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Open Letter to Oklahoma Conference of Churches who sponsored a CAIR fund-raiser

note:  a similar letter was emailed to Dr. Tabbernee  earlier this week.  He did not give me the courtesy of a reply.

April 11, 2012

Rev. Dr. William Tabbernee

Executive Director

Oklahoma Conference of Churches

301 Northwest 36th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73118

Dear Rev.Tabbernee:

 I read in a CAIR Oklahoma announcement your church coalition was one of the sponsors for their banquet on March 31st held at the Oklahoma City Marriott. 

 

Oklahoma Conference of Churches table at CAIR Oklahoma fundraising banquet.  Photo source: CAIR Oklahoma facebook page.

I want to express my strong concern the Oklahoma Conference of Churches used money to help finance/support a fund-raising eventfor a chapter of an organization started by leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood's Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP).  One of those former IAP leaders, Nihad Awad, is their National Executive Director who has been in this position from its inception.  He has been to Oklahoma in support of the Oklahoma chapter.

CAIR raised around $120,000 which was short of their goal. It looked like the people were encouraged to send their pledge to CAIR National based on this photo.  Perhaps, I'm wrong although the number is a DC exchange where CAIR National offices is located. Coincidence?  Maybe. CAIR OK praised the local Imam: "We also want to designate a special appreciation to our event's inspirational speaker, Imam Imad Enchassi, for helping us raise funds." Imam Enchassi prayed last year on his Facebook wall his desire the Middle East would unite as it was before WW1 with no borders under Divine guidance.  This means he's hoping for a new Islamic supremacist caliphate to emerge in the region.  Oh, the ramifications for the world should this happen. Yet, this is the goal of Islamists.  Is Imam Enchassi's Islamist wish something you support?  Would he discuss his hopes openly at an interfaith meeting if this was brought to his attention, Dr. Tabbernee?

 

Imam Enchassi also made it clear what the Islamic view of other religions are which was highlighted with a specific Quranic verse to help explain the consequences of believing in a false religion which is in writing on the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City website:

"If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah-(God)) never will It be accepted of Him" (The Qur'an 3:85)

I'm sure he's not quite that candid at local interfaith gatherings.  I find these statements worrisome because they are about Islamic supremacy which is the cornerstone of Islamism.  The tweet below by CAIR's Muneer Awad about the FBI is appalling.

These are but a few of the worrisome statements I've read over the last few years as I've studied Islamism.  The good news is there are a growing number of American Islamic groups that are speaking out against Islamic supremacy (Islamism).  Twenty of them have formed a coalition called the American Islamic Leadership Coalition.  CAIR and like-minded groups are currently on a mission to try derail the recent appointment of one of its key leaders, Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.  Some CAIR directors have called him an Uncle Tom, blamed him for creating a climate of MURDER in the death of an Iraqi women in California, even though evidence appears to be leading investigators to look into family problems.

My fear is your organization may not pay attention to the words and actions of CAIR and its supporters over time that are made outside of interfaith gatherings.  Perhaps, I'm wrong but this is my impression.

There are many, many other ways to show support for the fine Oklahoma Muslim community we have outside of CAIR, who wants to speak for ALL Muslims and gets really bent if other Muslim leaders dare.  Considering the support provided by the Oklahoma Conference of Churches a fundraiser for CAIR, I will find a church charity or cause that aren't associated with your organization which I will help support and promote. I also plan to inform other Oklahomans to the best of my ability.

Sincerely,  

Brandi L. Eave

a concerned Oklahoman

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Also see:

 

Oklahoma Conference of Churches members 

CAIR Oklahoma Exposed

Islamic Circle of North America: Islam is not just a religion. Islam is everything!

A recent tweet from the Islamic Circle of North America sure speaks volumes about Islamism, doesn't it?

CAIR Minnesota: Best Buy is the Platinum Sponsor for 2012 Banquet!

As you can read, a chapter of the highly controversial Islamist group CAIR posted an announcement that Best Buy was a key sponsor of their 2012 banquet on January 23rd.  But, what makes this so much worse was CAIR Minnesota's action last November, when they blasted two Muslims who spoke out about terror-recruiting that was going on in Minnesota!  Read CAIR Claims 2 Metro Somali Leaders are Anti-Muslim.  

Tulsa's Boston Avenue Methodist Church had classes about "myth-free" Islam

Dr. Bill Crowell, an associate pastor at the Boston Avenue Methodist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma has partnered with some of Oklahoma's most controversial Islamic leaders. 

(source CAIR OK)

Progressives join activist Muslims to belittle Lowes and anyone who disagrees!

Lowes hates Muslims?  That's one of the hastags used on twitter by Islamists and their partners on the left recently. Perhaps, though, if you dig a little deeper all this rhertoric is cover for something else; Christians must be stopped from pursuing a cause.  Too ridiculous?

(screenshot taken 12/16/11 at 10:30 am of tweet to me by Chris Lavoie, co-host and executive producer of the Stephanie Miller Show)

CAIR Oklahoma's youth activist training conference

ac·tiv·ism

1. the doctrine or practice of vigorous action or involvement as a means of achieving political or other goals, sometimes by demonstrations, protests, etc.  Dictionary.com

CAIR Oklahoma's "Youth Leadership Symposium" will be the weekend of July 29th at Oklahoma City University and at the Oklahoma State Capitol under the leadership of its director, Muneer Awad, the man who sued the state of Oklahoma over SQ 755, a constitutional amendment, which banned state courts from considering sharia in court decisions.  Awad sued to keep the court from preventing this from happening or, in other words, I suppose someone could say he wants the court to rule in favor of sharia.

CAIR California co-run post-war program funded by tax-payer grant!

The California chapter of unindicted co-conspirator CAIR, so named in the largest Hamas terror-funding case in U.S. history, co-runs a National Park program called Bridging Community that explores Muslim and Japanese students experience following two major attacks against America.  They may also possibly discuss how horribly government officials reacted after the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the World Trade Center was destroyed on 9/11 in its second attack.  Maybe I'm wrong here, but surely this helps feed CAIR's victimology beast and we are paying for it!  Ugh. The program was created three years ago by some Japanese Americans concerned about Muslims.

In a recent article about this program, there's a picture of CAIR's Zahra Billoo talking to these students.  Billoo is a frequent tweeter and describes herself as an anarchist Muslim on her twitter profile:

 

Sharia law panel: Ignorant Oklahomans were told what to think on SQ 755!

Ignorant Oklahomans were told what to think?  That's what I got out of a recent sharia law panel moderated by Rev. Bill Crowell of Boston Avenue Methodist Church.  Crowell is president of the Board of the Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, one of the sponsors of the "Islamic Agenda in Oklahoma" PR series.  Tulsa Community College was also listed as a sponsor. 

Will controversial Ingrid Mattson spin sharia law in Tulsa?

Ingrid Mattson is the immediate past president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and a current member of their executive council.  She will be speaking this Sunday in Tulsa at an "interfaith meeting" at the Grace Lutheran Church headed by Rev. Mason Beecroft about Islamic law:

“What Is Islamic Law (Shariah) and For Whom Does It Apply”

CAIR's strategic use of leftist pro-Islamist propaganda

CAIR Oklahoma tweeted today a link to article in the obscure Village Voice which slammed the viewing a documentary called the Third Jihad by the New York City Police counter-terrorism unit as anti-Muslim when the film is, in fact, about Islamic supremacy, its drive for power through non-violent political means, as well as violent methods.  It is not an attack against spiritual Islam.

Conflating Islamism as an attack against ALL Muslims is a deceptive political ploy used by CAIR, other Islamist groups and their leftists partners.  CAIR New York issued a press release:  CAIR Asks NYPD to Probe Use of Anti-Muslim Training Film  using the left-wing article to help prove their point.   CAIR-NY Board President Zead Ramadan compared "The Third Jihad" to past propaganda such as the Nazi-era film "Triumph of the Will" or "Birth of a Nation," which vilified African-Americans".

See how this works?

Watch part one of Third Jihad and judge for yourself.  It features my favorite anti-Islamism Muslim, Dr. Zuhdi Jasser (get to know him).  He was ostracized by the Muslim community in America.

CAIR Director Dawud Walid: federal government has chilling effect on Muslim freedom of religion!

Last night one of CAIR's most outspoken directors, Dawud Walid, out of their Michigan chapter participated in a religious freedom panel sponsored by the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice (ICPJ) held at the Ann Arbor District Library.  You know, the ACLU types.

