CAIR and the Reporting of "Hate Crimes"

CAIR is in the news again, reporting of hate crimes and harassment that aren't.

Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha at FrontPage offer scathing report.

Of twenty “anti-Muslim hate crimes” in 2004 that CAIR describes, at least six are invalid – and further research could likely find problems with the other fourteen instances.
Nor is this the first unreliable CAIR report; earlier ones were just as bad. Speaking about the 1996 CAIR report, terrorism expert Steven Emerson noted in congressional testimony that “a large proportion of the complaints have been found to be fabricated, manufactured, distorted or outside standard definitions of hate crimes.”

CAIR is part of the Wahabbi Lobby, "a group of Middle Eastern totalitarians headed by the Saudis that is engaged in a well-financed influence campaign targeting the United States and other parts of the world."

The Saudis are outspending the former Soviet Union in their worldwide influence operations, and much of that money has been spent in the United States, intelligence officials claim. At one point in the 1990s, some $1.85 billion was funneled through a single reputed Saudi front group in Northern Virginia, the SAAR Foundation, to fund Islamist activity, according to SAAR documents reviewed by Insight. Raided by federal agents for suspected terrorist money laundering and now closed, the SAAR Foundation was part of a network of Wahhabi-sponsored political front groups, mosques, charities, educational foundations, youth and student organizations, investment firms and holding companies. Many currently are under federal investigation as part of the Treasury Department's Operation Green Quest to track down alleged terrorist money.

Crying harassment, racism and now hate crimes, knowing these are "trigger concepts" in the West, CAIR is trying to replicate what has been done to Western culture in Europe, the U.K., and Australia where "hate-crime laws" have effectively stifled discussion of Islam and Muslims by non-Muslims who rightfully are concerned about the rapid Islamization of their societies.

In the United States, CAIR has published a slick report that describes how the media, Christian groups, the internet, and society in general have turned against Muslims since 9-11 and with every atrocity committed by overseas extremists, Muslims in the U.S. are being made to feel more afraid in their communities.

Before 9-11 few Americans were interested in Islam. Religion in America is not supposed to be involved in politics. The concept of the separation of church and state is a fundamental American value. Islam does not share this value.

Islam, a complete system, doesn't recognize the separation between mosque and state, mosque and commerce, mosque and the law, and so on. Concerned and aware Americans are now prompting discussion on Islam and immigration as many Muslims in America are immigrants. The uncontrolled borders and immigrants that refuse to assimilate are of great concern to many Americans.

It is true that before 9-11 most Muslims passed through society unnoticed, knowing that ignorance of Islam and Muslim culture kept Americans blissfully unaware of the danger that is moving among us. Islamophobia is a new term coined to stigmatize those that refuse to quietly accept the changes that are being made due to the presence of Muslims in any society, particularly those in the West. Protesters are labeled as irrationally fearful when they protest or even attempt to initiate discussion.

Why does CAIR label protesters as Islamophobes, bigots and racists and and lump together the insignificant with major events, calling them all hate crimes and protesters criminals? Why does CAIR not retract allegations of hate crimes that are proven to be false? Why does CAIR inflate hate crime statistics? These strategies were successful in influencing the parliaments of the Europeans, Canadians, and Australians to pass legislation that gave special protection and privileges to Muslims. In fact the U.S. Senate has been influenced to pass 'the 2000 U.S. Senate resolution inveighing against the “discrimination and harassment” suffered by the American Muslim community.' CAIR, the Wahabbi lobby group, is exerting pressure to affect more legislation in their favor.

A significant question is: Why don't journalists of the mainstream media do sufficient research and report on these matters. Another is: Why are the Wahabbi and other Muslim lobbies allowed to operate within impunity in the U.N. and in the United States to the detriment of the United States?

If the United States is not to follow the path of Europe that is seeing significant and escalating problems caused by the Islamification of European culture, these questions and problems must be addressed and rectified.