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Steven Emerson,
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May 17, 2017
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Trump
Continues Obama DHS Policy of Engaging CAIR
by John Rossomando • May 17, 2017
at 4:48 pm
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Donald Trump might be the president of the United States, but the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to treat the Council on
American Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a credible outreach partner.
Its officials participated in DHS town hall discussions in Miami and
Tampa, CAIR-Florida announced
Thursday.
A discussion at
Miami-Dade College included Veronica Venture, the outgoing DHS acting officer for
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Kareem Shora, section chief of the
DHS Community Engagement Section.
Venture and Shora are both holdovers from the Obama administration.
Shora enjoys close relations with CAIR-FL, organizing multiple events with the group on DHS's behalf. He helped organize a December training event for visiting
French police officials with CAIR-FL in conjunction with the State
Department.
This marks the latest example of DHS's partnering with CAIR as a Muslim
community liaison partner despite its well-documented connection to Hamas – a tie that caused the FBI to sever similar outreach in 2008. CAIR
officials have worked to discourage Muslims from cooperating with
the FBI.
Both Shora and CAIR oppose to President Trump's vocal support for Israel
and desire to counter Islamic terrorism.
Shora urged the U.S. to stop shipping weapons to Israel
during its 2006 war with Hizballah because Lebanese civilians we
"getting bombed." As executive director of the American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Shora claimed in 2009 that Muslim charities fell victim
to "undue scrutiny" from law enforcement in the effort to cut off
funding terrorist groups. He also called the portrayal of Muslims as more
"vulnerable" to terrorist recruitment an "unfortunate
reality."
The two Florida DHS programs indicate that the Trump administration has
yet to change course on the Obama administration's controversial Countering
Violent Extremism (CVE) program. The government has no way of telling
whether these outreach programs work, the General Accountability Office
(GAO) noted in an April report.
In Tampa, DHS allowed CAIR-FL Executive Director Hassan Shibly to participate
in a roundtable with local law enforcement. Shibly played a key role in the December outreach event with
the French police along with Shora. He also has made his share of radical
statements.
He accuses FBI agents of unjustly killing a Muslim suspect who attacked
them after questioning. After independent investigations found no evidence
of wrongdoing, Shibly repeated the accusation and is helping the family sue the FBI.
He also opposes FBI sting operations as an "entrapment
program targeting the Muslim community" and a form of tyranny that
strayed away from the "great ideals of liberty, equality and
justice"
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