CAIR-LA: Rift Develops Between Muslims, FBI over Mosque Surveillance
A coalition of Islamic organizations angered by reports of the government sending a paid informant to infiltrate Orange County mosques is threatening to cut ties with the FBI and accusing the agency of using “McCarthy-era tactics.”The announcement by the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections comes on the heels of Irvine resident Craig […]
Mearsheimer: The Pro-Israel Lobby Falters
[. . .] One of the most remarkable aspects of the Freeman affair was that the mainstream media paid it little attention – the New York Times, for example, did not run a single story dealing with Freeman until the day after he stepped down – while a fierce battle over the appointment took place […]
FBI Tactics Hurt Law-Abiding Muslims
I commend the Orange County Register for an outstanding editorial, “FBI creates climate of fear,” that clearly brought to the fore the unbalanced relationship between the American Muslim community and the FBI [Opinion, March 22]. American Muslims are law-abiding citizens who positively contribute to the fabric of American society. They have sacrificed time, money and […]
CAIR: FBI and American Muslims at Odds
Law enforcement efforts to root out home-grown terrorists are jeopardized by deteriorating relations between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Muslim and Arab-American communities. The situation began last fall when the FBI quietly withdrew formal relations with all local chapters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), one of the largest Muslim American civil […]
CAIR: Policy, Not Geography Key to Obama’s Muslim Outreach
When President Obama visits Turkey early next month, some observers are expecting he will use the occasion to deliver on his promise to deliver a major foreign policy speech from a Muslim nation in his first 100 days. But indications are that he will not give the speech in Turkey. The White House and State […]
Guantanamo Guard Embraces Islam
Army specialist Terry Holdbrooks had been a guard at Guantánamo for about six months the night he had his life-altering conversation with detainee 590, a Moroccan also known as “the General.” This was early 2004, about halfway through Holdbrooks’s stint at Guantánamo with the 463rd Military Police Company. Until then, he’d spent most of his […]
NH: State’s First Mosque Goes Up Bit by Bit
From a quiet perch overlooking Lake Massabesic’s northern tip and hazy, blue hills to the south, history is unfolding. The concrete foundation of the state’s first mosque rises behind a chain-link construction fence. Relatively small in scale, the project is epic in scope. Not only did it take more than a dozen years of planning […]
CAIR-FL: Ad for Islam on Buses May Lead to Ban
In the wake of controversial bus ads saying Jesus followed the principles of Islam, Broward County commissioners are considering a ban on advertising religious messages on public transportation and all other government property.The new policy would still permit churches and other religious organizations to place general ads promoting activities such as services or fairs. An […]
FBI Role Alleged in American Muslim’s Detention in UAE
One day last July, Naji Hamdan was summoned to the U.S. Embassy in the United Arab Emirates. He drove two hours through the desert heat from Dubai to answer questions from FBI agents who had arrived from Los Angeles, where Hamdan had gone to school, started a family, built a successful auto-parts business and become […]
CAIR: Muslim Groups Weigh Breaking Ties with FBI
Relations between Muslim American groups and the FBI have approached a breaking point in the wake of news last week that the bureau has severed formal ties with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Islamic advocacy group in the U.S. Amid debate over whether such organizations should even work with the FBI, a nationwide […]