It is extremely unlikely that any member of the St. Paul City Council knows or cares that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), erroneously referred to in the article below as the Council on Islamic Relations, 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 “Honest Ibe” 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.
St. Paul City Council is also here accepting as accurate the highly tendentious and propagandistic version of events in Kashmir that Hamas-linked CAIR and its allies fed them. Did they bother to consider seriously the concerns of the Hindu groups who protested? Almost certainly not. To have done so would have been “Islamophobic.”
“St. Paul City Council approves measure declaring Indian government Islamophobic,” by Joey Peters, Sahan Journal, May 20, 2020 (thanks to Henry):
After delaying a vote for two weeks, the St. Paul City Council approved a measure denouncing India’s prime minister and ruling political party for its “Islamophobic” and “exclusionary ideology.”
While gaining support from organizations like the Minnesota chapter of the Council on Islamic Relations [sic], World Without Genocide at Mitchell Hamline School of Law and Amnesty International, the measure drew opposition from groups like the Hindu American Foundation, the India Association of Minnesota and the Alliance for Persecuted Peoples Worldwide.
The symbolic resolution passed on a 5-0 vote with Council President Amy Brendmoen and Council Member Chris Tolbert abstaining. Both cited the complex nature of political affairs in India and the amount of concern they heard from members of the local Indian American community, but also the council’s “shared values” that oppose discrimination against religious minorities.
“I am not ready to vote for this today, but I certainly don’t want to vote against it,” Brendmoen said.
Tolbert said his office had received 1,400 emails on the matter and that he didn’t have enough time to absorb the issue and talk to enough people to hear their concerns. At the same time, he said he didn’t want to downplay an issue of international human rights….
TruthSeeker says
Shame on the St Paul city council that has caved in to pressure from the CAIR. How many of these people have ever visited an Islamic country called Pakistan where Muslims who are not Sunni get persecuted. Where is CAIR on that? What a planned agenda by the Islamists to defame India and deflect attention away from the real aim to Islamize India. They call it Ghazwa e hind
revereridesagain says
At this point, is anyone really surprised at what goes on in the Islamic Republic of Minnesota?
sweetolbob says
St. Paul ; Isn’t that the very same city where the Mayor and the Chief of Police took smarmy bows and accepted all manners of congratulations for pushing forward the inclusion of a knob headed Somali to their police force, gave him a badge and a gun………. and he murdered a woman trying to report a disturbance.
THAT ST. PAUL ? They are the best at accepting congratulations from filthy muslims. Looks like they’re at it again.
OTTER says
Here you go again.
That word ‘Islamophobia’ must be dealt with. It is the most powerful weapon in the world. And since when did cities become involved in international diplomacy?
The hands of the Indian government are tied because they obviously cannot expose the continued support of the locals for jihad as they are indian citizens. And the same vicious anti India propaganda is going on in the UK masterminded by the left and Muslims.
There was an ethnic cleansing of Hindus in 1989 which nobody talks about.
The root problem is that there is a strong pacifist streak in Hindus which leads them to think that only surrendering and accommodation is the honorable way ahead.
When one side is committed to endless war and the other side does not want war at all, the outcome seems rather predictable. This is what has forced the Americans out of Afghanistan. Endless war.
It is so sad that India is going to pay unless India wakes up.
Mahesh Iyer says
My village Gurugram has declared St. Paul City Council as Hinduphobic by a symbolic resolution of 5-0 vote. So what?
LB says
LMAO! 😀 Me and my five buddies have voted, after a couple of 12 packs, 5-0 in favor of proclaiming the state of Minnesota an islamic terrorist entity. I expect the UN to contact us on how to proceed any day now 🙂
LB says
Whoops, that should be me and my FOUR buddies. Math is hard 😀
sweetolbob says
There is no such thing as islamophobia. That is a professional sounding word,created by some semi literate raghead to allow the filthy muslims to attain a permanent state of victimhood.
