(Post Millennial) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) used its 31st anniversary gala in Washington, DC, this weekend to honor Mahmoud Khalil, a man long associated with Hamas-linked groups and extremist campus activism at Columbia University, presenting him with the organization’s 2025 Champion of Justice Award.
While CAIR continues to position itself as the nation’s leading Muslim civil rights organization, its history remains clouded by its origins and ties to groups connected with terrorism. Federal prosecutors in the landmark Holy Land Foundation case named CAIR as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terror-financing trial in US history. The Holy Land Foundation was found guilty of funneling millions of dollars to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization.
