(Washington Times) A research group that monitors jihadi social media has assembled a detailed dossier on Hoda Muthana, the former Alabama resident who embraced mass killings as a three-time Islamic State bride in Syria but now wants to return to America. The […]
(Arkansas Times) The Council on American-Islamic Relations has sued the state Correction Department for requiring inmates to attend combined religious services for three faiths — Islam, Nation of Islam and Nation of Gods and Earths. CAIR and Douglas Laycock of the University […]
(FrontPage) Hoda Muthana, a 24-year-old woman who fled her Birmingham, Alabama-area home to join ISIS in Syria, in 2014, and who called on others to commit violence against Americans, including against then-President Barack Obama, wants to come home to the United States. […]
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(Fox) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking to “Fox News Sunday,” forcefully rejected a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration this week by the father of an Alabama woman who left the U.S. to join the Islamic State group, saying in no […]
(Oklahoman) The Council on American-Islamic Relations recently held its annual Interfaith Jummah Prayer event at the state Capitol. The event, also billed as a “Day of Prayer for Our Legislators,” included guest speakers from the interfaith community. They included Rabbi Vered Harris, […]
(AP) A federal magistrate on Friday ordered the government to disclose to him and to plaintiffs’ attorneys a list of private organizations that receive access to the government’s list of known or suspected terrorists. Judge John Anderson issued the ruling at the […]
(Conservative Review) A senior official in the terror-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is serving as a pro bono attorney for Hoda Muthana, a Yemeni terrorist and former U.S. resident who wants to come back to the United States following the dissolution […]
(AP) A Muslim civil rights group called for a congressional investigation Wednesday after its lawsuit revealed that the U.S. government has shared access to parts of its terrorist watchlist with more than 1,400 private entities, including hospitals and universities. The Council on […]
(Daily Caller) House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy condemned Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s upcoming speech at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) banquet next month. CAIR is a pro-Palestinian organization with alleged ties to Islamic terror groups. The U.S. Department of Justice […]
(AP) The federal government has acknowledged that it shares its terrorist watchlist with more than 1,400 private entities, including hospitals and universities, prompting concerns from civil libertarians that those mistakenly placed on the list could face a wide variety of hassles in […]
(Conservative Review) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., a self-proclaimed liberal progressive, will speak alongside an extremist imam at an event hosted by the Michigan chapter of the terror-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) next month. The Hamas-connected outfit is infamously known for being […]
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(Chicago Sun-Times) Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts apologized Monday for the “pain” caused by Joe Ricketts’ racist emails and promised the Cubs will make an effort to mend their relationship with the Muslim community. That healing process will, he said, include steps outlined […]
(CNS) The Council on American-Islamic Relations said late Thursday President Trump’s plan to declare a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border was an “abuse of executive authority,” motivated by a desire to “’make America white again.” CAIR, which calls itself the nation’s […]
(Conservative Review) Newly elected Rep. Ilhan Omar will jet off to Los Angeles next month to keynote a fundraiser for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a terror-tied organization that was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorist financing case in […]
(IPT) Maybe Ilhan Omar had a point — it is all about the Benjamins baby. As the freshman U.S. representative was called out by her own Democratic Party leadership for anti-Semitic tweets implying Jewish money controls the Congress she now sits in, ideological […]
(Chicago Sun-Times) A local Muslim organization said Friday the Chicago Cubs have committed to “concrete steps” they can take to combat Islamophobia in the wake of the leaking of racist emails sent by Joe Ricketts, patriarch of the family that owns the […]
(AL.com) An Alabama death row inmate scheduled to be executed Thursday night has been granted an emergency stay, and the Alabama attorney general’s office is appealing to the nation’s highest court. Domineque Ray’s execution is set for 6 p.m. Thursday at Holman […]
(Chicago Sun-Times) Many Cubs fans, especially those who are Muslim, felt betrayed and hurt after leaked emails from Cubs ownership patriarch and TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts revealed racist jokes and Islamophobic rhetoric. The Chicago chapter of the Council [on] American-Islamic Relations […]
(Daily Wire) Anti-Semitic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) ran from CNN on Tuesday when the network pressed her over her support for anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel. During a segment on “The Lead With Jake Tapper,” CNN’s Manu Raju […]
(NY Times) Maeen Ali remembers the worry he felt when he first spotted the “Punish a Muslim Day” screed online. The letter, mailed last spring throughout England, encouraged violence that ranged from pulling off a woman’s head scarf to bombing mosques. Each […]
(KNBC) The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Saturday demanded that a gun store in Santa Ana cease selling what the organization considers Islamophobic window decals and bumper stickers. The organization claims Ammo Bros sells stickers that […]
(AL.com) The volunteer Muslim chaplain for a death row inmate set for execution next week said that there are prayers required of a Muslim before he dies, and that the inmate needs his assistance to die honoring his faith. “I know the […]
(AL.com) A federal judge ruled today against an Alabama death row inmate who sought a stay of execution to litigate his claim that prison officials are violating his religious rights because they won’t allow his Muslim spiritual adviser to be with him […]
(Jewish Journal) The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) California chapter called on the University of California chancellors to retract their stated opposition to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. In December, the ten UC chancellors issued a statement calling BDS “a […]
