CAIR = Terrorism

The Holy Land Foundation is currently being investigated for financing terrorist operations as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's Palestine Committee. CAIR, which portrays itself as a civil rights group (the same group representing the Flying Imams), has been linked with HLF as part of the trial proceedings, and is also a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Conservative Thoughts poses the question of why this didn't rate as front page news.

This is a huge story, one that could have far-reaching ramifications. No one seems to want to think about the terrorist cells or enablers that are already here in the U.S., but it needs to happen before catastrophe strikes. The HLF investigation looks to be the largest terrorism financing case in U.S. history, though you probably haven't seen much about it since it's been largely unreported in the MSM. As Conservative Thoughts says: "When conservative bloggers talk about the lying media, they are often not talking about falsehoods, but more commonly are referring to lies by omission or burying articles deep in the back pages."

More on CAIR
Let's look some more about CAIR in particular. They say they're a civil rights group protecting Muslims' rights, but is that the truth? Do they want to be Americans, or do they want America to become Muslim like them? CAIR has a history of double standards. They attack anyone who speaks against Muslims, while refusing to condemn Hamas or other terrorist activities. Though they claim to be against terrorism, the best they can come up with is a luke-warm condemnation of vague 'behaviors'.

Even aside from the HLF case, let's look at their track record. When Robert Spencer, a leading authority on Islam and jihad, was slated to speak to the Young America's Foundation, they threw a temper tantrum and tried to have him silenced. When that didn't work, they tried to defame him.

Isn't it good to know that a civil rights group fights against free speech, and then resorts to insults and slander when that doesn't work?

But wait, there's more. CAIR has accepted money from the HLF, CAIR is at least loosely associated with numerous terrorist groups, CAIR's executive director had been identified as part of a Hamas leadership meeting, CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator along with HLF, and numerous CAIR officers have been convicted of terrorist activities.

[Thanks to Michelle Malkin and Powerline for staying on top of things!]

It's time America wakes up to the danger posed by CAIR. Though they may not be blowing themselves up to kill Americans (yet), they are most certainly anti-American, financing and enabling the radial jihadists who do.

There's my two cents.