Council on American-Islamic Relations
The Council on American-Islamic Relations ( CAIR ; German Council for American-Islamic Relations ) is an Islamic civil rights organization. CAIR is based in Washington, DC , is a recognized nonprofit organization and has sections across the United States and Canada.
The main goal of the organization is to protect the fundamental rights of Muslims in the USA and Canada. CAIR's legal department supports victims of discrimination in the workplace, in public and in the media. Another goal of CAIR is to promote a positive image of Islam . The organization encourages a distinction between moderate Muslims and Islamist terrorists . Furthermore, the organization wants to encourage Muslims with US citizenship to register as voters and take part in the democratic process.
The organization has been accused of being close to militant and terrorist organizations such as Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood from various quarters, including Daniel Pipes , Robert Spencer's Jihad Watch , Steven Emerson's Investigative Project and CAMERA .
On January 29, 2009, Emerson announced that the FBI had terminated its relationship with CAIR, which had existed roughly since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks ; the decision to do so was in connection with CAIR contacts with Hamas , about which CAIR did not comment adequately.
On November 15, 2014, CAIR was added to a list of terrorist or terrorist organizations drawn up by the Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates .
Web links
- Council of American-Islamic Relations official site
- Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) official site
- US website from critics of the organization
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.danielpipes.org/biblio_cair.php
- ↑ http://www.investigativeproject.org/profile/172
- ↑ http://camera.org/index.asp?x_context=7&x_issue=11&x_article=1496
- ↑ http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/985
- ^ "The UAE Cabinet approved a list of 83 designated terrorist organizations on Saturday, including al Qaeda and the Islamic State. Much more significant, though, what the inclusion of [...] two American Muslim groups: the Council on American Islamic Relations and the Muslim American Society. The decision to put two mainstream US Muslim groups on its list of terrorist organizations is part of an initiative, together with the Saudis, to undermine the Islamist movement known as the Muslim Brotherhood "; in: The UAE and Saudi War on the Muslim Brotherhood Could Be Trouble for the US ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , STRATFOR , November 18, 2014
