but soon after 9-11 many Americans learned about Islam only to realize that the person in the hijab may or may not be modest, while hijab itself is clearly symbolic of Muslim arrogance.

      • Lynn in Florida says

        Nov 7, 2016 at 12:40 pm

        The hijab’s purpose is to allow Muslim men to recognize Muslim women in public so they will know not to rape them but to molest only non-Muslims women. Koran Sura 33:59

        • Jay Boo says

          Nov 7, 2016 at 1:22 pm

          That is one reason for sure.
          Muslim men fantasize about having 9-year-old virgins.
          Muslim women fantasize about being 9-year-old virgins.

          I would never say that any woman literally wants to be raped.
          However, it is obviously a common sexual fantasy among hijab head Muslima.
          The hijab is not just a way to discriminate against non-Muslimas; it is a (sex costume) used to entice the pedophile nature of the followers of Muhammad’s example.
          In this respect the hijab sex-fetish attire is no different than a woman enticing her husband with sex-fetish costumes of the little school girl in pig-tails, or the bashful ‘librarian’ wearing glasses, or the leather-clad dominatrix with whip.

          In addition, Muslim women are extremely promiscuous.
          Yes, Muslim men do try to keep them locked up for this very reason, but desires denied are always even more tempting. Furthermore, few other Muslim men would dare to brag openly that they committed adultery with another Muslim man’s wife. What Muslim woman would not be tempted to arrange a lustful rendezvous with the certainty of a discrete treat away from their arranged marriage with a Muslim husband creep.

          They may not brag about it on the Jerry Springer show, but a tub of super glue could not hold together the splayed knees of a passionate meandering Muslima in heat. That is why Muslim woman have so many babies.

          Who’s the daddy?

        • gravenimage says

          Nov 7, 2016 at 10:37 pm

          Very true, Lynn.

    • LB says

      Nov 8, 2016 at 4:56 am

      You’re right, muslims can smile — while in the process of murdering infidels.

  10. underbed cat says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 11:57 am

    This shows how far the muslim influence has reached and attained power with this administration. They are being told to get an attorney ….O.K. that’s fine but here we go…..it will go to justice lynchpin and all be cancelled. Wonder if any of the bleach bit emails went or came from the mosques.

    Iran chanting death to America and Hillary’s assistant worked for Cair whooops.

  11. davej says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    We know of cases where Muslim family members were aware of active “radicals” with weapons and bombs being assembled but did not inform authorities.

    Have there been any cases where they did report such activities? (Without being paid informers or FBI plants).

    My understanding of Islam is that tipping off the police would be seen as offending Allah and his plans for expanding the Ummah..

    • Angemon says

      Nov 7, 2016 at 1:29 pm

      davej posted:

      “Have there been any cases where they did report such activities? (Without being paid informers or FBI plants).”

      There are cases where FBI informants were asked about specific individuals, denied any knowledge and informed said individuals that the FBI was on to them.

  12. Cretius says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 12:52 pm

    “If we are practicing Muslims, we are above the law of the land”.
    Mustafa Carroll
    Dallas CAIR Director,

    Remember Wahhabism is Sunni = radical Islam = Daesh
    Therefore, Sunni Muslims are the Fifth Column in the Muslim invasion of the West.

    • Angemon says

      Nov 7, 2016 at 1:31 pm

      Cretius posted:

      “Remember Wahhabism is Sunni = radical Islam = Daesh”

      Sunni islam = shia islam. Both read the same book. Both worship the same man. Shia Iran is what sunni ISIS aspires to be.

  13. Rolf Wittwer says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 5:12 pm

    All these Muslims never accept western lifestyle, but do agree to big benefits of all kinds!
    Best is, to send all of them out ot the U.S., Trump would be on the right track. Clinton would/will open
    the borders to all. Clinton/Merkel – garant to coming great unrest, mainly due to Islam!

  14. billybob says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 5:36 pm

    How are the FBI gonna do their job if they wait while every Muslim lawyers up?

  15. Islam the religion of killers says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 10:12 pm

    CAIR are too arrogant to think things through, but if anyone is installing the concept of “Islamophobia.” in the general population it’s CAIR ….

    CAIR is turning “Islamophobia.” into “Islamahate”

  16. gravenimage says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 10:35 pm

    Hamas-linked CAIR “warns” Muslims of FBI questioning over al-Qaeda threat
    …………………………

    Of course they do. CAIR is enabling Jihad terror.

  17. David says

    Nov 8, 2016 at 7:48 am

    CAIR is a subversive organization. It needs to be CLOSED DOWN! And all it’s criminal leaders JAILED.
    Any organization directly telling millions of people NOT TO COOPERATE with Law Enforcement has committed a crime! And now LAW ENFORCEMENT may act.
    (if it weren’t for the Immam obama, that is.)

  18. David says

    Nov 8, 2016 at 10:07 am

    Just watching the network morning shows. Huge last minute push to get Crooked HILLARY elected!
    What will be the Media reaction when she loses?????
    May God protect us all.

  19. David says

    Nov 8, 2016 at 10:53 am

    ERECTION DAY 2016.
    Will the Clinton crime family again SHOVE IT to the America People?
    People!
    Please pray for the future of our Nation!

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