Anyone who listens to their “Death to America” and “Sharia For All” preachings by their “holey” men can realize the true meaning of islamophobia.
There is nothing wrong with hating something that has sworn to kill or enslave you!
Vijendra Agarwal says
It is good to note that there are folks like you who believe in the truth and not just in a politically engineered resolution colored by Hamas-linked CAIR ideology. What behooved me that the members of the City Council were so blinded and did not even care about the depth of the matter. Many Hindus here in the Twin Cities wrote and contacted the Counculors but they had blinders. I have been troubled since the resolution surfaced and then passed. Here are my own views. https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/global-consequences-of-saint-paul-city-council-anti-caa-resolution
gravenimage says
Keep writing them, Vijendra. You may get a few to take a look at what they actually voted for.
Merri-joy says
I live overseas & I have emailed the Council President voicing my disgust at the Council’s actions!
gravenimage says
Good for you!
Merri-joy says
Vijendra Agarwal, we are with you the Hindu’s of Minesota! As a Christian I condemn the actions of the Council who have made such a wicked pronouncement!
Why have they not condemned CAIR as a ” unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case” ????
Why have they not condemned CAIR for it’s Hinduphobia, it’s Jewaphobia, it’s Christaphobia, it’s Homophobia, it’s Non-Muslimaphobia?????
Why has the Council not condemned the LIES that are spread as taught in the Quran?
God bless you Vijendra!
US says
Thanks so much for speaking up and from the heart..I cant believe this is the USA, the land I have been comfortable living for the last 2 decades and people have been nothing but kind..I have not missed India because of that. and now this rude shock from St Paul MN City Council is echoing far and wide among Indian Americans across the US. When the US and India are becoming stronger friends and allies, here is a county perhaps giving the message to its Indian Americans that they r not that loved or that important , and St Paul Would rather cater to CAIR and its Islamic Ideologies in Minnesota. This is sad and frightening at same Time. Indian Americans know all too well from this type of action, as Muslim invaders resorted to such tactics and more when they invaded and plundered India, and took over control of India for 800 years. They still thrw tantrums in India against Hindus as they continue to dream they r still the Rulers over HIndus and Hindus are their slaves..While outside India they pull out their Victim card. Thanks for speaking out about this move.
US says
Thank you for publishing this within a week of meaningless resolution. The CAA law amendment passed by India actually protects religious minorities in Pakistan Bangladesh Afghanistan, who are burnt down, starved, killed raped, threated with barbaric torture if they dont convert to Islam. There is about 40,000 such human beings Indian Government wants to gie Indian Citizenship because of Religious Persecution in these 3 neighboring countries. When Muslim majority countries torture Non Muslims, why should a law that aims at rescuing these folks, also include Muslims to be brought from these 3 countries into India? It would be like rescuing Persecuted Jews and also demanding that Hitler also be rescued along with them. The City Council members were compromised to unbelievable levels. It is very sad to see this happening in America, the land of The Just and country which stands up for Human rights. The CAA law upholds Human Rights of Religious Minorities, exactly what the St Paul City Council voted against. There is no mention of Women, LGBT in this Law which treats all Refugees the same. In fact this Indian Government Passed a Law decriminalising Homosexuality by abolishing IPC 377. This same Indian Government which St Paul MN city Council shows in the worst light, also abolished Triple Talaq, by which Muslim men can divorce their wives by simply Uttering the word “Talaq” 3 times. Or even texting so. India abolished this Triple Talaq Rule which even archaic Pakistan does not. Why is St Paul MN in the US, show itself in such poor light, siding with Radical Islamists and Democrats who have lost their way about True American spirits and passing Resolutions about matters in distant India, and not able to understand. This is a major security concern issue for St Paul MN City by passing resolutions siding with Plans of International Terror groups.
Vijendra Agarwal says
Impressive how much you know what is happening in India, the largest democracy and proudly very tolerant of all religious groups. CAIR’s association with Jihad in itself makes CAIR suspect but the City Council in Saint Paul totally ignored it. The City of Saint Paul should have never gone out on the limb to be associated with CAIR. Let us continue to condemn that association.
