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U.S.: California

Academics & Education

CAIR-CA calls on UC chancellors to retract opposition to BDS

February 1, 2019 Aaron Bandler  

(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 […]

Citizenship

Americans who thwarted train attack become French citizens

January 31, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Three Americans hailed as heroes for thwarting a jihadist attack on a train between Amsterdam and Paris were officially welcomed as French citizens on Thursday in a ceremony in the US state of California. Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone, […]

Legal

US judge recommends overturning California terror conviction

January 11, 2019 Don Thompson  

(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 […]

Interfaith

Report: Facebook and Twitter consult with terror-tied CAIR over who gets banned from platforms

January 8, 2019 Jordan Schachtel  

(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 […]

Beards

CAIR official mocks Muslims in U.S. military after praising terrorists

November 27, 2018 Unlisted Author  

(IPT) Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) official Zahra Billoo continues to judge Muslims who do not fall in line with her radical agenda. Last week, Military.com reported that the U.S. Air Force formally granted Staff Sgt. Abdul Rahman Gaitan a religious waiver […]

News: North America

Islamic charity linked to terror funding ‘helping’ wildfire victims

November 26, 2018 Unlisted Author  

(Clarion) An Islamic charity linked to terror funding has been given a perfect four-star rating as a reputable organization for those wishing to donate money to help victims of wildfires still burning out of control in California. Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA) was […]

Government & Politics

CAIR continues building its ‘wall of resistance’ against law enforcement

November 16, 2018 Patrick Dunleavy  

(IPT) Several years ago the Investigative Project on Terrorism exposed the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)’s deep-seated hostility toward law enforcement agencies. This hostility was vividly displayed in a poster produced by CAIR’s California chapter that depicted a law enforcement officer, complete […]

Books

‘Islamophobia’ outbreak in California A Muslim was found with a Qur’an, a book on terrorism, and a sawed-off rifle. What else could this be but 'Islamophobia'?

November 15, 2018 Robert Spencer  

(FrontPage) The San Francisco Chronicle has discovered a case of “Islamophobia,” and their intrepid reporters are on the job: “An Alameda County prosecutor,” we’re told, “recently held up an unusual piece of evidence while arguing that a man charged with a weapons […]

Crime

24th annual CAIR gala uplifts Bay Area Muslims

November 2, 2018 Diane Andrews  

(Silicon Valley Voice) “Faith Led, Justice Driven” was the theme of the 24th Annual Gala of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA). The gala sold out, drawing more than 1,300 Bay Area Muslims, friends and dignitaries to the […]

Government & Politics

Hunter and Campa-Najjar look to veterans to help portray each other as unfit to serve

November 1, 2018 Maya Sweedler  

(LA Times) The men and their campaigns could not be more different. One, a conservative, white former Marine who was elected to Congress in the same inland San Diego County area his father represented for 28 years, is fighting federal charges that […]

Government & Politics

Did CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood back a Democratic candidate?

November 1, 2018 Louis Jacobson  

(PolitiFact) The U.S. House race in California’s 50th district has gotten nasty. Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter represents a solidly Republican district, but he was indicted in August for misusing campaign funds. This has given a boost to his previously longshot Democratic challenger, […]

Government & Politics

50th District poll: Rep. Duncan Hunter’s lead over Ammar Campa-Najjar shrinks as Election Day looms

October 30, 2018 Jermaine Ong  

(KGTV) Rep. Duncan Hunter’s lead over Democratic challenger Ammar Campa-Najjar in the 50th Congressional District race has shrunk to just three percentage points, according to a new poll released one week before Election Day. Hunter’s lead over Campa-Najjar has dwindled in the […]

Government & Politics

Republican Muslim hoping for US Congress seat in Trump era

October 30, 2018 Javier Tovar  

(AFP) Omar Qudrat denies any contradiction in his being both a Muslim and a Republican in the era of President Donald Trump. In fact, he is so convinced that his party is still one of diversity, despite the president’s rhetoric, that he […]

Government & Politics

The terror-reinforcing primary Meet the anti-Trump Democrats who are friendly to terrorists.

