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More than 120 members of Congress issue letters of support to Hamas-linked CAIR

Jan 19, 2020 11:00 am By Robert Spencer

This is the normalization and mainstreaming of evil. Would any of these politicians send a letter of support to a Nazi group? Of course not. Would they send a letter of congratulations to a group that opposed jihad terror? Not on your life. But in a sign of how topsy-turvy the Left’s moral compass has become, none of them hesitated to extend good wishes and gratitude to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). In light of what CAIR stands for and its appalling track record, how is that different from sending a fawning letter to a Nazi group?

CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case — so named by the Justice Department. CAIR officials have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. Several former CAIR officials have been convicted of various crimes related to jihad terror. CAIR’s cofounder and longtime Board chairman (Omar Ahmad), as well as its chief spokesman (Ibrahim Hooper), have made Islamic supremacist statements about how Islamic law should be imposed in the U.S. (Ahmad denies this, but the original reporter stands by her story.) CAIR chapters frequently distribute pamphlets telling Muslims not to cooperate with law enforcement. CAIR has opposed virtually every anti-terror measure that has been proposed or implemented and has been declared a terror organization by the United Arab Emirates. CAIR’s Hussam Ayloush in 2017 called for the overthrow of the U.S. government. CAIR’s national outreach manager is an open supporter of Hamas.

“More Than 120 Members of Congress Issue Letters of Support to Leading Anti-Israel Group,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, January 16, 2020:

More than 120 members of Congress privately issued letters of support to a controversial Islamic-American advocacy group known for its involvement in one of America’s most prominent terrorism financing cases, according to a copy of these official communications obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), an advocacy group with deep ties to the anti-Israel movement in America, touted its support among congressional leaders during its 2019 gala conference in November in Washington, D.C. Prominent opponents of the pro-Israel community, including anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), headlined the conference.

A copy of CAIR’s conference agenda, obtained by the Free Beacon and published here for the first time, includes well over 100 letters from Democratic and Republican members of Congress, all of whom expressed their support for the controversial organization. Democrats issued the majority of the letters, with only two coming from Republican members of Congress.

The breadth of congressional support for CAIR is likely to generate concern in the pro-Israel community, which has long been at odds with the advocacy group due to its promotion of anti-Israel activists and causes.

Democratic 2020 presidential contenders Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.), and Tom Steyer all penned letters of support. Prominent Democrats such as Omar, Reps. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.), Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich), and Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) also lent their support to CAIR’s agenda, according to materials reviewed by the Free Beacon.

CAIR has long been central to the anti-Israel movement in America.

“CAIR’s anti-Israel agenda dates back to its founding by leaders of the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), a Hamas affiliated anti-Semitic propaganda organization,” according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which combats anti-Israel bias. “While CAIR has denounced specific acts of terrorism in the U.S. and abroad, for many years it refused to unequivocally condemn Palestinian terror organizations and Hezbollah by name, which the U.S. and international community have condemned and isolated.”

CAIR is also known for its involvement in a fundraising scheme tied to the Muslim Brotherhood that sought to support the Hamas terror organization. That case, known as the Holy Land Foundation trial, unearthed evidence that CAIR and its founders sought to lend backchannel support to Hamas.

In fact, “the Federal Bureau of Investigation has distanced itself from CAIR over the years,” according to the ADL. “In an April 2009 letter to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security, the FBI explained that it suspended contact with CAIR because of evidence introduced during the Holy Land Foundation trial, demonstrating that CAIR and its founders were part of a group set up by the Muslim Brotherhood to support Hamas.”

Additionally, in 2014, CAIR was placed on the United Arab Emirates’s terrorism list for alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood organization….

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  1. Bill says

    Jan 19, 2020 at 11:10 am

    Anyone know the whole list?

    • Amil Imani says

      Jan 19, 2020 at 11:17 am

      https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-16-at-1.01.11-PM.png

      • Bill says

        Jan 19, 2020 at 12:54 pm

        Awesome! Thank you!

      • gravenimage says

        Jan 19, 2020 at 9:36 pm

        Thank you, Amil.

    • Sally says

      Jan 19, 2020 at 11:24 am

      I think this is the list … https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-16-at-1.01.11-PM.png I found this link in the above article (100 letters)

      • Bill says

        Jan 19, 2020 at 12:54 pm

        Awesome thank you!

      • Westman says

        Jan 19, 2020 at 2:34 pm

        Just to show the importance of Ilhan Omar, she is listed twice, as 123 and 124.

        Noting from the number of Ohio reps on the list, they must have assumed that CAIR represents the Amish community. Maybe the others thought CAIR is an acronym for Citizens Avocating Islam’s Reformation.

