Palestine Committee – Eye on Islamism

Chikli: CAIR leader praised October 7 massacre, called Gaza ‘concentration camp’ Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli claimed that CAIR had ties to Hamas and was 'outrageously antisemtic.'

December 20, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Jerusalem Post) Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry Minister Amichai Chikli escalated his campaign against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Thursday, exposing the organization’s alleged ties to Hamas and sharing a damning quote from its executive director, Nihad Awad, about […]

Hamas ally CAIR has been operating with impunity inside America for 30 years

November 8, 2023 Paul Sperry

(Real Clear Investigations) After Hamas massacred 1,400 men, women and children in Israel last month, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that the terror group “and its allies” could inspire attacks on Americans “here on our own soil.” He also told the Senate […]

The obvious answer to Dana Milbank’s question

June 23, 2022 Steven Emerson

(IPT) “Why not?” Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank asked that simple question last week after the normally publicity-mad Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) told him it had nothing to say about a BDS chapter’s promotion of a “mapping project” condemned as antisemitic […]

CAIR drops lawsuit against whistleblower

January 10, 2022 Unlisted Author

(IPT) A former employee who alleged rampant sexual discrimination and harassment inside the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was using “disturbingly false allegations” in a “systemic and continuous internet smear campaign” to get people to stop donating to or working with the […]

CAIR’s Awad considers Tel Aviv ‘occupied,’ prays for its liberation

December 1, 2021 Steven Emerson

(IPT) Nihad Awad normally presents himself as mild mannered and measured. That demeanor has helped the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) co-founder and executive director appear on national news channels and be welcomed in congressional offices. But his true radicalism was exposed […]

US Islamist groups call for ‘Lady al-Qaeda’ to be set free CAIR, AMP, ICNA and MAS continue to embrace their pro-terrorist roots.

November 26, 2021 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), and the Muslim American Society (MAS) all have their foundings linked inseparably with militant Islamic ideologies. For CAIR and AMP it was Hamas, […]

Accused of abuse, ex-CAIR Florida leader admits to multiple religious marriages

April 16, 2021 Steven Emerson

(IPT) Hassan Shibly, who was one of the highest-profile officials at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), has been accused of spouse abuse and repeated harassment in a National Public Radio story published Thursday. Shibly resigned as director of CAIR’s Florida chapter […]

Radical Muslim infighting: AMP vs. Emgage For the Hamas-linked AMP, some Islamists are just not anti-Zionist enough.

October 7, 2020 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and Emgage are both radical Muslim organizations found in the US. Yet, one of these organizations, AMP, has taken issue with what it claims to be the other’s involvement with Zionist groups, something that is far […]

California Census partners with CAIR radical

August 5, 2020 Steven Emerson

(IPT) Would someone who believes that ISIS terrorists and the Israeli army are morally equivalent have the kind of judgment to provide “essential” help to the government? What if that [same] person worked for an organization that the FBI believes is not […]

American Islamists again embrace Erdogan’s authoritarianism

May 31, 2020 Steven Emerson

(IPT) Leaders of American Islamist groups celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, this week by heaping praise on Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey who aims to be a leader of the Sunni world. “[P]rofound human rights violations against hundreds […]

Congresswomen to speak at anti-Israel group’s ‘online gala’

April 16, 2020 Steven Emerson

(IPT) Islamist groups, like many others, are doing what they can to adjust to life during the coronavirus. Conferences and fundraising dinners are off the table, so many are turning to online gatherings. American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), a group that in […]

Rashida Tlaib and Rasha Mubarak, American Muslims for Hamas Why are Democrats ignoring the Islamist fifth column infiltrating their party?

January 16, 2020 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) Following the founding of Hamas in 1987, the Muslim Brotherhood set up worldwide committees to assist the newly formed terrorist group. In the US, it was called the Palestine Committee, and by the end of 1994, it would consist of four […]

CAIR leader shills for convicted Hamas financiers ‘Holy Land 5’ An exercise in duplicity allows CAIR to play the victim card.

