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…
The Muslim Student Union (MSU) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) wrapped up “Anti-Oppression Week 2019” Friday with an anti-Semitic sermon denying Israel’s right to exist. “I ask Allah … to give us the courage to fight Zionism. I ask Allah … to free the Palestinians from the oppression,”…
The Muslim American Society (MAS) claims it is disturbed by a video, exposed last week by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, showing school children lip-syncing a pro-jihad song calling for Israel’s elimination and the torture of its people. The videos showed school children singing along and gesturing in a light choreography with a “Birds…
Young Muslim boys, dressed in traditional Palestinian garb, passionately lip-sync: “The blood of the martyrs is calling us. Paradise, men desire it. Revolutionaries, Revolutionaries … Sword and Text, oh free men.” During the song, several children hold up a copy of the Quran. “Until we liberate our lands, until reach…
Omar Barghouti, a co-founder of the movement to boycott and sanction Israel, a movement which many backers hope will lead to Israel’s elimination, was supposed to arrive in Washington, D.C. yesterday to give two lectures and to meet with members of Congress. Instead, he’s back at his home in Israel.…
The IL Muslim Civic Coalition, which formed last October, claims to be “a partnership of 250+ Activists, Influencers and Organizations. We empower the voices of cultural and diverse Muslims.” It issues voter guides and does candidate training. Last month, it was among the groups to meet with Chicago Cubs owner…
Israeli authorities revealed last month that Hamas recruiters posing as journalists conveyed secret messages to West Bank operatives via al-Aqsa TV. According to a recent report from the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, Palestinian terrorists often rely on media affiliations to communicate with operatives and avoid being targeted by Israel during…
Of course they do. Anti-Semitic sentiments and incidents continue to rise worldwide, particularly in the West. Sometimes this form of bigotry is perpetuated by far-right elements, other times at the hands of far-leftists and Islamists. It is rare to see both extremes unite for any cause except for their mutual disdain for Israel or Jews. It is even rarer to…
Purportedly dedicated to “adversarial journalism,” whose “prime target is the U.S. intelligence apparatus,” Glenn Greenwald’s Intercept, according to one commentator, “makes no pretense of being a neutral news organization…its one-sidedness is so flagrant and relentless that it easily traverses the line separating argumentation from propaganda.” That is true in many areas. Greenwald…
One of our staffers made a mistake on social media Monday involving the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). When CAIR pointed it out, he acknowledged the error and deleted the inaccurate post. But that wasn’t good enough. CAIR likened his position working for IPT Executive Director Steven Emerson to being…
For many years now, the New York Times has sanitized radical Islamic groups, militant Islamic leaders and even Islamic terrorist attacks. The paper has does this by deliberately omitting critical details that would discredit Islamist groups. For example, the Timesroutinely describesthe Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) as either being a civil rights or…