Note: This article has been updated to include the Women’s March’s statement. Zahra Billoo’s tenure as a board member for the national Women’s March lasted three days. The board voted her off Wednesday night, she wrote. The Women’s March issued a statement Thursday saying it “found some of her public…
Bernie Sanders has made an odd calculation in his quest for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. He all-but-ceded support from Jewish Democrats during the weekend by announcing anti-Semitic activist Linda Sarsour again will serve as a campaign surrogate. When Sanders embraced Sarsour’s support during the 2016 campaign, we showed how her rabidly anti-Israel views…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will not be an official partner with the U.S. Census Bureau for next year’s national population count. CAIR issued a statement Wednesday touting a formal partnership, which it said aimed “to promote American Muslim participation in the 2020 Census and to better represent the most diverse…
In politics, once can be an oversight. But twice is a pattern. When U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., was photographed with an avowed Hizballah supporter in January – just after being sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives – she claimed she didn’t know the guy or what he stood for.…
If Saturday’s horrifying terrorist attack in an El Paso Walmart had taken place in Jerusalem, leaving 22 Israelis dead, the killer would rot in jail knowing his family would be taken care of, paid every month by his government. He might one day have a park, or a school, or a street named in his honor.…
He’s a public figure who repeatedly preaches about the evil done by Jews. They’re accursed, he said last month, justifying the claim with scripture. They incurred God’s justifiable wrath, he said in 2012, also citing scripture. And today, he argues that the Jewish state is partly to blame when American police…
Last week, the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) identified charitable organizations that recently showcased radical Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) activists with a history of bigoted and anti-Semitic views. Philanthropic organizations and foundations should be held accountable for failing to do their due diligence and looking into the backgrounds of the members they…
Muslim Brotherhood supporters in the United States continue to mourn former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s death last week. Morsi suffered an apparent heart attack during a court proceding where he faced espionage charges. Some supporters say it took more than 20 minutes for Morsi to receive medical attention. Human Rights Watch claims he died…
“What’s the one thing you want funders to do differently to support the pro-immigrant and -refugee movement?” This is the question posed by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) on Monday to highlight the organization’s members. The NCRP claims to promote “philanthropy that serves the public good, is responsive to people and communities…
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – As Israel celebrated its 71st anniversary as an independent state last month, a group called Within Our Lifetime-United for Palestine, an offshoot of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), organized a rally in Brooklyn to that spouted virulent anti-Semitic tropes by a city official, offered repeated calls for Israel’s…
Oh boy, was Hussam Ayloush ever mad! Asked to condemn Hamas in 2013, Ayloush called the question “unacceptable” and lashed out at the questioner, saying it was “very shameful” and “proves that you have nothing but bigotry in you.” Ayloush, who runs the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Los Angeles office, said…
As IPT Senior Fellow Patrick Dunleavy noted Friday, the Islamic Circle of North America has helped update a report on terrorist prosecutions in the United States which claims more than 9 in 10 cases involving Muslim suspects are bogus. “Many convicted Muslims were sentenced to long years in prison for doing…