CAIR California: "Build a Wall of Resistance" against FBI!

The far-left often join up with Islamists to agitate, pressure and litigate their causes against our government.  This activism seems to be increasing. 

CAIR Oklahoma and Muslim leaders scramble!

Muslim leaders in Oklahoma seem to be scurrying about as they try to mitigate some of the damage caused by CAIR's lawsuit initiated by Muneer Awad against the state over a new constitutional amendment, SQ 755, passed by 70% of Oklahomans that banned foreign and sharia laws from consideration in state courts.  

Oklahoma Islamic leaders fluffy PR campaign; The Islamic Agenda In Oklahoma

I've noticed significant outreach by some Muslim leaders this Christmas.  I even got an email from an Oklahoma City Imam whom I've criticized some of his actions, like when he called the Tea Party the KKK in drag.  Why would he reach out to me?  He's called my  blog a hate group because I call attention to their actions I find troubling and the man thinks I have a spy at his mosque.  And get this, in ending his message to me, right there under his signature, was a quote from the 2nd Islamic supremacist caliph, Omar.  If you are not familiar, Omar's armies of Islam seized control of Jerusalem, the center of the Christian world, at the time.  Nope, definitely not feeling the outreach there.

James Werrell; an Islamist's dream!

James Werrell is the opinion editor for the The Rock Hill Herald who wrote on November 23rd an article which was a veiled swipe at Oklahoma's SQ 755, which bans foreign and sharia laws from being considered by state judges, in Commentary: The 'Islamish invasion' has already started, published in the Bellingham Heard in Washington. 

CAIR and its partners vs. the FBI

The left and CAIR:

 

Chuck Guzak in "Who's Afraid of the Big-Bad Sharia" slams Oklahoma

Chuck Guzak blamed the right wing in Oklahoma for the passing of SQ 755 and fueling Islamophobia in his opinion article, Who's Afraid of Big-Bad Sharia in the Cornell Daily Sun today.  He argued that allowing Sharia courts in the U.S. would change nothing here. 

"Ikhwanophobia" features Muneer Awad of CAIR Oklahoma!

There's a fairly new website called Ikhwanophobia setup to expose those horrible people they claim have an irrational fear of members of the Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood and, of course, for good measure they extended that fear to all Muslims.  This Islamist website claims, among other things on their about page, that "Intimidation of the Muslim Brotherhood, of course, leads to many negative consequences that are contrary to basic human rights."

As you can see Muneer Awad of CAIR Oklahoma is featured on their home page today  (screen shot taken 11/15/10).  Standing next to him in support is Nathaniel Batchelder, the Director of the Peace House in Oklahoma City:

 

A link to Ikhwanophobia can be found on the official Muslim Brotherhood English language website (screen shot taken 11/15/2010):

CAIR was started by leaders of the Islamic Association of Palestine, an overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood.

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CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood and more... (a chronological listing of many of CAIR''s words and actions)

Oklahoma AG has a duty to its citizens to question motive of CAIR!

Muneer Awad, who has been on the job at CAIR Oklahoma for less than a month and who just graduated from law school last year, said sharia law is merely a religious guide and a religious freedom right.  Is that accurate?  To me, religious guidance is not the same thing as religious rulings/sharia law. I am unaware the U.S. has legally defined it, yet.   Many Islamic countries use sharia as the basis for all their laws, which includes the loss of religious freedom, an irony worth noting. 

Tap down the ignorance in Oklahoma; Rachel Maddow interviews Muneer Awad

Last night the new director of CAIR's chapter in Oklahoma, Muneer Awad, was on the low-rated leftist Rachael Maddow's show where he ripped Oklahoma politicians who authored or supported SQ 755 and claimed their campaign was one of misinformation designed to raise fear and disrespect of Muslims.  Before Maddow interviewed Awad she went over some of the hate mail CAIR claimed they received (how stupid can one be?).  Near the end of the video Awad said the campaign to pass SQ 755 was based on hate, VIOLENCE and fear. 

OU's Routes pushing Islam on heels of historic vote to ban sharia law!

 
Photo credit Kelly Marose for ROUTES

Routes is an college magazine that showcases work of college students relating to issues about Oklahoma run by the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma.

I was completely taken aback to see their front page and cultural section mainly devoted to Islam or Muslim victimhood. This includes a slide show of pictures where one featured a photo of a larger Quran next to a smaller Bible, pictured above.

Some of Routes latest articles presented a peaches and cream positive image of Islam, or of their victimhood.  All  ignored a move by Muslims leaders in Oklahoma to hookup with one of the most controversial Islamist organizations in the country, CAIR, which was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest Hamas terror-funding trial in U.S. history.

Their new director in Oklahoma sued the state this week to stop the will of the people in their historic vote to ban sharia law from being used in state court.  One of their article features Saad Mohammed, one of the two co-founders of CAIR Oklahoma but they didn't mention this at all.  Last summer, CAIR Oklahoma's board chair, Michael Aziz Gipson was charged with mortgage fraud and conspiracy.

Here are some of their recent articles:

November 5, 2010

Locals connect to community through giving back

An Oklahoman recalls childhood in Gaza Strip

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November 5, 2010

Oklahoma Muslim looks past criticism

Muslims coming together to turn negatives into positives

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November 5, 2010

Civil rights violations are becoming a growing concern among Muslims

Oklahomans speak about anti-Islamic sentiments

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video

November 5, 2010

Local Muslims voice opinions on New York mosque

Controversy rages in New York, but effects felt close to home

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video

November 5, 2010

"I am an American Muslim. I love my state. I love my country."

Find out how to get searched at the airport, guaranteed

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A hearing is scheduled for Monday before a judge appointed by President Clinton.

Muneer Awad's lawsuit against Oklahoma made on his "own Shariah-compliant will"

What is Shariah? Shariah is a dynamic legal framework derived from the Quran (Islam’s revealed text), the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad, the ongoing consensus of Islamic scholars, and analytical reasoning.  ---CAIR  

Below is a copy of the lawsuit filed today in Federal Court against the Oklahoma Election Board regarding a constitutional amendment passed by 70% of Oklahomans to not allow state courts to consider sharia or international law in the decades to come.  The individual suing is Muneer Awad the new director of CAIR Oklahoma.  He just recently moved to Oklahoma to assume the position.  Now he, and he alone,  wants to stop the election board from certifying the election result for SQ 755.

(photo credit peacearena.org)

In CAIR's press release it stated in part:

"...At a news conference today in the State Capitol Building, CAIR-OK Executive Director Muneer Awad said he has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court -- Western District Of Oklahoma as an individual seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to prevent final certification of the amendment by the Oklahoma State Board of Elections.

Awad's lawsuit, which is based on his own Shariah-compliant will, says SQ 755 violates the First Amendment's Establishment Clause that bars government bodies from making laws "respecting the establishment of religion."

His own shariah compliant will???

Lawsuit:  Download Argument

Click here for an audio of the press conference CAIR Oklahoma held with their left-wing partners in Oklahoma city yesterday found at Oklahomacitizen.  Imam Enchassi stated he uses sharia law everyday. Today we learn, for sure, that CAIR see sharia law as completely intertwined with Islam.  This is Islamism to me. Throughout the press conference you hear the Muslim victim-mentality and the name-calling rhetoric continue. 

Many would argue that Sharia law and/or Islamic supremacy is a rising threat to democracies throughout the world.  CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest Hamas terror-funding case in U.S. history and was founded by leaders of the Islamic Association of Palestine, an overt arm of the Islamic supremacist Mulsim Brotherhood.

Update 11/5/10 5 PM CT: 

AIFD PRESS RELEASE: American Muslim organization applauds Oklahoma anti-shariah law

CAIR Oklahoma in solidarity with the NAACP on alledged Tea Party racism

Sometimes pictures are worth a thousands words:

 
 

screenshot taken above 7/16/2010

 
Screen shot of Razi Hashmi's blog (CAIR OK Director)

Rally organized by Razi Hashmi January 2009

I said it before and I will say it again, Oklahoma Muslims made a serious mistake bringing CAIR, an outgowth of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure, to Oklahoma.

Shortly after ex-CAIR chair voted on Jacksonville H.R. board, ACLU seeks end to Christian prayer before city meetings!