January 1, 2020 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) During the 2007 and 2008 federal trials against the Holy Land Foundation (HLF), a Muslim charity that raised millions of dollars for Hamas, CAIR was named by the US Justice Department an “unindicted co-conspirator” for both trials. The label and stigma […]

CAIR chapter leader: ‘F*** Zionism’

December 5, 2019 Teri Blumenfeld

(IPT) So that’s how the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) deals with “Zionism on [a] daily basis”? Less than a week after CAIR co-founder and executive director Nihad Awad said combating the idea of a Jewish homeland is a daily mission at […]

Omar celebrates Islamist electoral wins with U.S. MB supporters

November 20, 2019 John Rossomando

(IPT) For many members of Congress, weekends are spent returning to their home districts to keep in touch with constituents. For U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, the weekend of Nov. 8 was devoted to embracing some of the country’s most prominent and problematic […]

CAIR’s Awad describes his ‘formula’ for Islamist political power

November 12, 2019 Steven Emerson

(IPT) Nihad Awad has a vision for America’s future. Awad, a co-founder and executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), calls it “the formula.” “A strong CAIR equals a strong community,” he said Saturday during CAIR’s national fundraising banquet. “A […]

Census Bureau drops CAIR partnership after IPT report

August 30, 2019 Steven Emerson

(IPT) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will not be an official partner with the U.S. Census Bureau for next year’s national population count. CAIR issued a statement Wednesday touting a formal partnership, which it said aimed “to promote American Muslim participation […]

CAIR touts partnership with Census Bureau

August 28, 2019 Steven Emerson

(IPT) Federal law enforcement knows enough about the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to order its agents not to engage with the group outside of criminal investigations. But despite that, the U.S. Census Bureau believes the conservative, Sunni-dominated Islamist organization is a […]

American Islamists’ double standards on Kashmir

August 27, 2019 Abha Shankar

(IPT) American Islamists pushed alarmist rhetoric and double standards following the Indian ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)’s recent action ending autonomy for the Indian portion of Jammu and Kashmir. The Himalayan Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir has been a source of […]

Radical anti-Israel group to host Capitol Hill briefing

July 22, 2019 Abha Shankar

(IPT) A virulently anti-Israel advocacy group is hosting a Capitol Hill briefing tomorrow where it will allege Israeli mistreatment of American citizens. American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) was able to secure a room in the Longworth House Office Building, which serves U.S. […]

Report: American Islamist charities funding terror in Gaza

July 12, 2019 Abha Shankar

(IPT) A Gaza-based charity that ostensibly receives humanitarian funds from U.S. and Western Islamist benefactors has close ties to a designated terrorist group, a new report by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) finds. Board members for the Generosity […]

Muslim Brotherhood supporters, jihadists label Morsi a ‘martyr’

June 19, 2019 John Rossomando

(IPT) Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s death Monday during a court hearing triggered immediate, often predictable reactions. The Muslim Brotherhood, which Morsi spent his life serving, accused Egypt’s military rulers of killing him. U.S. Brotherhood-linked groups and individuals followed suit, describing Morsi […]

CAIR oddly silent about Hamas-linked activist’s deportation fight

June 14, 2019 John Rossomando

(IPT) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has been unusually silent about the attempt to deport Hamas-linked activist Abdelhaleem al-Ashqar. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents placed Ashqar, 60, on an airplane to Israel last week, but he was able to return to […]

MB-linked American Muslim leaders embrace Virginia school board candidate

June 5, 2019 John Rossomando

(IPT) American Muslim leaders with documented ties to the Muslim Brotherhood congratulated Fairfax County, Va., at-large school board candidate Abrar Omeish on winning the endorsement of the county’s Democratic Party, posts on her father Esam Omeish’s Facebook page show. She serves as […]

Exec director of CAIR delivers daily prayer in California Senate Senate Republicans were not informed about Elkarra’s invitation