GreekEmpress says
Mr. Agarwal,
Your article was excellent and a much needed response to the St. Paul resolution, and I support your community 100%.
gravenimage says
Good post, US.
Fred Middleton says
That should really worry India, like they even know St Paul exists.
Giacomo Latta says
It is a trait of those elected at the municipal level that they are now big players in the big leagues. Thus, they feel obliged to pontificate on world affairs instead of filling potholes ad fixing backed-up sewer lines and other such municipal issues.
Agostino Armo Pellegrini says
The one encouraging thing about this news item, local muslims had to go all the way to India to get a story. I say “local” because Minnesota is my territory. It’s a great state with a lot of good and welcoming people, and that’s a problem for CAIR’s slanderous approach to human relations. They couldn’t drum up anything locally against the people who welcomed them with every kind of support and aid, so let’s shine a light on India 10,000 miles away. You’d think if muslims are so discriminated against they’d have more to say about what’s happening locally, but that would require more lies and half-truths to support phantom islamophobia. And I gotta wonder, why is the St Paul council so concerned about India? Don’t they have enough on their hands with local affairs and politics? Well they answer is obvious, CAIR’s propaganda machine is in full swing, influencing local leaders into acting indignant about India’s justified response to the islamic threat. It’s also a chance to maintain an atmosphere of hyper-sensitivity about muslims, even though more sensitivity is due the victims of muslim rape and violence worldwide. Hindu’s and Indians in general are wonderful people, that’s my observation and experience. We have a huge Hindu temple near my home, I welcome them and their beliefs wholeheartedly. If the council wants to travel the world looking for injustices then I gotta a huge list of muslim criminality that would clean your supremacist clock. Minnesota will be the first to fall to islam’s Nazi-like ideology, I’m quite sure of this The mass terror and crimes they do against us “infidels” bolsters my claim beyond doubt, at least to fair minded and objective thinking people.
gravenimage says
And even going all the way to India for a story CAIR had to mischaracterize it.
Agostino Armo Pellegrini says
I give you a huge BINGO! for that one, Graven.
gravenimage says
Thank you, Agostino.
DHazard says
The enemy of my enemy …. The never stated outright but undeniable (and undue) respect liberals afford Muslims is not reciprocated. Islamists prefer U.S. Democrats over Republicans because of all the liberal, leftist or Marxist Democrats who view their own country as needing to be “reigned in”, and are all about the oppressed minorities suffering at the hands of the privileged, white oppressors. They play into each other’s hands and would gravitate towards one another at a cocktail party.
Agostino Armo Pellegrini says
“They play into each other’s hands and would gravitate towards one another at a cocktail party…”
…or a hanging, of anyone who dare defend freedom against islam’s tyrannical ways.
Well said.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Up here in Minnesota we take pride in how good the snow plowing is. In fact, you really can’t run an economy here without it. Several years ago St Paul earned a reputation for very poor snow plowing, so bad it could takes days for a side street to get cleared. That happened, oh, about the time that a team of St Paul Public school teachers held a multi-day seminar on Islam, even forcing students to wear the garb. The seminar praised Islam, and failed to cover any of its negative facts.
revereridesagain says
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!!
Beverly says
Islamists should no more be allowed in our govt than communists or socialists. In fact is more heinous than communism or socialism. It is a totalitarian ideology that relegates women as second class citizens and property, while children have no rights whatsoever. It also calls for the overthrow of the US Govt and the implementation of Sharia.
Mk says
You right. But let us focus on our political leaders, both republican and Democrat , who take bribes from islamists and Saudi Arabia. So does wall street, all universities , etc.
Follow the money but because of this money, average Americans will lose
PRCS says
Islam does not call for the overthrow of the U.S. Government.
Its goal is the replacement of ALL non-Islamic governments with Islamic law: the sharia; and Allah’s slaves are very persistent.
The U.S. cannot prevent that from happening in other nations, but we can prevent it here.
