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FLORIDA WEB SITE OF ANTI-MUSLIM CRITIC LINKS TO US-LISTED ZIONAZI TERRORIST GROUP
Florida's office of the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) today revealed that the web site of a zionazi liar who has falsely accused CAIR of "terrorist links" himself has a link to a group designated by the State Department as a "foreign terrorist organization." "It is beyond hypocritical for a person who uses defamatory smears against CAIR, a mainstream civil rights group that has been consistent in its repeated condemnation of terrorism in all its forms, to promote the views of actual terrorists," said Altaf Ali, executive director of CAIR's Florida office.
FLORIDA WEB SITE OF ANTI-MUSLIM CRITIC LINKS TO TERRORIST GROUP
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MIAMI, FLORIDA, 4/24/2003 (CAIR) - Florida's office of the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) today revealed that the web site of a Jewish activist critical of Muslim participation in school diversity training has a link to a group designated by the State Department as a "foreign terrorist organization."
The web site of Joe Kaufman (http://www.joe4rep.com/Links.htm) has a link to kahane.org, a site promoting the views of the late Meir Kahane and the Kahane Chai (Kach) organization. (SEE:
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/fs/2003/17067.htm ) The kahane.org site itself links to http://www.newkach.org. Kaufman's web site also links to HinduUnity.org, a site that contains numerous attacks on Muslims and Islam.
Kaufman has criticized the inclusion of Muslims in diversity training for Florida schools. He singled out CAIR-FL, a participant in the diversity training, as a "group that supports terrorists."
"It is beyond hypocritical for a person who uses defamatory smears against CAIR, a mainstream civil rights group that has been consistent in its repeated condemnation of terrorism in all its forms, to promote the views of actual terrorists," said Altaf Ali, executive director of CAIR's Florida office.
In a recent media report based on Kaufman's smears, Ali and CAIR were falsely accused of defending "militant groups," calling the conviction of
Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind sheik who planned to bomb targets in New York City, a "hate crime" and sponsoring a rally in which anti-Semitic statements were made.
"Since we opened our doors in June of 1994, no CAIR spokesman ever defended a militant group, CAIR never used the term 'hate crime' to refer to the conviction of Omar Abdel Rahman and the rally in question was not sponsored by CAIR and no CAIR representative attended the event," said Ali. CAIR-FL is demanding a retraction of the false charges.
Ali said CAIR-FL works closely with a number of state and national law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, INS, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the U.S. Attorney's office. The group also works with the Florida Commission on Human Relations, the Center for Advancement of Human Rights at Florida State University, the Florida Immigration Advocacy Group, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Governor's office.
CAIR is America's largest Islamic civil liberties group. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has 16 regional offices nationwide and in Canada. Since its founding in 1994, CAIR has defended the civil and
religious rights of all Americans.
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CONTACT: CAIR-FL, Parvez Ahmed, 904-710-6514; Altaf Ali, 954-298-8214,
E-MAIL: altaf [at] cair-florida.org; Ahmed Bedier, 813-731-9506, EMAIL
abedier [at] cair-florida.org; CAIR-National, Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or
202-744-7726, E-MAIL: cair [at] cair-net.org; Ms. Hodan Hassan, 202-488-8787 or 202-439-1441, E-MAIL: hhassan [at] cair-net.org
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CAIR
Council on American-Islamic Relations
453 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003
Tel: 202-488-8787, 202-744-7726
Fax: 202-488-0833
E-mail: cair [at] cair-net.org
URL: http://www.cair-net.org
________________________________________________________
Montreal Muslim News Network - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net
http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/pubarchive.php?montrealmuslimnews+216
MIAMI, FLORIDA, 4/24/2003 (CAIR) - Florida's office of the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) today revealed that the web site of a Jewish activist critical of Muslim participation in school diversity training has a link to a group designated by the State Department as a "foreign terrorist organization."
The web site of Joe Kaufman (http://www.joe4rep.com/Links.htm) has a link to kahane.org, a site promoting the views of the late Meir Kahane and the Kahane Chai (Kach) organization. (SEE:
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/fs/2003/17067.htm ) The kahane.org site itself links to http://www.newkach.org. Kaufman's web site also links to HinduUnity.org, a site that contains numerous attacks on Muslims and Islam.
Kaufman has criticized the inclusion of Muslims in diversity training for Florida schools. He singled out CAIR-FL, a participant in the diversity training, as a "group that supports terrorists."
"It is beyond hypocritical for a person who uses defamatory smears against CAIR, a mainstream civil rights group that has been consistent in its repeated condemnation of terrorism in all its forms, to promote the views of actual terrorists," said Altaf Ali, executive director of CAIR's Florida office.
In a recent media report based on Kaufman's smears, Ali and CAIR were falsely accused of defending "militant groups," calling the conviction of
Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind sheik who planned to bomb targets in New York City, a "hate crime" and sponsoring a rally in which anti-Semitic statements were made.
"Since we opened our doors in June of 1994, no CAIR spokesman ever defended a militant group, CAIR never used the term 'hate crime' to refer to the conviction of Omar Abdel Rahman and the rally in question was not sponsored by CAIR and no CAIR representative attended the event," said Ali. CAIR-FL is demanding a retraction of the false charges.
Ali said CAIR-FL works closely with a number of state and national law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, INS, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the U.S. Attorney's office. The group also works with the Florida Commission on Human Relations, the Center for Advancement of Human Rights at Florida State University, the Florida Immigration Advocacy Group, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Governor's office.
CAIR is America's largest Islamic civil liberties group. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has 16 regional offices nationwide and in Canada. Since its founding in 1994, CAIR has defended the civil and
religious rights of all Americans.
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CONTACT: CAIR-FL, Parvez Ahmed, 904-710-6514; Altaf Ali, 954-298-8214,
E-MAIL: altaf [at] cair-florida.org; Ahmed Bedier, 813-731-9506, EMAIL
abedier [at] cair-florida.org; CAIR-National, Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or
202-744-7726, E-MAIL: cair [at] cair-net.org; Ms. Hodan Hassan, 202-488-8787 or 202-439-1441, E-MAIL: hhassan [at] cair-net.org
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CAIR
Council on American-Islamic Relations
453 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003
Tel: 202-488-8787, 202-744-7726
Fax: 202-488-0833
E-mail: cair [at] cair-net.org
URL: http://www.cair-net.org
________________________________________________________
Montreal Muslim News Network - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net
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