An Op-Ed by Representative Sue Myrick
Posted: 24 Oct 2009 02:22 PM PDT
Editor's Note: The following is an article by PinkNeck. You can check out her blog at PinkNeck.com.
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op-ed. I think it's important.
C.A.I.R., the Council on American Islamic
Relations, is one of the largest and most well-funded Muslim organizations
in our country. But they're not the moderate Muslim group they say they
are. They're actually a front for the terrorist group
HAMAS.
C.A.I.R. attacks
those that try to speak the truth about what they are up to, like how
they're placing C.A.I.R. interns in our government offices. Few people
have the courage to go up against any terrorist organization, but
Representative Sue Myrick is speaking out. C.A.I.R.,
of course, is doing everything they can to stop her. But she's standing
her ground.
I know you're
busy. And I know this isn't a pleasant topic, but it's a real threat. The
goal of C.A.I.R. is to destroy our democracy by infiltrating our
government and eventually replacing our government with Shari'a law.
Europe looked the other way for far too long and now they are having
terrible problems. We can't afford to look the other way. We can't afford
to believe what they say and ignore what they do.
I'll get off my soap box. Myrick says it much
better than I do, and with a great deal more
authority.
Here's what she
said:
Last week, I held a press conference on
Capitol Hill attended by three of my colleagues in the House of
Representatives to call for a federal investigation (s) into a
non-profit group called the Council on American Islamic Relations
(C.A.I.R.)
Here are the
facts:
1. CAIR has
documented ties to the terrorist organization HAMAS. This is stated fact
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
In an April 28, 2009 letter to US Senator Jon
Kyl, the FBI wrote the following:
“As you know, CAIR was named as an unindicted
co-conspirator of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development in
the United States v. Holy Land Foundation et al. (Cr. No. 3:04-240-P
(N.D.TX.). During that trial, evidence was introduced that demonstrated
a relationship among CAIR, individual CAIR founders (including its
current President Emeritus and its Executive Director) and the
Palestinian Committee. Evidence was also introduced that demonstrated a
relationship between the Palestinian Committee and HAMAS, which was
designated a terrorist organization in 1995. In light of that evidence,
the FBI suspended all formal contacts between CAIR and the
FBI.”
In case you are not
familiar with the Holy Land trial referenced above, it was a Dallas,
Texas trial that ended with guilty verdicts on 108 counts of funneling
money ($12 million) to HAMAS.
2. The purpose of our press conference was to
make public an internal CAIR memo that documented CAIR's stated goal of
placing CAIR interns in the offices of members of Congress, especially
the members who serve on the Homeland Security, Judiciary and
Intelligence Committees. Let me be clear here, CAIR, a group whom the
FBI says is affiliated with the terrorist group HAMAS, is trying to
place their interns in the offices of those members who serve on the
three committees that handle national security related issues. National
Security is the first responsibility of the federal
government.
3. Following
our press conference, CAIR, immediately labeled we four members as
bigots and started their public relations campaign to discredit us by
claiming that we were against Muslims working on Capitol Hill. We never
said that. At no time during our press conference did we even insinuate
that we were investigating Muslims being interns on Capitol Hill. Go to
http://www.youtube.com/suemyricknc09 and watch the press conference
yourself.
Our focus was
and is on CAIR and CAIR alone, not Muslims.
Likewise CAIR tried to make this a Republican
vs. Democrat thing, because the four members at the press conference
happened to be Republican.
How then does CAIR explain Democrat Senator
Charles Schumer’s call earlier this year for a government-wide ban on
CAIR in the federal government due to their ties to HAMAS? Democrat
Senator Barbara Boxer has likewise made public her opinions of CAIR and
any Google search will find her remarks.
4. CAIR is spending time, money and energy to
position themselves as the spokespeople for the moderate Muslim
community. Problem is CAIR is not a moderate Muslim organization. It is
a radical front group for HAMAS. So who is CAIR competing with for this
designation? The real moderate Muslim groups/individuals in America.
Groups and individuals like the following who are committed to
countering Islamist extremism:
Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi – President World Organization for Resource Development and Education (WORDE)
Zeyno Baran – Director for the Center for Eurasian Policy at the Hudson Institute
Farid Ghadry – President of the Reform Party of Syria
Manda Zand Ervin – Founder and director of the Alliance of Iranian
Women
Omran Salman – Arab Reformists Project, 'Aafaq (Arabic for
“horizons”).
Dr. Zuhdi Jasser – American Islamic Forum for Democracy
Karim Bromund – Director of Inter-Religious Affairs for the Islamic Supreme Council of America
I SUPPORT the Muslim individuals and groups
mentioned above. These groups renounce terrorists and their radical
ideology. They are trying their hardest to be heard and recognized in
America, but are being overshadowed and out-funded by CAIR. Today, when
something happens that impacts the Muslim community, the media calls
CAIR (an unindicted co-conspirator to terrorism and a HAMAS front group)
for comment on behalf of American Muslims. What an insult the media is
performing on the Muslim community. Instead they should be calling
Muslim groups/individuals like those named above. This is part of the
reason we are focusing our attention on CAIR and exposing them for who
they are. For one they pose a threat to our national security, and two,
they deny the ability of legitimate Muslim groups to gain
credibility.
5. In July of this year I held a summit on Capitol Hill where I introduced the
leaders of eight moderate Muslim organizations to the heads of several
US Agencies, Members of Congress and congressional staff. For example,
they met with representatives from the State Department, USAID,
Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense. How can I
be against Muslims working on Capitol Hill and hold such an event? Go to
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.3881/pub_detail.asp and read for yourself about this summit.
See through the
lies and realize what is really going on here.
We are trying to expose a HAMAS Front Group
(CAIR) for who they are, and they are crying we are anti-Muslim hoping
that media outlets will ignore the terrorist claim and instead pick it
up as a race/religion story. When those claims don’t work, they claim
it’s a Republican political thing.
Americans, on this subject we need to stop
the Republican vs. Democrat, Conservative vs. Liberal, Christian vs.
Muslim division and unite on one simple point…. CAIR is a front group
for HAMAS. It was named as an un-indicted co-conspirator in a terrorism
case that lead to 108 convictions of funneling $12 million to HAMAS.
Because of the evidence produced in that case, the FBI severed all ties
with them. This same CAIR, by their own admission, is trying to place
people inside the offices of members of Congress who deal with national
security issues (judiciary, homeland security and intelligence
committees). I serve on one of those committees, Intelligence, am the
co-chairwoman of the House Anti-Terrorism Caucus, and have spent the
better part of the last four years working every day on terrorism
related issues.
If we Americans fail to set aside our political, religious and ideological
differences and unite when we encounter the enemy in such stark and
plain terms, then God help us.
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