‘Can’ being the operative word.
Wellington says
Demonstrating again that the ultimate problem is not Islam itself, though a huge problem it surely is, but rather it is massive ignorance of Islam’s many nefarious, control-freak designs which are stupidly defended ad nauseam by non-Muslims who know next to nothing about Islam (e.g. Pope Francis—and respecting whom I reject the idea that he is complicit in Islam’s designs; no he isn’t, he is “just” monumentally oblivious of Islam’s ultimate goals, though he has zero excuse for being so and thus eternal shame on this man).
In brief, ignorance is more of a menace to mankind than iniquity. Improper and fallacious characterizations of Islam prove this hypothesis overwhelmingly.
After all, evil treated as something not evil is the “ultimate negative” for the human race. Exculpation of Islam comes to mind. So do Nazism and Marxism (which had many apologists and still do).
N.B., I often place Islam in the same category with Nazism and Marxism since all three are control-freak ideologies which represent inveterate enemies of liberty. I feel myself fully justified in doing so.
ronit says
This is exactly the real problem is i.e. Ignorance. Despite the non-stop butchering of Hindus in India for the last 800 yrs you will still find most of the Hindus behaving as if Muslims are just like other human beings and Islam is just another religion. Islamists are expert in psychological warfare and in India Bollywood(hindi film industry) which produces around 2500 movies/year is their biggest weapon to brainwash Hindus, in almost all of these movies people are made to believe that Muslims are the nicest people in the world and they even make movies where they portray Muslim terrorists and muslim invaders who killed millions of people, as Heroes… and all this is done in the name of ‘freedom of expression’ anyone raging their voice against it will be called a ‘fascist’ and an ‘islamophobe.’
James Lincoln says
Shouldn’t the St. Paul City Council be solely concerned about the affairs of St. Paul, Minnesota?
gravenimage says
Quite a number of cities are known for their pointless virtue-signalling. Only good thing is that they have no actual power in these circumstances.
Wellington says
True and true, gravenimage.
gravenimage says
Minnesota: Hamas-linked CAIR succeeds in pushing St. Paul City Council to declare government of India “Islamophobic”
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Do these dhimmi fools on the St. Paul City Council realize that this law is just to protect non-Muslims from being persecuted and murdered in Muslim nations by offering them Indian citizenship? So now trying to prevent Muslims from murdering unbelievers is “Islamophobic”?
OF course, I doubt any of these clueless stooges realize what they are actually voting for.
OTTER says
If Americans elect a person like Ilhan Omar they are lost. If Americans elect Joe Biden, they are lost. Expect the number of Muslims in this country to increase dramatically and along with that the repulsive practice of female genital mutilation.
It was pointed out above the real problem is the ignorance about the real nature of Islam. I have been having a nagging suspicion that this death cult is ‘lucky.’
How else can you account for the fact that it has managed to fool so many people for so long and those who are outside it have a very benign view of it?
Is mankind destined to end at the hands of this disease?
According to the projections by Pew Research , they will be the largest religion in 2035. Then all bets are off. There will be worldwide dhimmitude worse than what you’re living under right now. Expect the second half of the 21st-century and the 22nd century to be medieval
We reading JW now will all be dead but think about our children and our children’s children.
How can they be stopped and defeated? There seems to be no answer.
gravenimage says
Islam needs to be exposed for what it is. That is the main purpose of Jihad Watch, and something we can all work on.
James Lincoln says
Yes, gravenimage, websites like Jihad Watch do a fantastic job exposing islam. I’m not sure how many people regularly visit the website, but I’m sure that it is fairly significant. But, unfortunately, not enough to make a huge difference in the mind of the overall general public.
The mainstream media, controlled by liberals – and even a few outright leftists – are still controlling the narrative about islam. As we all know, they report what influential imams and islam / muslim apologists say – which always whitewashes islam and portrays it in a positive light. Not only that, but they, e.g. SPLC, portray websites like Jihad Watch as a website for hateful right wing Islamophobic / xenophobic conspiracy theorists – where nothing could be further from the truth.