May 28, 2019 Katy Grimes

(California Globe) Every session in the California State Senate opens with a prayer by the Senate chaplain, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Tuesday, May 28, instead of Sister Michelle Gorman offering the daily prayer, the prayer was given by Basim Elkarra, […]

‘Cherry picked and out of context’ — Deception dominates ICNA co-sponsored ‘Inventing Terrorists’ report

May 20, 2019 Steven Emerson

(IPT) As IPT Senior Fellow Patrick Dunleavy noted Friday, the Islamic Circle of North America has helped update a report on terrorist prosecutions in the United States which claims more than 9 in 10 cases involving Muslim suspects are bogus. “Many convicted […]

From Philasteen to Philadelphia: Muslim youth indoctrination on full display in America

April 30, 2019 Steven Emerson

(IPT) Young Muslim boys, dressed in traditional Palestinian garb, passionately lip-sync: The blood of the martyrs is calling us. Paradise, men desire it. Revolutionaries, Revolutionaries … Sword and Text, oh free men. During the song, several children hold up a copy of […]

AOC, Tlaib met with AMP members during Palestine Advocacy Day

April 12, 2019 John Rossomando

(IPT) Members of the rabidly anti-Israel group American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) met this week with U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., during the group’s annual Palestine Advocacy Day. Ocasio-Cortez posed for a photo with AMP supporters outside her […]

Revised complaint bolsters AMP’s ties to old Hamas-support network

April 5, 2019 Abha Shankar

(IPT) A Yahoo bulletin board created in late 2005 by activists associated with a former Hamas-support network laid the groundwork for creating a replacement virulently anti-Israel group, an amended complaint filed in Chicago federal court on March 29 alleges. The new complaint […]

llhan Omar speaks at CAIR fundraiser

March 22, 2019 Unlisted Author

(IPT) It might seem natural for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Los Angeles chapter to invite U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar to speak at Saturday evening’s fundraising dinner. CAIR is predominantly a conservative Sunni-run political organization, and Omar, D-Minn., is one of […]

Pro-Israel philanthropist remains committed to ‘speaking out’ against anti-Semitism Adam Milstein has withdrawn from a panel at the upcoming AIPAC conference after tweets criticizing Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib over their rhetoric and ties to CAIR.

March 20, 2019 Sean Savage

(JNS) Pro-Israel philanthropist Adam Milstein has said that he remains committed to speaking out against the anti-Semitic rhetoric of Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), as well as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), following his announcement that he has […]

Online petition calls for investigation of Omar, Tlaib and CAIR

March 15, 2019 Hagay Hacohen

(Jerusalem Post) An online petition started by the group Stop Antisemitism calls on the US attorney general William Barr and special antisemitism envoy Elan Carr to take a deep look at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR. The petition, shared on change.org […]

Laurie Cardoza-Moore claims Ilhan Omar may have ties to Muslim Brotherhood 'Omar may be in violation of a federal statute for fundraising for two Muslim Brotherhood charities that seek to destroy America,' she claimed.

March 7, 2019 Ilanit Chernick

(Jerusalem Post) Laurie Cardoza-Moore, president of Proclaiming Justice to the Nations (PJTN), called on the US Justice Department “to launch a full and thorough investigation” into Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) “possible connections to the Muslim Brotherhood.” Cardoza-Moore, an Evangelical leader who hosts […]

Sarsour and her Islamist entourage protect Rashida Tlaib from critic

March 7, 2019 Unlisted Author

(IPT) Anti-Semitic activist Linda Sarsour on Wednesday ordered people associated with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to physically block former Wall Street Journal journalist and Muslim Reform Movement leader Asra Nomani from entering U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-Mich) office. Nomani, a […]

Virginia Democratic candidate’s anti-Semitic diatribe has a radical past

February 18, 2019 Abha Shankar

(IPT) A Virginia General Assembly candidate has apologized for past social media posts excoriating Jews and Israel. But Ibraheem Samirah continues to shade his involvement with groups which would like to see Israel eliminated, a sentiment that was prominent in his life. […]