        Other possibilities: Counseling Abbas Into Resigning? Condemning All Iranian Repression? CA is Republican?

        • MINAS says

          Jan 19, 2020 at 2:47 pm

          Some others are also listed twice

      • Minas says

        Jan 19, 2020 at 2:52 pm

        Sorry I made a mistake, I meant to say that there’s a couple of other POS listed twice besides Omar

    • mccode says

      Jan 19, 2020 at 12:58 pm

      Any member of Congress who has endorsed this subversive association is beyond contemptible.

      No surprise that Adam Schiff is leading the parade.

      Vote out every DemoCrap in the next election.

    • b.a. freeman says

      Jan 20, 2020 at 1:09 am

      Bill, if U go to https://clarionproject.org/heres-a-list-of-100-members-of-congress-supporting-cair/, there is a link in red near the top of story (which says to click on it to get the list) which gets U a PDF of all the letters and a complete list. that link is https://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/1002-2018-letters-of-support-for-cair.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2mxf6l8wAHxraM-MXMleASED7XXlwVTZbkq5wwtDTm7H5dD9z93WotF9g
      .

      • gravenimage says

        Jan 20, 2020 at 8:51 pm

        Thanks.

    • Jule Bacal says

      Jan 20, 2020 at 1:49 am

      How does Homeland Security let this happen? Who is doing their job? I really cannot understand this. Can’t they bring out the publications where they laugh behind our backs (and right in our faces) at how naive we are?

    • Prebangian says

      Jan 20, 2020 at 6:04 pm

      The whole list in on the Clarion Project web site.
      Clarionproject.org

    • Sons of Liberty says

      Jan 20, 2020 at 11:16 pm

      This is a blatant rejection of our CONSTITUTION by these members of Congress . Supporting an organization that seeks to make the United States an Islamic country ! That’s treason in my opinion.

  2. Ade Fegan says

    Jan 19, 2020 at 11:35 am

    Hmmm well 120 members of congress can’t be wrong can they ?

    • Honest Ali says

      Jan 19, 2020 at 12:37 pm

      Exactly! That is why nobody in government was wrong in Nazi Germany or in any of the Communists takeovers. Because when the majority of people are doing it, it is no longer wrong or evil! Isn’t that wonderful? 🙂

      • Rev. G says

        Jan 19, 2020 at 1:17 pm

        But fortunately their are 435 members of the house and 100 senators, so these slimebags are not near a majority

  3. WPM says

    Jan 19, 2020 at 11:42 am

    Robert Spencer should put the list on this website for us to see 120 ,5th columnist who are elected to represent us. If you are for a Jihadist outfit (CAIR) you are not for America or democracy anywhere in the world. In the 1920s democrats in the south back the KKK to get votes in 2020 democrats back Islamic jihadist(CAIR) to get votes.

  4. WPM says

    Jan 19, 2020 at 11:47 am

    If they are any Republics on this list they should also be exposed as backing a supremist group .Rinos should consider leaving the party if they are so weak willed to backing a racist, terrorist supporting group as CAIR.

  5. Moshe says

    Jan 19, 2020 at 12:00 pm

    The strong and sophisticated Jewish community of Cleveland proudly supports progressive Democratic leaders Rep. Marcia Fudge and Sen. Sherrod Brown. Yes, it is unfortunate that they recently signed this letter to CAIR–but please understand that to make an issue of this would markedly undermine the Cleveland Jewish community’s key influence and access in Washington.

    Except for this letter and other minor questions (such support of President Obama’s Iran Deal, opposition to Bibi’s controversial anti-Deal speech to Congress and big-tent welcome of AOC and the Squad), it is surely the better part of valor for the Jewish Federation to be understanding of the unavoidable political obligations and practical constraints that face and constrain well-intended political leaders like Rep. Fudge and Sen. Brown.

    This is what respect for diversity and inclusion means in the real world. Rep. Fudge and Sen. Brown look to CAIR as an interlocutor for inter-faith dialogue. We need to be part of the conversation.

    • Rev. G says

      Jan 19, 2020 at 1:20 pm

      Of course! Capitulate until the really take your heads. Just be sure not to offend them when they prepare to smite your necks.

    • Lynn Gorse says

      Jan 19, 2020 at 4:12 pm

      I find their support of CAIR, of Obama’s Iran deal, etc., is contemptible . As Jews, they are a disgrace to their religion and history. They are not real Jews in my eyes.