Shortly after the former chairman of the board of CAIR, an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America was elected to the Jacksonville Human Rights Board, the ACLU wrote a letter to the Jacksonville City Council threatening a lawsuit if they continue to allow Christian prayer before their meetings. 

Did I mention the ACLU partners with CAIR?

The appointment of Parvez Ahmed was highly controversial.  For example, in 2008 he co-wrote a CAIR op-ed for convicted terror-supporter (DOJ document) Sami-al-Arian and claimed he was a political prisoner of the U.S. government!  CAIR, for those of you who don't know, was started by leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood.  Al-Arian admitted his involvement with this Islamic supremacist organization.  This is the organization that started Hamas who seeks the destruction of Israel for Islam.

In May, after his election to the council,  Ahmed wrote in the Huffington Post the opposition to his election was "contrived"    Contrived?  

The City of Jacksonville now reaps what they sowed, in my opinion.

Video:

Oklahoma City: pro-Israel supporters and random acts of kindness!

photo credit:  Mark Schlachtenhaufen| The Edmond Sun

Last Thursday,  CAIR Oklahoma posted a headsup about an anti-Israel rally planned that was organized "primarily" by the Tulsa Peace Fellowship and Oklahoma City's Peace House run by director Nathaniel Batchelder to decry Israel's stopping of the flotilla of humanitarian aid to Hamas-controlled Gaza.  Aid which Hamas has now refused to allow into Gaza - giving this whole incident the impression the flotilla was a deliberate act of provocation. 

The anti-Israel rally was countered by two pro-Israel women whose determined efforts brought out the goodness of Oklahomans who passed by them, some even joined them,  as they stood across the street from the small anti-Israel group that included the director of CAIR, Razi Hashmi - a man who has shilled for the terrorist group Hamas in the press before.

My friend at OkieCampaign posted an account of that evening titled Two Became Twenty written by one of the determined women.  It's definitely worth reading in its entirety.  It's a heart-warming story of their efforts and the random acts of kindness of others.

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Razi Hashmi front and center at anti-Israel rally

Responding to CAIR supporter, Bob Gresham of Oklahoma

It never ceases to amaze me who takes the side of CAIR, despite all the documented evidence against them.  Yesterday, a Oklahoma building contractor, named Bob Gresham, wrote an opinion piece titled Point: Christians and Muslims in Oklahoma about an “I Don’t CAIR” conference held at Trinity Baptist in Yukon, OK. four weeks ago.  I took issue with some of his inaccurate statements and allegations and commented but am quite sure the OkGazette will not publish it.  They did allow Pastor Paul Blair the opportunity to write Counterpoint: ‘Proclaiming truth is not hateful’, but apparently no comments are being posted, which I always find troubling. Pastor Blair brought up something more broard than just CAIR that's worth repeating here:

He said "...None of the 57 Islamic nations offer freedom and equality as we enjoy here. For example, a Muslim is free to move to Oklahoma, carry his Quran openly and share his beliefs with others, but an Oklahoman would not be allowed to carry a Bible openly in Saudi Arabia and share his Christian faith with Muslims. In spite of this fact, American Christians are the ones accused of being intolerant..."  

Not only is that true but in America there is an increasing intolerance of Christians, here and there, and we will all need to stand stronger together going forward.  I think the time may be coming for a civil rights organization for Christians in the U.S.

Below are my comments to Mr. Gresham regarding his support of CAIR:

It's rather disturbing to see a local Oklahoma building contractor claim critics of CAIR use unsubstantiated accusations that end up somehow as an attack on all Muslims that leds to anger, bigotry, and "ultimately violence."  Wow!  CAIR and its supporters have to realize It's not hard for anyoneto verify the court cases that have referenced them and their reasons for doing so.  Or read the FBI and the Department of Justice letters to members of Congress and others about CAIR.  Or, how easy it is for us to review their own words and actions to see how they support terrorists and/or their supporters, work against the FBI and go after many public people who has criticized Islam.  It's all out there.

Research shows the Crusades were largely in response to Islamic hegemonies.  I suggest people spend some time to study the 1400 years of caliphate rule how they seized land and forced others to live under a religious supremacist authority.  It's highly irresponsible for Gresham to claim that most of the Crusades were not related to Islamic aggression.

CAIR was founded by members of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamic supremacist organization that was created after the last caliphate ended in 1924. Their branch in Palestine create Hamas.  This has all been established in court.  Did you know CAIR tried to get their name removed as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas terror funding case?  They were NOT successful. 

CAIR also has stood with convicted terrorists and their supporters such as Sami Al-Arian and others.  IN 1991 and captured on video Al-Arian said:  "The Koran is our constitution… Jihad is our path … Victory to Islam… Death to Israel… Revolution… revolution till the victory."   

In 2008, Prof. Parvez Ahmed chairman of the board of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Dr. Agha Saeed national chair of the American Muslim Alliance (AMA) wrote a CAIR Op-Ed piece that claimed al-Arian was a political prisoner of the United States in SAMI AL-ARIAN MUST BE FREED even though he was found guilty for aiding the Palestian Islamic Jiahd! 

Early last year, CAIR called upon Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to pressure the UAE for the release of Los Angeles Muslim Naji Hamdan who was held there on terror suspicion.   Last fall, Hamden was convicted. 

The FBI told the Edmond Sun in March:

“CAIR has been advised of the reasons behind our suspension of formal partnership,” the FBI stated. “These reasons include the fact that CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in United States v. Holy Land Foundation and CAIR’s failure to answer our questions about a connection between their executives and Hamas. Until these questions are answered, the FBI does not consider CAIR an appropriate partner for formal liaison activities.”

The films shown at the "We Don't CAIR" event primarily used the words and actions of Islamists and jihadists.  They didn't make it up, folks, but Gresham chose to blame those who showed these people.  My God, the indefensible crime of using jihadists own words and actions.  Shame on them!

Razi Hashmi, CAIR's local director recently has either bragged about CAIR or claimed critics are merely the lies of the right wing fringe or people are misinformed or he has completely refused to answer direct questions because he and CAIR want you to believe they are only a civil rights organization and they want you to continue to be ignorant of the facts that haunt them.  They will use any tactic they can to divert attention away from these facts.  It is dishonest.

Think about it this way.  When the only response to critics CAIR and its supporters make is to call them names, like a child would do,  you have to ask yourself why they can't simply respond in a more intelligent manner to direct questions. 

Americans are smart people. 

Jacksonville City Councilman speaks out why he voted against Parvez Ahmed

Clay Yarborough, a Jacksonville, Florida council member issued a statement at last night's council meeting giving his reasons why he would not vote to approve ex-CAIR chair Parvez Ahmed to the Human Rights Commission (Ahmed was approved in a 13/6 vote).  His statement was republished in the Jacksonville Observer.

I responded in a comment which was not approved by the Jacksonville Observer so I added it below for your review:

Mr. Yarborough, it was brave of you to stand up for the truth. Recently, the FBI responded to questions by the Edmond Sun in Oklahoma about CAIR:

In What’s the Truth About CAIR, the FBI stated on March 6, 2010:

“CAIR has been advised of the reasons behind our suspension of formal partnership,” the FBI stated. “These reasons include the fact that CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in United States v. Holy Land Foundation and CAIR’s failure to answer our questions about a connection between their executives and Hamas. Until these questions are answered, the FBI does not consider CAIR an appropriate partner for formal liaison activities.”

CAIR also has a long history of standing with terrorists or their supporters, such as convicted terror supporter Sami Al Arian, a former Florida professor. Their action alert issued on March 19, 2008, asked for others to write letters in support of Al-Arian. CAIR participated in an April 15, 2008 press conference calling forAl-Arian's release.  In fact, Ahmed, the man just approved to Jacksonville's Human Rights Council,  co-wrote an opinion piece claiming Al-Arian was a political prisoner of the U.S. government!

Ahmed’s approval to the Human Rights Commission is a big stain on the City of Jacksonville because of his long-standing association with CAIR, which was formed by the Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America.

I applaud your brave and honest stand.

OK Assistant Attorney General, William F. O'Brien, shills for CAIR Oklahoma, once again

Oklahoma has an Assistant Attorney General by the name of William F. O'Brien who writes fluffy articles in the Edmond Sun about CAIR, an organization founded by leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood who were identified in U.S. vs. Sabri Benkahla, who also "conspired with other affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood to support terrorists." Their pattern of troubling behavior continues to this day.  O'Brien also proselytizes for Islam - crossing the line between government and religion, in my opinion.

