“Council on American-Islamic Relations” on The Daily Caller

The Department of Justice is being encouraged to follow in the footsteps of the FBI in cutting off all non-investigative ties to the country’s largest Muslim advocacy organization, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). (more)

In April the Minnesota branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced that retail giant Best Buy had become a “Platinum Sponsor” for its fifth anniversary banquet. And former U.S. Marine James Canning decided to do something about it. (more)

The president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) has some harsh words for opponents of his appointment to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). (more)

The Council on American Islamic Relations is calling for an investigation into the use of White House funds for the New York Police Department’s surveillance of local Muslim communities. (more)

The Council on American-Islamic Relations announced Monday night that it had successfully prevented retired Lieutenant General William G. “Jerry” Boykin from speaking at an upcoming prayer breakfast at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. (more)

The Learning Channel (TLC) recently launched a program titled “All-American Muslim.” Whether what is profiled in the series is indicative of all, most or some Muslims in America is open to debate. (more)

The Council on American-Islamic Relations was not pleased by Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s call to profile Muslims as a way to combat terrorism during Tuesday night’s GOP debate on CNN. (more)

Saqib Ali, a former Democratic member of the Maryland state legislature, aims to shut down a planned conference hosted by the Maryland Conservative Action (MDCAN) on Saturday, charging that speakers include “the nation’s leading Islamophobes.” (more)

The White House’s new plan to curb home-grown Islamic extremism calls for partnerships between local governments, various non-profits, and U.S. communities of Muslims. But critics say those partnerships often include Islamic groups whose ideology spurs terrorism. (more)

Virginia Republican Rep. Frank Wolf has called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to investigate whether the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) illegally received or solicited funds from foreign governments or agents. (more)

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an unindicted co-conspirator in a 2007 terrorist funding trial, lost its non-profit status at the beginning of the month. The group, however, continued to promote itself as a 501(c)(3) status, until late Tuesday afternoon. (more)

Cowboys, oil men, and Muslims? The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) – a Muslim advocacy group – announced Monday that the group will be launching an anti-Islamophobia campaign in Houston, Texas tomorrow. (more)

At a Monday morning press conference, Muslim-American leaders reiterated their contention that Osama bin Laden never represented Islam but cautioned America against continuing to use violence in Islamic lands. (more)

Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Peter King of New York is concerned that nefarious political motives led the Justice Department to abandon the terrorist financing prosecutions of several Muslim groups suspected of funneling money to the terrorist group Hamas. (more)

“…more than half this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media.” (more)

Participants at a protest outside an Islamic Circle of North America Relief (ICNA) USA fundraiser are disputing the way the gathering has been characterized in edited footage the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is circulating. (more)

A war of acronyms began Wednesday with the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Greater Los Angeles Area (CAIR-LA), the American Civil Liberates Union of Southern California (ACLU-SC), and the law firm Hadsell, Stormer, Keeny, Richardson & Renick LLP (HSKRR) announcing a federal class action lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for what they believe was 14 months of illegal surveillance of Muslims in Southern California. (more)

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is cheering the impending return to America of a Muslim teen who was detained in Kuwait for being on the “no fly list.” (more)

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Tuesday, in the hopes of acquiring a court order to allow a 19 year-old Muslim Virginian, currently on the U.S. “no fly” list and detained in Kuwait, to return to the United States. (more)

The Council on American Islamic Relations is once again using the American legal system to go after one of its critics. The Muslim advocacy group is suing conservative blogger and outspoken CAIR opponent Debbie Schlussel in federal court, alleging trademark infringement for incorporating groups with similar names. (more)