October 19, 2018 Lloyd Billingsley  

(FrontPage) Since the 2016 election Democrats have centered their activism around opposition to President Trump. This furious enmity may have overshadowed some Democrats’ friendliness toward Islamic terrorists, and for the Democrat running in California’s 50th district it’s a family affair. “Palestinian-Mexican” Ammar […]

Government & Politics

Amid attacks by Rep. Hunter, Campa-Najjar and pro-Israeli group say there’s no problem with American-Muslim donors

October 19, 2018 Morgan Cook  

(SD Union-Tribune) Congressional candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar has received $17,300 in contributions from board members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations — contributions that the candidate says show support from hard-working Americans and his critics on the right wing are portraying as money […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Media cover for Ammar Campa-Najjar, accuse Duncan Hunter of racism

October 16, 2018 Joel B. Pollak  

(Breitbart) CNN claimed Tuesday that Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr. (R-CA) is “running an anti-Muslim campaign” against Democrat challenger Ammar Campa-Najjar in California’s 50th congressional district, east and northeast of San Diego. The same claim has been repeated by countless mainstream media outlets […]

Academics & Education

Iranian front group funds institutions across US

October 16, 2018 Ryan Mauro and Justen Charters  

(Clarion) The Alavi Foundation is an Iranian front group that funds mosques and educational institutions in the U.S. and Canada. In 2009, federal prosecutors charged that the Alavi Foundation was a front group for the Iranian government and violated U.S. law by […]

Government & Politics

Three retired generals join Rep. Hunter’s attack on challenger, who notes that they are lobbyists on defense issues

October 15, 2018 Charles T. Clark  

(SD Union-Tribune) Three retired generals have issued a letter to voters in Rep. Duncan Hunter’s congressional district claiming that his challenger — Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar — is a national security risk. The claim, circulated by the Hunter campaign, was immediately denied by […]

Government & Politics

Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar referred to terrorist grandfather as ‘legend’ in 2015

October 15, 2018 Joel B. Pollak  

(Breitbart) Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar referred to his Palestinian terrorist grandfather, Muhammad Yousef al-Najjar, as a “legend” in an Instagram post in 2015 — though he told the media earlier his year he condemns his grandfather’s actions. Muhammad Yousef al-Najjar, also known as Abu […]

Government & Politics

Attack ads against some Democrats try to portray them as terrorists

October 15, 2018 Jennifer Steinhauer  

(NY Times) In this congressional district just east of San Diego, a Christian Democrat, Ammar Campa-Najjar, has been portrayed by his Republican opponent as an Islamic terrorist sympathizer. The same allegation has been tossed at Democratic candidates in Ohio and New Jersey, […]

Government & Politics

CAIR of California publishes statewide voter guide for Muslims

October 15, 2018 Unlisted Author  

(Arab American News) With less than a month until the 2018 midterm elections, the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) released a “California Voter Guide,” which offers resources to assist California Muslims and allies as they prepare to vote […]

Government & Politics

Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar defends donation to radical ‘Islamist’ group CAIR

October 11, 2018 Joel B. Pollak  

(Breitbart) Democratic congressional candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar spent the early hours of Thursday morning defending his campaign’s 2017 donation to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and the contributions he has received from CAIR officials. Campa-Najjar is running in California’s 50th congressional district […]

Government & Politics

California Dem hits Trump Jr. over claims of links to extremist groups

October 11, 2018 John Bowden  

(Hill) A California Democrat hit back at President Trump’s eldest son on Thursday after Donald Trump Jr. accused the candidate of links to extremist groups through the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim civil rights group. Ammar Campa-Najjar, a Democrat running […]

Government & Politics

Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar’s campaign donated money to CAIR