O'Brien's byline in the Edmond Sun where he writes his fluffy articles says he is an attorney, which is rather deceptive considering he is a state official.  Does the Attorney General of Oklahoma, Drew Edmondson, who is running for governor,  not have a problem with this behavior?

O'Brien's latest article titled CAIR honors contributors at annual banquet is more of the same.

Razi Hashmi, the director of CAIR's chapter in Oklahoma has been giving six opportunities to address the documented evidence that ties CAIR to the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas recently.  Since November, he has either bragged about CAIR (OETA interview), called other liars here (Newson6) and here (interview) or distanced (OU Daily) CAIR Oklahoma from CAIR, or refused to answer questions (News9) or claimed critics are misinformed (Edmond Sun).

Last year, Hashmi shilled for Hamas when he said "America should take immediate steps to end Israel’s "illegal and immoral” offensive against the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers."  He also tried to puts words in the mouth of Oklahomans by saying (halfway down) he thinks we are worried about taxpayer dollars that support Israel!  How utterly presumptuous of him because that's flat wrong!  Hashmi then tried to put pressure on U.S. Rep. Mary Fallen to keep her opinions about Israel to herself!

How long can Hashmi continue to dodge these questions?  How long can Drew Edmondson allow an assistant attorney general to shill for CAIR?

Update 9/27/10:  In O'Brien's latest article in August, he wrote about CAIR's Muslim Youth Activism/Leadership program.  He mentioned Dawud Walid, the executive director of the Michigan CAIR chapter. whose chapter is suing several law enforcement agencies in Michigan, over information in the death of a radical cleric.  CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas terror-funding trial and the FBI severed their partnership. 

O'Brien never mentions any of these facts.

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Other fluffy CAIR article by O'Brien:

09/14/09:  Local Muslims extend Ramadan tidings 

06/15/09:The Edmond Sun - Obama speech may be watershed moment    

03/9/09:    Oklahoma Muslims seek greater understanding

03/02/09:  Muslims define themselves through outreach

 

09/08/08:  Muslims can play important role in volunteer work in Oklahoma  

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CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood and more...

ACLU Deputy Director Chuck Thornton; criticize CAIR is hatred of all Muslims!

Chuck Thornton, the ACLU Director in Oklahoma, is a prime example how the left-wing partners with CAIR,  an Islamist organization born from the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America. 

CAIR has a long and troubling history that cannot be hidden no matter how hard they try to show themselves in a good light through their community service efforts.  This month Muslims met with law enforcement over concerns of being targeted.  They specifically metioned Muthanna Al-Hanooti, a one-time CAIR director indicted amid accusations of being a spy for Saddam Hussein's regime during the time he worked for CAIR and at other times.  He also had worked his way up the left-wing political ladder,  which is not the first time this has happened.  In February, a recent but former CAIR national board member, Nabil Sadoun, who was also the chair of the board of CAIR Texas, at one time, and a one-time Imam in Tulsa in the 90s was formally deported after he fled the country for his ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.  These men belong to a list of other CAIR officials and associates which show a disturbing pattern of anti-American pro-Islamist and/or pro terrorist actions such as Ghassan Elashi, Randall Royer, Bassam Khafagi, Mohammad El-Mezain, Rihad Abdelkarim, Rabih Haddad, Sayyid Syeed, Siraj Wahhaj, and Ishan Bagby.

Thornton's ignorance of the volumous documentation of facts about CAIR, or his willful disregard of them, is very disturbing.  In a letter-to-the editor in the Edmond Sun Saturday titled, Calvey’s free speech shouldn’t infringe upon other’s rights Thornton took issue with 5th District Congressional Candidate, Kevin Calvey, who has spoken up about the troubling facts plaguing CAIR. 

"Certainly I do stand by my comment that Calvey is “promoting hysteria and hatred toward the Islamic community,” Thornton said.  My God, folks, Thornton claimed Kevin Calvey promotes hatred towards all Muslims when Calvey has only spoken about his concern with CAIR!  The accusations Thornton made in his letter appear defamatory and possibly libelous.

Thornton went on to brag about the fine work of CAIR's Oklahoma director, Razi Hashmi - you know the man who has refused six time recently to answer any direct questions about any of the facts that haunt CAIR!  Thornton distain for Calvey was also evident in January when he tweeted an immature slap at him when CAIR changed the venue of their anti-airport profiling townhall the day before in order to ditch Calvey and others who planned to protest CAIR's meeting and he took great delight they were duped. 

Thornton stands with Hashmi, a man who stood up for the "Hamas Rulers" last year and organized a rally where many protesters carried anti-Israel signs of the vilest nature.  Doesn't Thornton just make you so proud?  He is on the side of an organization who stands with terrorists or terror supporters and often works against the FBI and our national security efforts.  Early last year, CAIR called upon Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to pressure the UAE for the release of Los Angeles Muslim Naji Hamdan who was held there on terror suspicion.  Last fall, Hamden was convicted.  In the case of Ahmadullah Niazi who was indicted on immigration charges whose brother-in-law served as Osama bin Laden's security coordinator there were similar articles by three reporters where Islamic leaders painted the FBI as the bad guys, including CAIR.  Sami Al Arian who plead guilty for supporting the Palestine Islamic Jihad, a specially designated terrorist,  is someone CAIR considers a political prisoner of the U.S. 

Perhaps Thornton should spend some time to learn the facts about CAIR or, at least, be honest about them and less time trying to divert attention away or claim CAIR critics are an attack on all Muslims.

The ignorance of Sheriff Lee Baca

"When you attack CAIR, you attack virtually every Muslim in America."  L.A. Country Sheriff Lee Baca (LA Times 3/24/10)

Here's a great example when liberals partner with CAIR.  In a new video posted on CAIR's website, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca lashes out, once again, on questions he was asked last week by Republican Congressman Mark Souder of Indiana about his relationship with CAIR in a Homeland Security subcommittee hearing.  He called it un-American, borrowing an often used come-back CAIR hurls at their critics.  Last night, Baca spoke again of his anger and, folks,  he is really upset.  He said Souder should learn about Islam and become more of a diplomat.  At the subcommittee hearing,  he claimed CAIR does not support terrorism.

Why then, Sheriff Baca, does CAIR support convicted terror-supporter, Sami A-Arian, who said in a 1991 video: 

Al-Arian: "The Koran is our constitution… Jihad is our path … Victory to Islam… Death to Israel… Revolution… revolution till the victory."

These words are very similar to the motto of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which CAIR was founded.  In 2008, CAIR sent out Action Alert #537: Support Dr. Sami Al-Arian's Struggle for Justice and in an opinion piece claimed al-Arian was a political prisoner of the United States!  Review al-Arian's plea agreement admitting his support of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a specially designated terrorist organization.  Early last year, CAIR called upon Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to pressure the UAE for the release of Los Angeles Muslim Naji Hamdan who was held there on terror suspicion.   Last fall, Hamden was convicted. In the case of Ahmadullah Niazi, indicted on immigration charges,whose brother-in-law served as Osama bin Laden's security coordinator, there were similar articles by three reporters where Islamic leaders painted the FBI as the bad guys, including CAIR. And, then there is recent, but former, CAIR board member, Nabil Sadoun,  who was determined to have ties to Hamas and formally deported after he fled the country.  Hmmm.  

Why is CAIR asking now for the U.S. to get involved with the five suspected American terrorists arrested in Pakistan?   

CAIR's founding by members of the Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood has been firmly established in court documents. Their branch in Palestine started Hamas in 1987 with the express goal to destroy Israel for Islam.  The extent and possible continuing relationship between CAIR and Hamas has not been fully explained to the FBI.  In What's the Truth About CAIR, the FBI stated on March 6th:

“CAIR has been advised of the reasons behind our suspension of formal partnership,” the FBI stated. “These reasons include the fact that CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in United States v. Holy Land Foundation and CAIR’s failure to answer our questions about a connection between their executives and Hamas. Until these questions are answered, the FBI does not consider CAIR an appropriate partner for formal liaison activities.”

Shortly after 9/11, CAIR posted a statement from Shiekh Yusef Qaradawi which is still on their website today (he said Muslims are the real victims).  He's the religious leader of the Muslim Brotherhood who has issued fatwas approving of martyrdom against Israel and is banned from entering the U.S.  Also read What is New about Al-Qaradawi's Fiqh of Jihad? 

