Steven Emerson
IPT News, Dec. 9, 2021
“But no speaker mentioned the bigoted message and antisemitic narratives pushed by CAIR since its founding more than 25 years ago. Nor did they explain how it was possible to fight bigotry and hate when the organization is led by bigots and haters.”
This is Part 2 of a two-part series excerpted from a book being published next year on CAIR’s long antisemitic track record by the Investigative Project on Terrorism. To read the previous installment, click here.
Although the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has a long and documented history of attacking Jews and Israel, many American elected officials don’t seem to mind.
A November 20 Chicago virtual fundraiser sponsored by the self-professed American Muslim civil rights organization, drew five members of Congress, a US senator, governor, and attorney general. They praised the group’s fight against hate and bigotry, and its alleged commitment to justice.
“For decades, CAIR-Chicago has been the leading Muslim community organization in the area,” claimed Illinois Senator Dick Durbin (D). It has “been at the forefront of so many issues, protecting civil liberties, informing your voters, providing services to the community.”
Not only was Durbin “proud of CAIR-Chicago’s leadership in our community,” but he also looked forward to working with it on “many shared goals.”
More than 50 elected officials, including Durbin, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton, and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot also sent CAIR-Chicago letters to help its annual fundraiser.
Pritzker described CAIR-Chicago’s achievements as “remarkable.” Others praised CAIR’s role as “a crucial voice for the Muslim community” in the fight against “bigotry and hate.”
But no speaker mentioned the bigoted message and antisemitic narratives pushed by CAIR since its founding more than 25 years ago. Nor did they explain how it was possible to fight bigotry and hate when the organization is led by bigots and haters.
“F*** Zionism. And F*** you too France,” wrote CAIR’s National Strategic Communications Director and Chicago chapter Director Ahmed Rehab in 2019, after the French parliament adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s working definition of antisemitism.
Steven Emerson is executive director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, the author of eight books on national security and terrorism, the producer of two documentaries, and the author of hundreds of articles in national and international publications.
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