October 10, 2018 Joel B. Pollak  

(Breitbart) The campaign of Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar, who is running against incumbent Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr. (R-CA) in California’s 50th congressional district, donated $650 to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in 2017, public records show. As Breitbart News has noted: […]

Academics & Education

New Duncan Hunter ad: Democratic foe is ‘security risk’ tied to Muslim terrorists

September 27, 2018 Ken Stone  

(Times of San Diego) A new 30-second commercial, appearing on Rep. Duncan Hunter’s YouTube channel and shared via Twitter, depicts his Democratic opponent as a security risk bankrolled by the Muslim Brotherhood. “Ammar Campa-Najjar is working to infiltrate Congress,” the narrator says. […]

Government & Politics

Rep. Duncan Hunter’s campaign denies he implied campaign rival is a radical Muslim

September 26, 2018 Maya Sweedler  

(LA Times) U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, the Alpine Republican fighting charges of misusing campaign funds, appeared to suggest in a speech to a women’s group that his election opponent is a “radical Muslim” and part of an attempt by Islamists to infiltrate […]

Academics & Education

Judge rules that San Diego school district’s anti-Islamophobia efforts can stay in place during court case

September 25, 2018 Kristen Taketa  

(SD Union-Tribune) A federal judge on Tuesday rejected an attempt by parents to shut down San Diego Unified School District’s anti-Islamophobia efforts, saying that they could not prove that the district’s program was unconstitutional and favored Islam over other religions. While Tuesday’s […]

Government & Politics

Duncan Hunter rages in Ramona: Fire Sessions, beware ‘Islamist’ rival, Rosenstein ‘coup’

September 24, 2018 Ken Stone  

(Times of San Diego) Attorney General Jeff Sessions “better” be fired after the November election. Rod Rosenstein, his apparent lame-duck deputy, has been part of a “coup” since before Donald Trump’s election. The president’s border wall has “nothing to do with illegal […]

Clothing

San Francisco museum shows off modern Muslim women’s fashion

September 21, 2018 Janie Har  

(AP) The head covering is among the most identifiable elements of Muslim women’s dress and most likely to be portrayed as drab and restrictive to the Western eye. But a new exhibition in San Francisco shows that the covering used by some […]

Academics & Education

‘Muslim UN’ highlights San Diego lawsuit against Islamophobia curriculum

September 18, 2018 John Rossomando  

(IPT) A recent report on Islamophobia published by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) appears to affirm its common cause with a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) effort to change public school curricula and staff training in the name of stopping Islamophobia. […]

Crime

Who’s running against Duncan Hunter? Ammar Campa-Najjar, a millennial Palestinian Mexican American

August 23, 2018 Javier Panzar  

(LA Times) For nearly 40 years, voters in eastern San Diego County have picked a Republican named Duncan Hunter to be their representative in Congress. Duncan Lee Hunter came first, and then his son and current Congressman Duncan Duane Hunter. Could 2018 […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Advocacy group says ‘anti-Muslim bias incidents’ up 82 percent in California

August 9, 2018 Tal Axelrod  

(Hill) A report from the Council [on] American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) showed “anti-Muslim bias incidents” in California surged 82 percent in 2017, during President Trump’s first year in office. The report from CAIR California says the group received complaints of 2,259 “anti-Muslim bias incidents” last year, […]

Interfaith

Sisters in hate: Sarsour and Billoo team up in fundraiser

July 23, 2018 John Rossomando  

(IPT) Two of the American Muslim community’s most notable anti-Semites recently teamed up for an online fundraiser benefiting the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) San Francisco chapter and a group called MPower Change. Despite claiming to be advocates for the Palestinian cause, […]

Academics & Education

Judge considers whether bullying policy is religious discrimination

July 17, 2018 Bianca Bruno  

(Courthouse News) A federal judge Tuesday considered whether a bullying policy aimed at fighting Islamophobia at one of the largest school districts in California violates the civil rights of students of other faiths. U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant heard arguments about whether […]

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