In a 2004 letter-to-the-editor to the Washington Post, Muslim American Society President, Esam Omeish, discussed the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood on the activism undertaken by Muslims in the U.S. (the MAS was also founded by the Muslim Brotherhood, as was the Muslim Student Association).

Last April, Hussam Ayloush the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations for Greater Los Angeles demanded the FBI stay out of their mosques.

This begs the question.  Who is un-American, here?

Video:

 Update 12:00 PM CT: LA TImes:

"...When Baca spoke at the Tuesday event, he was given a standing ovation by the 75 or so people at the Omar ibn Al-Khattab Foundation, (z: a mosque funded by King Fahd, Saudi Arabia)  near USC.

Baca called Souder's comments "scary" and said they were an affront to all Muslim Americans. "When you attack CAIR," he said, "you attack virtually every Muslim in America."

"I'm saying -- because I've read the Koran and been involved with Muslim Americans for years -- this is not correct. God has nothing to do with mentally ill people committing terrorist acts. If a mentally ill person is using Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Scientology to say 'This is part of why I'm doing this,' I say, 'Well, guess what, don't act like you're God, you don't have God's authority.' "

Who knew terrorists were just mentally ill.  Did you?

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Also see:

The Arrogance of LA's Sheriff

"...Baca has made it clear he thinks he knows better than federal law enforcement officials who possess internal documents; that he is getting all the insight he needs from self-appointed spokesmen; and that terrorism is a mental health problem..."

CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood and more

Oklahoma elected officials attending CAIR Oklahoma dinner!

In an email sent out by CAIR Oklahoma this week titled "Guess Who Is Coming To Dinner?" it gives the impression that federal tax dollars might have been used to help sponsor their dinner tonight.  CAIR's an Islamist organization named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas terror funding trial in 2007 as part of the Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America, yet, the U.S. Census Bureau is listed as a sponsor along with the Red Cross, IHOP (never eating there again) and others!  

Sponsor Al Furqaan Foundation  wants to deliver the message of the Quran to every individual in America.  This is another Islamic organization that could have foreign funding involved in their operation, like CAIR does.  When are we going to wake and and realize non-violent Islamic activism here is not just about living in peacfeul co-existence but is about pushing Islam forward politically, socially, in every way? 

The fact is there is a political ideology embedded within the Islamic holy books. There are Muslims here in America who reject this ideology such as Dr. Zuhdi Jasser and his organization American Islamic Forum for Democracy. His cause and other such groups is to support spiritual or secular Islam. These are the Islamic organizations that need to rise up in America with our help and support.  Not CAIR.

The Oklahoma elected officials listed in the email as attending CAIR's dinner are Governor Brad Henry's office, Attorney General Drew Edmonson (who is running for governor), Lt. Gov. Jan Askins, State Senators Kenneth Corn, Andrew Rice and State Representatives Shane Jett (now running for the 5th U.S. congressinal district), Wallace Collins, Ryan Keisel, Al McKaffrey, Richard Morrisette, Mike Shelton, and Jabar Zumate.

How, in the hell, do these officials get past CAIR's history or that the FBI has stated CAIR failed to answer their questions about its ties and/or support of Hamas and, as such, considers them an unsuitable partner? Or what local director Razi Hashmi has said and done in support of Hamas and against Israel that virtually mirrors the Muslim Brotherhood. The three founders of CAIR worked at the Islamic Association of Palestine, an arm of the Muslim Brotherhood.  An idea came about at a secret Hamas meeting in 1993, recorded by the FBI, to create an organization less noticeable.  CAIR was that organization per testimony of the FBI given in the HLF trial. CAIR came into being in order to blur the extreme differences between the views and goals of IslamIC-American community and that of the IslamIST.

According to an article written in the Edmond Sun by Mark Schlachtenhaufen yesterday, "...State Rep. Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City -- told The Sun he was not intending to attend CAIR’s event, and after he learned about the issue Friday afternoon he informed CAIR he was disassociating himself from the group..."   It took a question from a reporter?   I just want to point out, again, Schlachtenhaufen is the ONLY reporter in Oklahoma that is doing his job here.

Tonight, these officials elected by the citizens of Oklahoma will likely sit through an anti-Israel talk given by Anna Beltzer, their keynote speaker. It's as shameful as it gets and it's disturbing.

I beg those in the press who attend this dinner to hold Hashmi's feet to the fire about his refusal to answer specific questions on documented facts about his organization, their on-going support for convicted terror-supporter Sami Al-Arian and others and about the financial support they may have received from the Census Bureau for their dinner tonight. 

What are we to think of our Muslim neighbors who associate with CAIR?

Below is the email sent out by CAIR Oklahoma which mysteriously showed up in my inbox a day or two ago: (Comments made about CAIR that were in the email are highlighted in red below).

 

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In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

With Only 3 Days Left and Counting...

 

 

 

WHAT: CAIR-OK Fourth Annual Banquet. "A New Era of Hope: Our Role, Our Future"

 

WHEN: Saturday, March 20, 2010

Registration: 6:00 p.m. Program & Dinner: 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

   1700 NE 63rd St. Oklahoma City, OK 73111. Click HERE for Directions.

 

CONTACT: CAIR-OK. Tel: 405-415-6851. Email: info@ok.cair.com.

    Register Here: www.cairoklahoma.com

 

 

 

What They Say About CAIR-Oklahoma

"Your dedication embodies the very essence of our society's steady pursuit of social, racial and economic equality for all. CAIR has assisted with Norman's cultural awareness through their efforts in helping training of our local law enforcement officials."

    -Mayor Cindy Rosenthal, Norman

"The Council on American-Islamic Relations has a progressive agenda working toward a comfortable assertion of their American identity."

  -Senator John Sparks, District 16

 

"For their work in fostering the causes of peace, understanding and better community relations in the Great State of Oklahoma and for the pride and patriotism they display towards the United States of America and the Great State of Oklahoma."

  -Senator Andrew Rice, District 46

"It is definitely a pleasure to work with and get to know better CAIR and its members. We share many similar values, such as our interests in good government, our love and best wishes for our children, and a desire for pleasant, safe communities."

  -Representative Wallace Collins, District 45

 

"I recognize you and your colleagues at CAIR - Oklahoma on the deep sense of mission you bring to your efforts, and the myriad of achievements you have accomplished in your ongoing work with the many citizens of the state of Oklahoma."

   -Representative Ryan Kiesel, District 28

"Conditions in the world today make it imperative that the people of our world must work together to accomplish peace, establish communications and understanding."

  -Representative Al McKaffrey, District 88

"I applaud and commend the Council on American-Islamic Relations for its stellar efforts and commitment in helping to ensure justice, civil rights and the ending of discriminatory practices throughout the communities you dutifully serve."

  -Representative Richard Morrissette, District 92

"The Oklahoma City Chapterof the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has worked for the betterment and unity of people and for justice and peace in Oklahoma for many years."

  -Representative Anastasia Pittman, District 99

 

"Through the resilience of organizations such as yours, the message of peace, multiculturalism, equal opportunity and inclusion continues to have a meaningful and positive effect on our nation."

    -Representative Mike Shelton, District 97

"We saw in the last election how important civic engagement was and I am thankful that CAIR nationwide played a significant role in voter education and registration within the Muslim community."

  -Representative Jabar Shumate, District 73

 

Our Sponsors

                                       

To get involved, please contact CAIR-Oklahoma by email at info@ok.cair.com, call 405.415.6851 or 405.248.5853.  Please inform CAIR-Oklahoma of your contact information, availability and volunteering preference. You can also stay up to date for Banquet information on Facebook and Twitter.

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CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

Council on American-Islamic Relations, Oklahoma

1112 NW 23rd St., Suite 207 Oklahoma City, OK 73106?

Phone: 405.415.6851  Fax: 405.246.9442  

E-mail: info@ok.cair.com      Website: www.cairoklahoma.com

   

Dr. Bruce Prescott - fan of CAIR

Islamists hearts libs. In Oklahoma we have a religious leader, of sorts, who hearts CAIR, an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas terror funding trial for their role in being part of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America.  Below is a screenshot of Dr. Bruce Prescott's facebook page where it shows he has become a fan of CAIR Oklahoma.

It's hard for me to reconcile the mindset of a Christian leader in Oklahoma subscribing to an organization born from a religious supremacist ideology that seeks to create an Islamic state.