(Daily Wire) Anti-Semitic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) suggested in an interview this week that Israel should not be allowed to exist as a Jewish state, Israel is not a democracy, and compared Israel to Iran — which is the world’s leading state […]
(Today) Is this logo offensive? Nike has come under fire for the design of its Air Max shoe, with some calling it insulting to the Islamic faith. According to a recent petition launched on Change.org, the Air Max logo on the bottom […]
(Tulsa World) A judge has dismissed a Muslim woman’s civil rights lawsuit after finding that her complaint failed to meet the legal burden to show that Tulsa County sheriff’s deputies violated her constitutional rights when they refused to let her enter the […]
(IPT) Turkish NBA star Enes Kanter did not join his New York Knicks teammates when they play the Washington Wizards in London today due to his fear he could be assassinated by Turkish spies. An Istanbul prosecutor on Tuesday drafted an extradition […]
(Conservative Review) A senior official of the Council [on] American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) who spoke last week at an event celebrating the election of three Muslim members of Congress is an avowed supporter of the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas. Jinan Shbat (who goes […]
(D Magazine) In August of 2017, Alia Salem and Huma Yasin decided to launch something for Muslim parishioners to go for help. They’d seen enough. An imam in Irving had been accused of “sexually grooming” an 18-year-old congregant, beginning when she was […]
(AP) A federal magistrate on Friday recommended overturning the controversial 2006 conviction of a California man accused of attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan and plotting an attack in the United States. Hamid Hayat, now 36, who was then a young […]
(Middle East Eye) Ilhan Omar had four hours to decide whether to run for Congress. Last June, Keith Ellison, then a representative for Minnesota and the first Muslim elected to Congress, made a late-hour entry into the state’s attorney general race, leaving […]
(CNS) Welcoming his two fellow Muslim newcomers to Congress, Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.) on Thursday evening envisioned a future with 30-35 Muslim members serving by 2030, and with Muslims holding posts ranging from committee chairs to the presidency of the United States. […]
(Baltimore Sun) A former Maryland state representative has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Gov. Larry Hogan and Attorney General Brian Frosh, taking aim at an executive order denying government contracts to businesses that boycott Israel. The suit, filed Wednesday in federal […]
(Conservative Review) The Hamas-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which is best known as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorism financing case in U.S. history, appears to have access to high-ranking Facebook and Twitter executives and has communicated with these individuals […]
(FrontPage) Two weeks after an article I wrote, exposing former CAIR leader Ahmad Saleem’s travails following his incarceration relating to his arrest for soliciting sex from a minor, Saleem has shut down his Facebook page. The article was a warning to parents […]
(NY Post) Doormats featuring verses from the Quran were promptly removed from Amazon on Friday. The Council on American-Islamic Relations complained to Amazon on Thursday about more than a dozen bathroom and outdoor mats, which carried verses and the word Allah in […]
(FrontPage) CAIR-Florida communications director Wilfredo Ruiz likes to call his organization a “civil rights group” and uses social media to denounce those who spread bigotry, yet Ruiz himself associates with individuals and groups who spread the same kind of hate. This past […]
(FrontPage) Tayyab Ismail’s family-life appears to be over, or at least it is going to take a very big hiatus. On Friday, December 14th, Ismail was arrested on terrorism-related charges. Federal authorities claim that he repeatedly posted bomb-making instructions on forums frequented […]
(FrontPage) Former CAIR-Florida operative Ahmad Saleem’s two-year prison term stemming from his 2015 Orlando-area arrest, during a child sex sting operation, has expired. In an attempt to put the shame and scandal behind him or a way to further his illicit exploits […]
(IPT) An organization aimed at fostering democracy in the Arab world will be dedicated to the slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s memory, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) executive director Nihad Awad announced last weekend in an Al-Jazeera interview. Khashoggi, a U.S. […]
(Conservative Review) Women’s March leader and Islamist activist Linda Sarsour is scheduled to speak at the end of the month at the Muslim American Society-Islamic Circle of North America (MAS-ICNA) annual conference in Chicago. The announcement comes on the heels of a Tablet […]
(Detroit News) A Michigan Muslim man alleges he was kicked off a Greyhound bus last summer for talking on his phone in Arabic, an advocacy group reported Wednesday. The Council on American-Islamic Relations Michigan chapter has filed a complaint with the state Department […]
(Arkansas Times) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) yesterday issued a statement calling on the Arkansas legislature to censure Sen. Jason Rapert for comments that CAIR argued “appeared to question the right of American Muslim to participate in the political process.” Readers of […]
(IPT) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) sent out a fundraising email for #GivingTuesday earlier this week claiming that Facebook and PayPal would match up to $7 million in donations to the group. “Today is Giving Tuesday, a day where you can […]
(Anadolu) A group here voted in favor of changing the name of the street in front of the Saudi embassy to Jamal Khashoggi Way, sending a message to the international community and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, according to reports. The Advisory […]
(IPT) Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) president Morton A. Klein is calling for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to fire Los Angeles chapter director Hussam Ayloush after he advocated for the “termination” of Israel. “Iran’s regime calling Israel a ‘cancerous tumor’ […]
(JNS) CAIR Los Angeles director Hussam Ayloush posted on Twitter over the weekend that “Iran’s regime calling Israel a ‘cancerous tumor’ is like the pot calling the kettle black. All the people of that region will be better off once both murderous […]
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