On four recent occasions, Razi Hashmi CAIR's director in Oklahoma has skirted the truth about, well, CAIR.
On or about January 22, 2010, Hashmi was interviewed on OETA. He was asked a question about the reputation of CAIR's national headquarters in Washington, D.C. Hashmi bragged how highly credible and reputable CAIR was (see video clip below). The newscaster did a poor job of follow-through since there are volumes of damaging documents about CAIR from which he could have continued the questioning.
CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas terror funding trial and named in U.S. vs. Benkahla as founded by members of the Muslim Brotherhood who conspired with other affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood to support terrorists.(page 58 at the bottom). The FBI severed ties with them and several congresssional members have called for an investigation. It has been reported CAIR National hasn't filed their taxes since 2006. Furthermore, CAIR withdrew a lawsuit after they failed to provide information about their financial backers (CAIR vs. Andrew Whitehead). A lawsuit by CAIR Canada was also withdrawn.
Following a public protest organized by Oklahomans Against CAIR Hate on the 23rd of January at the University of Oklahoma Hashmi distance himself from CAIR and said we are the Oklahoma Chapter of CAIR. In a News 6 interview, he said the evidence is a bunch of lies that have been fueled by the Internet. And, when he was asked by Dr. Bruce Prescott about specifics of the lies made against CAIR, Hashmi generalized that whole problem was caused by the extreme right wing fringe.
We need to keep the pressure on because the truth is important.
OETA video clip :
Update 2/23/10: Recent CAIR board member deported for lying about Hamas association!
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