L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca bristles over questions about CAIR

Lee Baca, L.A. County Sheriff,  got rather irritated when questioned by Republican Congressman Mark Souder of Indiana today about his relationship with CAIR in a Homeland Security subcommittee hearing.  He even used one of CAIR's favorite replies to criticism -  its un-American.  Baca claimed CAIR does not support terrorism.

 

Next week he will hold a forum with the Muslim American Homeland Security Council which consists of CAIR and other Islamic groups including the Islamic Shura Council.

 

In May of 2009, the Islamic Shura Council had Muslim Brotherhood leader Jamal Badawi, an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas terror funding trial,  speak at their annual meeting.  Badawi supports Islamic approved martyrdom attacks when necessary.  He also serves on several Islamic councils chaired by the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Yusef Qaradawi, who was banned from the U.S. for issuing fatwas in support of terrorism against Israel.  For example, Qaradawi is chairman of the board of the International Association of Muslim Scholars, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.  Jamal Badawi, CAIR Canada board member, is listed as a member of the board of trustees, see #17.  Their fatwa on the October War of 1393 AD speaks of their long-standing enemy - Israel; "...In this glorious month righteous deeds are exalted, so how great if such righteous deeds are represented in fighting in the Cause of Allah to defend rights, honor, and sanctities and to render Allah’s religion victorious."  So, is this the real reason for Ramadan?

 

Here's a video of Sheriff Baca praising the Islamic Shura Council.

 

In May, this council will host Tariq Ramadan, the grandson of the founder of the Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood who was barred from the United States for six years under the Patriot Act.  To my knowledge, he has never disavowed their supremacist ideology to rebuild an Islamic state to rule over Muslims and others the way it had been done for the entire history of Islam until recent times.  In a video about women, at around the 1:54 mark, Ramadan speaks how Muslims do not want to be colonized by the West.

 

Below is a picture of CAIR's Executive Director and co-founder Nihad Awad giving a speech under the Hezbollah flag in 2002:

 

 

 

 

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Also see:

 

In U.S. vs. Sabri Benkahla. on page 58, footnoted at the bottom:  From its founding by Muslim Brotherhood leaders, CAIR conspired with other Muslim Brotherhood affiliates to support terrorists and used deception to do so!

 

CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood, and more

C. S. Thornton, OK ACLU Director, tweets jab at Kevin Calvey

On January 15th, a newly formed group of brave Oklahomans, called Oklahomans Against CAIR Hate, planned to hold their first protest against the local chapter of a highly controversial national Islamic organization called CAIR outside a meeting they planned to garner support against new security procedures at airports that went into effect shortly after the failed Christmas Day airline bombing.

First of all, CAIR couldn't have picked a worse time to have such a meeting - I mean - right after a bomb failed to ignite on a jet.  Hello - what were they thinking?  But, Hamas-linked CAIR has a long history of trying to stop certain airport security measures which dates back to 1999, the earliest I could find. In fact, after 9/11 an archive of CAIR old website's press page shows the first press release they issued relating to this horrific attack was about a meeting they had with the U.S. transportation secretary over concerns of racial, ethnic and religious profiling of passengers! Now, if they issued a separate release about the 9/11 attacks itself it doesn't show up on their press release page from 2001.

A few days before 9/11 CAIR blasted the federal government over a FBI raid on Texas business Infocom and called it a Muslim witch hunt.

Anyway, when CAIR Oklahoma learned of the protest planned by Oklahomans Agaist CAIR Hate, they changed locations (see screen shot) so they could ditch the protesters which they wrote on their website!  After the meeting, C.S. Thornton, the "Deputy Director" of ACLU Oklahoma who attended the meeting in support of CAIR, tweeted a jab against Oklahoma's 5th District Congressional candidate, Kevin Calvey, who participated in the protest.

Thornton, the top representative for the ACLU in Oklahoma, couldn't have been more unprofessional and misleading.

screen shot of Thornton's twitter page taken 3/3/10

Need some water to help wash down that foot in your mouth, Mr. ACLU Oklahoma?

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Also see:

CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood, and more

FBI bad - Muslims the poor victim

One observation I've noticed, and maybe it's just me, but it seems that Muslims who stand against our government, spout anti American rhetoric and partner with CAIR, an outgrowth of the Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America and the left,  seem to complain they are the victim more than any other group in America.

Yesterday, Muslim protested in Dearborn, Michigan about the killing of a controversial Imam in an FBI shootout last October which occurred when they were trying to arrest him.

Signs they carried called the FBI terrorists.

(Clarence Tabb Jr. / The Detroit News)
  

Detroit imam's autopsy report raises ire

"...Abayomi Azikiwe of the Michigan Emergency Committee against War and Injustice called Abdullah's death "a targeted assassination..."

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Muslims complain about the death of controversial Imam  

 

CAIR calls for probe into Imam's death in shootout with FBI

CAIR has called for an independent probe into Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah's death after his autopsy was leaked to the press which was to be officially released Monday.  Adbullah was killed during an FBI raid last October. Ten others were arrested in a criminal investigation.  CAIR, an Islamist organization sprung from the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America, has aligned some of their Democratic partners together to join with them.

In a TV interview with CAIR's Dawud Walid, he choose his words carefully when he said this would not be viewed well in the Muslim world.  Interesting,  how he's trying to put the U.S. under the scope of the Muslim Ummah!  But, it falls completely in line with an Islamic hegemony view of the United States.

Part of CAIR's press release:

"...CAIR, other civil liberties groups and Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, have all called for an investigation into the death of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah. Earlier this month, Conyers sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder to ask the Justice Department's civil rights division to investigate both the October shooting and whether the FBI violated the Constitution by using informants in mosques. A report detailing the imam's autopsy is scheduled for official release on Monday.

...The shocking details of the imam's autopsy raise a number of disturbing questions that need to be answered," said Dawud Walid, executive director of CAIR's Michigan chapter. "First of all, did the FBI agents follow established procedure when they shot the imam 21 times? How was the imam shot in the back? Was it proper procedure to handcuff either a dead body or a mortally-wounded suspect? If the agents found the imam alive following the shooting, did they call for medical assistance? All these questions need answers..."

Now, we will wait for the FBI's response.

CAIR Oklahoma 2008 banquet: Nihad Awad, Razi Hashmi, Dr. Don Betz

Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words:

 
 
 photo source:  CAIR Oklahoma Newsletter dated August 15, 2008.  I added a picture of Awad speech in 2002 over it.

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Also see:

5/6/08 OKC Muslim community continues to grow

Dr. Bruce Prescott about your Mainstream Baptists blog...

 
Dr. Prescott:

I see that you haven't approved my comment on your post that declared CAIR OK was not a front for terrorists on your blog Mainstream Baptists.  Maybe you have been too busy to read it. 

Rachael Maddow shills for CAIR

Rachael Maddow bashes Republicans nightly on her opinion show on MSNBC.  Recently, she joined the side of CAIR, an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America with a very long and troubling history, against several Republicans in Congress who produced a CAIR document outlining their plans to lobby and influence Congress!  CAIR is not an IRS designated lobbying organization but a civil rights one. 

Now on their part, CAIR has not denied this is their document, that I can find.  Instead, they just gather their leftist partners who help them bash Republicans.  This is how Islamists and the Dems severely damaged the reputation of President George Bush.

CAIR's document said in part:

Oklahoma state attorney, William F. O'Brien, shills for CAIR, again!

William F. O'Brien works for the State of Oklahoma as an attorney in the Oklahoma Attorney General's office.  This state employee, once again,  wrote an opinion piece that shills for CAIR-OK. 

CAIR, otherwise known as the Council of American Islamic Relations, sprung from the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America, folks. This is an organization that was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas terror-funding case.  And CAIR-OK was specifically mentioned in a FBI letter when they broke off ties with the group!  So it appears we have an attorney in the Oklahoma Attorney General's office that helps advance their Islamic cause or agenda which doesn't seem right, at all.

Earlier this year, CAIR-OK's director, Razi Hashmi shilled for Hamas when he said "America should take immediate steps to end Israel’s "illegal and immoral” offensive against the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers."  He also tried to puts words in the mouth of Oklahomans by saying (halfway down) he thinks we are worried about taxpayer dollars that support Israel!  How utterly presumptuous and wrong he was to say that!  Hashmi then tried to put pressure on U.S. Rep. Mary Fallen to keep her opinions about Israel to herself!

Fallin is running to governor of Oklahoma in 2010.

