Terror experts say some moderate Muslim voices such as CAIR hide a radical agenda

Terror experts say some moderate Muslim voices hide a radical agenda

Washington, Sept.11 : Some terror experts say that Muslim groups that sound moderate often have a hidden, radical agenda.

But it says that those groups that are confirmed as moderate must be encouraged and supported by U.S. officials.

According to Fox News, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which bills itself as the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the U.S., has won both praise and criticism.

It says that CAIR has long maintained that it is a moderate force that soundly rejects terrorism.

“CAIR’s position on terrorism is very clear: We have condemned it persistently and consistently wherever they do it, whenever they do it,” said Corey Saylor, governmental affairs director at CAIR.

Yet some critics note that former CAIR associates have been convicted on terrorism-related charges and express alarm that the group was named an unindicted co-conspirator in a terror-related trial.

CAIR officials were linked to the Holyland Foundation, a major Islamic charity that allegedly funneled money to Hamas.

When asked to specifically condemn Hamas and Hezbollah – two groups that have been identified by the State Department as terror organizations – CAIR refused to directly condemn them.

CAIR have termed the accusations against it “guilt by association,” and said they were not accurate depictions of the group’s activity.

“Who are the moderates?” said Mansour, an Egyptian-born scholar. “You probably never heard of them, and that, they say, is part of the problem. The message of peace does not make the news,” he added.

Yet more voices of Muslim moderation are emerging in the U.S. In the aftermath of 9/11.

Iraqi refugee Zainab Al-Suwaij created the American Islamic Congress, a non-profit organization that promotes tolerance and interfaith dialogue.

“We have a campaign, for example, called ‘No Buts,'” she said. “We do not accept any excuses for radicalism and extremism and terrorism.”

The Free Muslim Coalition offers another moderate voice in Islam struggling to be heard.

“We believe the true Muslim perspective was not being represented, the people who so called represented us, represented a very small ideology in the Muslim community,” said Kamal Nawash, the group’s president and founder.

–ANI

Indian Muslim Islamofascist group – IMC-USA, urges US State Department to deny visa to Sri Narendra Modi

Note: Islamofascist Indian Muslim Council – USA (IMC-USA) frequently partners with CAIR, the largest Islamofascist advocacy organization in the United States. More on IMC-USA here

IMC-USA urges US State Department to deny visa to pogrom politician Narendra Modi

Morton Grove, IL, USA, 2008-07-09 16:05:07 (IndiaPRwire.com)

Indian Muslim Council-USA (IMC-USA), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India ’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, has urged the State Department to refuse US visa to Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of the State of Gujarat, India on the grounds of his continued subversion of state apparatus against securing justice to the victims of 2002 pogroms and institutional violations of religious freedom of the minorities in his state.

IMC has learned that Narendra Modi is actively trying to obtain an US visa in order to rehabilitate his image as a pogrom politician and clear the grounds for moving into the national politics in India. IMC-USA, one of the founding organizations of the Coalition Against Genocide (CAG) campaign that successfully lobbied to prevent Modi from getting an US visa in 2005, is reviving the campaign to ensure that Narendra Modi is not allowed to enter the United States.

In a letter addressed to the Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, Rasheed Ahmed, President of IMC-USA detailed the institutionalized nature of the violations of the religious freedoms in the State of Gujarat including the subversion of justice to the victims of 2002 pogroms, marginalization by means of economic and social boycott and a ‘freedom of religion’ act which effectively curtails religious freedom by requiring to register and get approval of state officials before believing in a different faith.

The letter further stressed: “Refusing the visa to an egregious violator of religious freedoms such as Modi sends a clear message to all the Hindu nationalists who openly espouse a future India where religious minorities would at the best be second class citizens, that such actions will have consequences and they will be considered persona non grata by much of the civilized world.”

Indian Muslim Council-USA is the largest advocacy organization of Indian Muslims in the United States with 10 chapters across the nation.

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Senator Charles Schumer (Democrat, New York) describes it as an organization “which we know has ties to terrorism.”[2] Senator Dick Durbin (Democrat, Illinois) observes that CAIR is “unusual in its extreme rhetoric and its associations with groups that are suspect.” Steven Pomerantz, the FBI’s former chief of counterterrorism, notes that “CAIR, its leaders, and its activities effectively give aid to international terrorist groups.” CAIR: Islamists Fooling the Establishment

U.S. Muslims Again Seek Visa Denial for Gujarat Massacre Figure

June 19, 2008

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking that an Indian official accused of complicity in the massacre of Muslim civilians in that nation again be denied a visa to travel to the U.S. Recent news reports indicate that supporters of Narendra Modi, chief minister of India’s state of Gujarat, hope to have him attend the upcoming second World Gujarati Conference in Edison, N.J., on August 29-31, 2008.

In 2005, CAIR partnered with the Indian Muslim Council-USA and the Coalition Against Genocide (CAG) to oppose Modi’s visa request to travel to the U.S. to speak at a convention in Florida. His request for a visa was denied.

In a letter to Secretary Rice, CAIR National Board Chairman Parvez Ahmed wrote in part “If a visa application is made for Chief Minister Modi, we request that it be denied on grounds similar to the Department of State’s visa denial in early 2005. Specifically, we request that if Modi requests a visa he be ruled inadmissible to the United States based on Section 604 of the International Religious Freedom Act, which bars entry to any foreign official who has engaged in ‘particularly severe violations of religious freedom.’”

CAIR, America’s largest Islamic civil liberties group, has 35 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding. End

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