If the mainstream media journalists conducted due diligence and provided accurate, truthful reporting about islam, there would be no need for websites like Jihad Watch.
But you knew that already…
gravenimage says
James, I know that thousands more read here than post comments.
Wellington says
Here’s a sanguine prognostication: Islam’s greatest enemy is Islam itself. It can’t help revealing how vile and stupid it is the more it is, as gravenimage mentioned to you, exposed, which is happening increasingly by the year. Just ponder, for example, how many people have a negative view of Islam who didn’t just twenty years ago.
Don’t forget that the night is darkest right before the dawn. Long term I see liberty prevailing and not Islam. Freedom, after all, is very tough and aligned with truth in a way no decrepit system of thought is.
gravenimage says
Hear, hear, Wellington!
James Lincoln says
+1
ronit says
Muslims are expert in Psychological warfare. Despite the non-stop butchering of Hindus in India for the last 800 yrs you will still find most of the Hindus behaving as if Muslims are just like other human beings and Islam is just another religion. As i said, Islamists are expert in psychological warfare and in India Bollywood(hindi film industry) which produces around 2500 movies/year is their biggest weapon to brainwash Hindus, in almost all of these movies people are made to believe that Muslims are the nicest people in the world and they even make movies where they portray Muslim terrorists and muslim invaders who killed millions of people, as Heroes… and all this is done in the name of ‘freedom of expression’ anyone raging their voice against it will be called a ‘fascist’ and an ‘islamophobe.’
cantbelieve says
Amy Brendmoen and Chris Tolbert showed some logical approach by realizing the complex nature of the topic of the resolution. I would have really loved them voting “against” this CAIR and radical Islamists orchestrated resolution. That begs the question: were other 5 council members so intelligent that they so quickly grasped the history of Indian subcontinent for at the least last 1,000 years Islamic conquests slaughtered, converted, enslaved, raped Hindus again and again? I guess “they were” as they turned the blind eye to the outcry of hard working, professional, well-educated, engineers, doctors, entrepreneurs and professional Minnesotan Hindus who pleaded with them to table the resolution or vote against it. They have shown those constituents exactly where the Democratic party stands. If the focus of the resolution was a cold calculation to get Joe Biden Muslim votes, they may have achieved the objective. However, this resolution would turn every Hindu voter away, in Minnesota and rest of the 49 states, who have traditionally voted for democrats. In 2016, Hilary Clinton won by 1.52% or 44,765 votes. Well, I would not be surprised if in 2020, Minnesota is a Trump country
Well done St. Paul City council, you have sided with Radical Islam, given huge voice to Hamas linked CAIR, and most importantly advocated blocking refuge to the harassed, raped, murdered Hindus, Christians, Buddhists or Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan while siding with illegal, undocumented Jihadis to enter India and wreak havoc by engineering numerous terrorist violence. Saddening
Relic says
“Islamophobic”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35br-tDHnrQ
OREN WYSOCKI says
Islam is as close to racism as you are going to find on this earth. Even hitler thought it was the best. Government mandated race laws, are nothing compare to G-d the creator of the universe commanding your people to violently attack and oppress every man woman on earth, till they recognize the arab hashomites as the chosen leaders of G-d. While forcing them to give arabs equal access to your women, unless your black. In G-d I trust.
James says
I grew up in St. Paul. I always thought it was a normal city in a normal state. One of the most normal. Garrison Keillor ran his popular Prairie Home Companion from downtown St. Paul, in the last decades from the Fitzgerald Theater. What has happened to my normal city and state? Now it seems we are a hotbed of Islamic fanaticism, with Ilhan Omar in Minneapolis and Keith Ellison and now this. What happened to the normal St. Paul of my childhood? Where is the normal Minnesota and St. Paul that I grew up in, along with thousands or millions of other normal Minnesota residents? How have these fanatics taken so much influence.