Muskogee Public Library features NSU President and CAIR speaker Dr. Don Betz

The Muskogee Public Library will feature Dr. Don Betz in their Great Decisions series.  Betz was appointed the president of Northeastern State Universty last year.

...“Dr. Betz has a loyal following here in Muskogee; many of our Great Decisions participants have attended since the first program, and they look forward to the programs in part because Dr. Betz has been a constant presenter,” Bryant said (Jan Bryant, head librarian)..."

Betz spoke on The United States and Rising Powers” on February 23rd.  He will also speak on “Afghanistan/Pakistan;” on March 31 and on April 7th, Betz will speak on “Egypt in the 21st Century.”

Folks from Muskogee would probably be interested to learn Dr. Betz was the keynote speaker for CAIR Oklahoma at their annual fund-raising banquet in Oklahoma City last year.  In 2007, CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest Hamas terror-funding case in U.S. history

A picture taken at the banquet shows a lightly bearded Betz standing next to lightly bearded CAIR co-founder and Executive Director, Nihad Awad.  CAIR was started by leaders the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP), an overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood. Nihad Awad was one of those leaders. And it might be a good time to remind others that Hamas was started by the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine whose goal is the destruction of Israel for Islam, meaning for Islamic supremacy. Awad was secretly recorded by the FBI plotting with other Hamas members how to hide their fund raising efforts for Hamas shortly before Hamas was designated a terrorist group. At this meeting, they also discussed the need to create another organization not so overt. And, you know what, that turned out to be CAIR. CAIR, IAP and other organizations were listed in the written agenda of the MB's Palestine Committee meeting in July 1994 (U.S. vs. HLF). 

So, it's not surprizing Dr. Betz is talking about Middle East issues at the library but most Oklahomans might find him speaking at CAIR's banquet rather helpful because it's possible Betz could have an agenda.

UPDATE 12/18/10:  Don Betz is listed as the author of a book titled Note from West Bank and Gaza, that was, apparently, published by the Palestinian Liberation Organization in 1988, which, if I'm not mistaken, was listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government at the time!  Best I can tell Betz may have been working at NSU then.

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Also see:

'91 United Nations NGO Meeting Calls Upon UN to Protect Palestinians by Dr. Don Betz

Other posts about Dr. Don Betz 

 

William F. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General for Oklahoma, shills, yet again, for CAIR!

Shocka!  A second article has been written within days of each other about CAIR Oklahoma by Oklahoma Assistant Attorney General William F. O'Brien. 

Here we have an official with the Oklahoma Attorney General's office shilling for an Islamic organization designated an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas terror funding trial! 

The Edmond Sun, for some reason, concealed from the public where Mr. O'Brien works and should be faulted for not providing full disclosure of this fact.

The message this sends is disturbing.  No public official should be shilling for an organization that grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America and we should be outraged and insulted.

The latest article appeared today following CAIR Oklahoma's 3rd annual banquet.

Their keynote speaker was one-time Senator Paul Findley:

"...The former lawmaker lamented the amount of misunderstanding there is in this country about Muslims and their faith, and he urged the attendees to reach out to their neighbors of other religions in the state. During his tenure in Congress there were no members of that body who were Muslims, and he said that he was glad that he had lived to see the election of the first Muslim congressman, Keith Ellison of Minnesota, several years ago..."  Edmond Sun

Senator Findley is anti-Israel, who warned in a February article in Alarab Online, a daily newspaper for the Middle East and Arab world, published in UK, that "a grave peril lies in the rise of extremist views within the U.S. Christian community." 

When was the last time Christian extremists flew an airplane into tall buildings or strapped on a bomb, Mr. Findley?  How utterly pathetic. 

Oklahoma Muslims might have left a much better impression had they invited well-known Muslims such as Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, an Arizona physician, who warns against Islamism and its dangers to America, instead of their usual speakers who seem to be either affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, or are anti-American or anti-Israel.

Shame on CAIR and shame on Assistant Attorney General William F. O"Brien!

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Also see:

Oklahoma Assistant Attorney General, William O'Brien, shills for CAIR!

Liberating America From Israel (by Paul Findley) - Media Monitors ...  

Paul Findley: The Open Secret About the Israel Lobby  

  

CAIR joins Bin Laden admirer Paul Findley and the 'Council for the ...  

 

Is Israel Setup For Destruction? - Paul Findley and Ahmed Deedat:

 

Paul Findley views on Israel compared to Nazi Germany:

 

FBI letter mentions CAIR-OK

 

Muslim dinner in Oklahoma featured Rep. Keith Ellison  zTruth

The Edmond Sun published an opinion piece yesterday about a Muslim appreciation dinner where U.S Rep. Keith Ellison and the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) were featured speakers.

Muslim Brotherhood

CAIR and Company

Islam in Oklahoma

 

 

Oklahoma Assistant Attorney General, William O'Brien, shills for CAIR!

For the third time now, William F. O'Brien has written a puff piece about CAIR Oklahoma in the Edmond Sun.  The Sun is located in Edmond, a suburb of Oklahoma City, for the non-Okies who read this post.  The Sun states O'Brien is part of their editorial board. 

But there's more, O'Brien is also an Assistant Attorney General for the state of Oklahoma which I had suspected for a few months and verified this week with the Edmond Sun!  Why doesn't this paper simply provide full disclosure to its readers instead of just stating he is an attorney in Oklahoma City?

O'Brien's latest puffery for CAIR is an March 2nd article which starts off with a quote from the Hadith President Obama used at the National Prayer Breakfast in early February:

“None of you truly believe,” the Prophet Mohammad told his followers, “Until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.”

This was used by the president to show that the concept of "the golden rule" exists with all great religions.  The only problem here is this concept is actually NOT in the Quran, the primary source of Islam but rather can only be found two times in the volumes of secondary sources called the hadiths (the sayings and deeds of their prophet).

O'Brien's article goes on to discuss CAIR OK's director and Hamas shill Razi Hashmi who went to the inauguration along with Sheryl Siddiqui, a CAIR Oklahoma board member.  

It's absolutely outrageous for an Assistant Attorney General to publicly shill for such a controversial organization that grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America.  CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror funding case where millions of dollars were funneled to the terrorist group Hamas, as a result. 

The FBI recently severed ties with CAIR, specifically naming CAIR OK in a letter that was sent out by the FBI in Oklahoma City.

This is beyond disturbing.

ACTION ALERT:  Contact the Oklahoma Attorney General Office, ask for Drew Edmondson, the Attorney General's office and express your outrage very politely that William O'Brien publicly promotes a very controversial Islamic organization which does not reflect well for this governmental organization entrusted to protect the public good. 

Call or write:

Drew Edmondson, Oklahoma Attorney General 

313 NE 21st Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105

405 521-3921 | 918 581-2885

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Muslim dinner in Oklahoma featured Rep. Keith Ellison  zTruth

The Edmond Sun published an opinion piece yesterday about a Muslim appreciation dinner where U.S Rep. Keith Ellison and the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) were featured speakers.

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Muslim dinner in Oklahoma featured Rep. Keith Ellison

The Edmond Sun published an opinion piece yesterday about a Muslim appreciation dinner where U.S Rep. Keith Ellison and the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) was a featured speaker.  The author, William F. O'Brien, an Oklahoma city attorney, also wrote about CAIR this past May.  I'm just a little curious here/  Is he the same William F. O'Brien who works for the Oklahoma Attorney General's office as an Assistant Attorney General and General Counsel, whom I confirmed still works there? 

Dr. Don Betz, keynote speaker at CAIR-OK fund-raiser, is new president of NSU!

Last week I wrote about the 2nd annual fund-raiser for the Council of American Islamic Relations of Oklahoma and the whitewashed job the Oklahoman (an Oklahoma City newspaper) did in covering this event. 

The keynote speaker was Dr. Don Betz.  And as predicted it was covered by Dubai-based Islamonline (the article has been removed from Islamonline so refer to the saved web page below): 

Download Islamonlinecair.htm (55.3K) (this was my first attempt to create a saved web-page - sorry not all the components work)

Dr. Don Betz, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, addressed the crowd as the keynote speaker. He spoke about the need to work together and become civically engaged because the challenges we face will be far more difficult on our own. 

