A Really Bad CAIR Day - let's hope it's just the first of many to come
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Three radical Islamic front groups have been named by federal prosecutors as participants in a criminal conspiracy to support Hamas - including (gasp!) the Council on American Islamic Relations.
Three radical Islamic front groups have been named by federal prosecutors as participants in a criminal conspiracy to support Hamas - including (gasp!) the Council on American Islamic Relations.
(cue foreboding music - da da da daaaa)
Staff Reporter of the Sun
June 4, 2007
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Prosecutors applied the label of "unindicted co-conspirator" to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Islamic Society of North America, and the North American Islamic Trust in connection with a trial planned in Texas next month for five officials of a defunct charity, the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.
While the foundation was charged in the case, which was filed in 2004, none of the other groups was. However, the co-conspirator designation could be a blow to the credibility of the national Islamic organizations, which often work hand-in-hand with government officials engaged in outreach to the Muslim community.
A court filing by the government last week listed the three prominent groups among about 300 individuals or entities named as co-conspirators.
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Prosecutors applied the label of "unindicted co-conspirator" to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Islamic Society of North America, and the North American Islamic Trust in connection with a trial planned in Texas next month for five officials of a defunct charity, the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.
While the foundation was charged in the case, which was filed in 2004, none of the other groups was. However, the co-conspirator designation could be a blow to the credibility of the national Islamic organizations, which often work hand-in-hand with government officials engaged in outreach to the Muslim community.
A court filing by the government last week listed the three prominent groups among about 300 individuals or entities named as co-conspirators.
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Meanwhile, back in Egypt...
Egypt to US-based group Human Rights Watch: legalize Muslim Brotherhood!
"In the week Egypt boasted about its election to the UN Human Rights Council, it was arresting scores of people solely for exercising their right to free association and free speech," HRW Deputy Director Joe Stork said in the statement.
posted by jillosophy at 6/04/2007 11:40:00 AM
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