    • elee says

      Jan 19, 2020 at 6:41 pm

      Sorry, Moshe, go read up and find out which world leader subsidized Hassan al-Banas founding of the Muslim Brotherhood, for which CAIR stands recruits and shills. When they burn every antisemitic verse out of their scripture maybe you might see fit to discuss the remaining three pages with them. These are not people that you or I should engage in any unarmed conversation. -tu

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 19, 2020 at 9:45 pm

      More trolling from “Moshe”…

      • Moshe says

        Jan 19, 2020 at 10:03 pm

        “It’s emmis.”

        The institutional wisdom of the Cleveland Jewish community speaks for itself.

    • Giacomo Latta says

      Jan 20, 2020 at 10:05 am

      Thank you for the course in gullibility.

  6. Mary Ahrweiler says

    Jan 19, 2020 at 12:15 pm

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE look at the above list and if your rep is on it, write them and give them HELL for this! Then vote them out! Tell everyone you know to do the same! This is shameful and treasonous given CAIR’s motives and tactics! Enough already!

  7. Niemoller says

    Jan 19, 2020 at 1:44 pm

    This list should be considered an active list of politicians to indict for aiding and abetting jihad terrorism. Where are the good lawyers to do this?

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 19, 2020 at 9:46 pm

      Most of these useful idiots probably swallow the Taqiyya that CAIR is a “civil rights” group.

  8. James Lincoln says

    Jan 19, 2020 at 2:21 pm

    All of the 120 members of Congress who support CAIR should be “called out”.

    They are either:

    Misinformed and believe that CAIR is a muslim civil rights organization. They should all be sent a link to this Jihad Watch feature article, for starters.

    Know the truth about CAIR – and are aiding and abetting jihad terrorism. Criminal charges need to be brought against them.

  9. gravenimage says

    Jan 19, 2020 at 9:40 pm

    More than 120 members of Congress issue letters of support to Hamas-linked CAIR
    ………………….

    Except for a few actual fifth columnists like Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, most of these are clueless dhimmi tools, including my own useless representative.

  10. Linda Goudsmit says

    Jan 20, 2020 at 5:13 am

    There are three reasons why 120 members of Congress support terror-tied CAIR. 1. Antisemitism 2. Corruption 3. Stupidity. All three reasons make them unfit to serve a free and sovereign United States of America. If these members of Congress hate America they are free to live in another country. If they embrace sharia law they are free to move to an Islamic country. If they are too stupid, corrupt, or antisemitic to know that they are participating in the destruction of America they should be voted out of office while Americans still have the right to vote – particularly Jewish voters. 118 of the 120 members are Democrats. Jewish support for Democrats is suicidal. The Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR are terrorist organizations that pose an existential threat to freedom in every Western society where they operate. Obama invited them in. It is time for President Trump to throw them out by formally identifying and declaring the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR terrorist organizations.

    • freenarketfilly says

      Jan 20, 2020 at 8:54 pm

      Very well said. Too many Americans are fooled by CAIR. They are dangerous to our liberty and Constitution.

  11. Albert Botros says

    Jan 20, 2020 at 9:50 am

    That proves those members have no idea about CAIR (who they are and what they are doing in USA and western countries)
    That also assures me that Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler and others are implementing Muslims Brotherhood agenda in USA. It also makes it very clear that those people are not caring about USA and its future. But only caring about Muslims votes
    If Adam Schiff and his gang of Democrats do not understand what CAIR and its many organizations are doing in USA and what their goals are. It is easy, I can teach them because I am originally from EGYPT where the Muslims Brotherhood Organization started in 1928. I can tell them about their bloody history and their final goal in the west and in the whole world. Muslims Brotherhood and its omany organizations around the world are considered a “TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS” in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Emirates
    This letter from Schiff to CAIR makes it very clear:
    1 – he has no idea about CAIR at all
    2 – he does not care about America and its future
    That letter is very shameful
    By the way: Muslims Brotherhood Organization Bribes many politicians and even presidents in many countries around the world. Most of protests against President Trump are funded by them with protesters and money. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Taliab & Keith Rlusdon are the first step of the success of Muslims Brotherhood in USA. Linda Sarsour is a Muslim Brotherhood leader
    In general: Myslims and Muslims Brotherhood do not like USA. But they want to take over of USA to start the caliphate and implement their Islamic sharia. If we do not stand firmly and USA considers MUSLIMS BROTHERHOOD A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, then we should not blame other, but only ourselves if we (God forbid) lost our country
    Wake up Americans before it is too late. Our enemy is in our back yard

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 20, 2020 at 8:53 pm

      A few like Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are much worse than ignorant.

  12. ralph g says

    Jan 20, 2020 at 8:43 pm

    I refer to Democrats simply as “traitors”. Hardly a day passes that they don’t prove me right.

    Ralph

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