The call tonight to civic engagement is intense and important and each one of us can look across the table and say that is a job for someone else to do but I can tell you that there is no better work to be done by education, by organizations like this, or by our families and groups than to raise productive, creative, ethical and engaged citizens and leaders. It is important that if you do not engage civically then the results you speak of do not occur,” said Dr. Betz. ---“We have to have these conversations, I submit to you tonight, because we are entering a period where the demand on us for change are going to be extreme.”

After doing some followup, I discovered he is actually the new president at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma!  From the NSU we learn more about Don Betz:

...In 1982, he began his association with the United Nations as a consultant, and subsequently liaison officer, at the International Conference on the Question of Palestine. Two years later, he served as political affairs and liaison officer, at the UN conference on the Division for Palestinian Rights.

From the University of Wisconsin:

...Dr. Betz also has considerable international experience, having worked at the United Nations on the Question of Palestine, one of his areas of expertise, and having served as an assistant foreign editor for the Daily Star in Beirut, Lebanon, during the 1970s. He is the author of numerous final declarations, and statements and communiqués adopted at U.N. conferences.

...Betz earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Denver. He has held the position of professor of political science at University of Central Oklahoma and Northeastern State University and has awards for excellence in service and teaching.

The Oklahoman didn't mention Betz was NSU's new president.  They reported he was the cancellor at the University of Wisconsin.  Did they simply not do their homework? Oops, I completely forgot - they did a fluff piece for CAIR.  CAIR didn't mention it either on their website.  Why? 

Betz was named the new president of NSU on April 8, 2008.  Was there an attempt to avoid linking this keynote speaker for CAIR to the new president of a university in laid-back Oklahoma?  CAIR is a highly controversial Islamic organization which tries to portray themselves as mainstream but their history and actions, even today, tell us otherwise. 

In any event, you certainly can't rely on the newspapers, can you?

An interesting bit of information about Betz was a complaint filed against him and othersin 2006 for misusing the university list server to solicit college democrats and alleged criminal use of state resources for a political purpose although he wasn't directly responsible for the alleged offenses.

And in June 2007, Betz attended and served as a keynote speaker (page 11) at the International Conference of Higher Education under the patronage of His Majesty, the King Hamed bin Issa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain.

So is the Council of American Islamic Relations and the new president of NSU on the same page regarding Islamic activism in America?  Are they supporters of Islamism? 

Time will tell.

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American and Palestinians for Peace (AMPAL) Board of Directors includes Don Betz. 

Yasar Affifat's personal thank you letter to AMPAL for their work, 3/20/02.

..."With great gratitude and appreciation we received your kind letter, in which you expressed your support to the Palestinians peoples’ struggle against the Israeli criminal war, and Israeli State terrorism against us...We would like to thank you for supporting the Palestinians’ just rights and most importantly the right to return, establishment of the independent Palestinian State, with Jerusalem as its capital."

Also see, on this website:  Killing in Cold Blood: Israeli Aggression Against Palestinian Children  AMPAL (Find the link near the bottom of the page called Al-Asqa Intifada pictures or use this archived page.  The first picture they show is of a Palestinian boy dying in his father's arms which has since been proven to have been staged!

Mrs. Susanne Betz:

United Nations International NGO Meeting and European Symposium on the Question of Palestine:

International Coordinating Committee for NGOs on the Question of Palestine
Geneva, SWITZERLAND: September 2-4, 1996

 Ninety NGOs participated in this three-day conference along with representatives from thirty governments, ten United Nations bodies, the League of Arab States, and the Organization of the Islamic Conference---The conference dealt with settlements, Jerusalem, refugees, and NGO relations with the UN. Current NGO concerns regarding human rights in Palestine were discussed openly---The NGOs that attended the meeting intend to use the coming year to appraise most effective means to assist Palestinians to reach their national objectives. .

For more information, contact Ms. Susanne Betz, Coordinator, International Coordinating Committee for NGOs on the Question of Palestine, 3295 Lundy Lane, Bettendorf, Iowa, 52722-3989, USA; phone (1-319)332-7748; fax (1-319)332-8653; e-mail betzdbsw@aol.com

 

 

 

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The Oklahoman shills for the Council of American Islamic Relations

Little Green Football, on top of things as we've come to expect, has written about a ridiculous fluff piece about the Council of American Islamic Relations by reporter, Carla Hinton, at the Oklahoman/NewsOK.  LGF, located in California, didn't realized this article was published in the largest print and on-line newspaper in the state of Oklahoma:

With all of the verified, documented information that has come to light about the Council on American Islamic Relations and their ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood—not to mention their status as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas funding trial—there’s simply no excuse for a context-free, totally whitewashed piece like this, even if it is in a relatively small Oklahoma newspaper: Murrah Building bombing shaped Muslim organization/span 

The Council on American-Islamic Relations was a fledgling organization less than a year old when its co-founder, Nihad Awad, received an urgent telephone call from Oklahoma City in April 1995.

Shame on NewsOK.com and the The Oklahoman for publishing such a blatant piece of dishonest-by-omission, pro-extremist propaganda. Was religion writer Carla Hinton unaware of CAIR’s and Awad’s histories, or did she deliberately leave all of that out?

The fluffly happy-talk article went on to tell when Imad Enchassi, the imam and president of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, made the phone call to Awad, urging him to come to Oklahoma City.  But, did you happen to notice how Awad tried to turn this disaster into one about Muslims?

Below is a picture of Nihad Awad speaking next to the Hezbollah flag in 2002.

 

I can't emphasize too much there's really so much more to know about CAIR and company, which you can review here.  Please take your time, there's lot to learn.

Update 5/6/08:  A letter-to-the editor was also published to help put CAIR in a good light to coincide with their fund raising dinner in Oklahoma City.   Edmond Sun.

...The gathering was addressed via viedeotape by Keith Ellison, a Muslim member of Congress from Minnesota, who urged the attendees to get involved in the political process as a means to improve American society.

...CAIR’s executive director from Washington, D.C., Nihad Awad (that's him standing by the Hezbollah flag above) told the group that the organization was dedicated to ensuring that the rights of Muslims and other minorities were respected in America.

Update 5/7/08:  CAIR put the NewsOK story on their website which I'm sure will get picked up by Islamonline in the Middle East.  Way to go Carla Hinton!  CAIR changed the title of the story to place their name first on their website:  CAIR: 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing Shaped Muslim Organization

And from CAIR's own write up about the evening we can probably be sure it will be posted by Islamonline in the Middle East:

“The call tonight to civic engagement is intense and important and each one of us can look across the table and say that is a job for someone else to do but I can tell you that there is no better work to be done by education, by organizations like this, or by our families and groups than to raise productive, creative, ethical and engaged citizens and leaders. It is important that if you do not engage civically then the results you speak of do not occur,” said Dr. Betz.

CAIR’s Nihad Awad motivated the crowd by bringing the work of CAIR and the Oklahoma chapter to the global vision for peace. 

 

Well, does that really mean Islamic rule?

Update 5/10/08:  As predicted, Dubia-based Islamonline carries article on CAIR-OK dinner.

Update 5/10/08:  Shocka!  The keynote speaker at CAIR-OK event, Dr. Don Betz, is the new President of Northeaster State University!  Odd, this wasn't mentioned in the article at NewsOK.  I guess they didn't do they homework.

Dr. Don Betz, a veteran educator and administrator with 37 years experience in higher education, has been named the sixteenth president of Northeastern State University by the Regional University System (RUSO) Board of Regents.

...In 1982, he began his association with the United Nations as a consultant, and subsequently liaison officer, at the International Conference on the Question of Palestine. Two years later, he served as political affairs and liaison officer, at the UN conference on the Division for Palestinian Rights.    NSU

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CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood and more...

10/25/07:  Nihad Awad discusses Islamofascist week on Middle East Al Jazeera TV here.  He's at the 3.10 min mark (its in Arabic)

5/3/07:  "...Muslims worlwide perceive...that the war on terrorism is, in fact, a war against Islam...," Nihad Awad on CNN :

In a March 22, 1994 speech at Barry University, future CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad said in response to an audience question about the various humanitarian efforts in the Occupied Territories, "...after I researched the situation inside and outside Palestine, I am in support of the Hamas movement more than the PLO...

 

Nihad Awad was a former employee of the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP) which was started by terrrorist, Musa Marzook, a top leader in Hamas.  To be fair, at the time Awad was employed there, Hamas had not yet been named a terrorist organization but they were very much under the radar of the federal government.  Hamas was named a terrorist organization in 1995 shortly after Awad left IAP and started CAIR.