I think it might have something to do with history. In the 30s when there was a big black migration to the North, Minnesota was not a destination. Perhaps the leftists are making up for this by bringing in Islamist fanatics and sharia adherents to punish the people for their past. A lot of Scandinavians settled in Minnesota, and perhaps they have the same self-destructive tendencies that caused Sweden to become the rape capital of Europe through Muslim mass immigration. Otherwise I cannot imagine the embrace of Ilhan Omar or Islamist groups. Is not America the land that wants to defend Jews and Israel from destruction? There are two Jewish cemeteries within a mile or two of my childhood home in St. Paul. Where is the commitment to the Jews?
sweetolbob says
James:
What happened to your nice, Mid-Western city was a cancer upon the United States, named obama*. He deliberately planted pods of supposed refugees from Somalia in under populated areas where they soon became the majority voice. This was his most successful endeavor of his presidency and may prove to be the most harmful to our Nation. We would not have the waste of Omar and Tlab without his direct efforts. He used his half black identity to bamboozle black voters into believing that he was anything but an islamic shill !
Now, the filthy muslims have collected (or bought and paid for) a group of castrated mini-politicians who do their bidding.
That’s what happened to that nice, situation comedy, patriotic American city.
Resolute Dreams says
James, you are right to be concerned. The whole 7 county Twin Cities area and more so the Hennepin and Ramsey county are being taken over of Islamist-Leftist-Liberals. This resolution targeting people of Indian origin (read Hindus) is a supported by CAIR and their sympathizers. The Minnesota nice still lives but not as much in the metro areas with Ilhan Omar, and Keith Ellison and so many Islamist terrorist cases found to be having a strong Minneapolis/St. Paul connection: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120709855
Great city, great state, great people but this Islamic cancer is spreading fast, unfortunately 🙁 The pathetic state is that the politicians are acting most irresponsibly fanning the fire like those 5 council members who voted for this resolution without understanding what is at stake and shutting out voice of reason. I would ask them to say what they have to say this poor soul who was focibly converted to Islam:
Pakistan Hindu woman Rinkle Kumari ‘forced to marry’
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-17272943
mortimer says
Jihadists are at war against Hindu-majority India. The Indians are defending themselves.
Chrissie01 says
and have been for almost one thousand years, unnoticed by the West.
Khushi says
If India were actually islamophobic, the muslim population of India would not be growing in leaps and bounds the way it is. Compare that to the vanishing Hindu population in pakistan and bangladesh which has gone from low to abysmally low.
gravenimage says
So true. The non-Muslim population of Pakistan and Bangladesh has been almost wiped out, but the Muslim population in India continues to grow.
David says
This is all part of the islamic plan, which is spreading like a malignant cancer. Will civilisation wake up before it is too late?
Vijendra Agarwal says
Many great comments about the Jihadi character of ICAR and how they managed to mesmerize in getting the Saint Paul councilors to sing their song sacrificing their responsibility of objectivity, impartiality, and neutrality as elected representative for the good of our collective community. The question is where do we go from where? We must continue this kind of campaign holding them responsible and shaming them for their bad “karma.” I have another article which appeared today: https://www.pgurus.com/a-doomsday-for-democracy-in-saint-paul-mn/#comments
I was wondering how many folks who commented are willing to participate in peaceful demonstrations if we were to organize here in Saint Paul. We have to push back on the Council to rescind the resolution and save the City an embarrasement. The City must hear loud and clear that their first and foremost responsibility is to the local folks but if they want to be the United Nations, they must present the facts and if necessary, pass a resolution condemning religious minority persecution everywhere including what was justifiably done by the United States under Lautenberg Law. While respecting the COVID 19 rules, it is my view that we can possibly make an impact. You can write here if you were interested or send an email at agarwalvj@gmail.com. If we want to rid of Jihadi ideology and the terrorism globally, we must speak and act with one voice in one step. Any thoughts will be appreciated.
DickChow Mehta says
Haha, you guys should just go drink cows’ urine. All problems will be solved.