              
|
American Muslim Brotherhood Looks to Cook the Books, Againby IPT On June 12, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced its intentions, along with a broad coalition of Muslim Brotherhood-linked organizations (including the Islamic Society of North America, the Muslim American Society, the Muslim Public Affairs Council and the Islamic Circle of North America) to initiate a "nationwide census project, the first comprehensive survey of its kind, intended to collect accurate data about America's mosques." That statement is particularly curious considering that CAIR, in 2001, issued a report titled, "The Mosque in America," which stated as its mission to present the:
So in 2001, CAIR gave us the "most comprehensive survey of mosques ever to be conducted in the United States" and now they are promising "the first comprehensive survey of its kind" on American mosques. So which is it? Are they admitting that the first report was, indeed, non-comprehensive? Of note and particularly troubling, from both a research and propaganda perspective was this statement from the 2001 report:
Seem reasonable? Not a very scientific measure, to be sure. CAIR and other Muslim Brotherhood affiliates in the U.S. have a history of wildly inflating the Muslim population of America, in a cynical attempt to achieve more political clout for these self-appointed "spokesgroups." And once this report was issued, the Muslim Brotherhood groups and an often gullible and frequently lazy media repeated these numbers until it became part of the public consciousness -- taken for granted. Yet, in 2007 (a full 6 years after CAIR's initial mosque report), the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press issued a report titled, "Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream," which stated:
That could not have pleased CAIR, so the organization has now mobilized to counter reality. The June 12 press release states:
CAIR and ISNA are both unindicted co-conspirators in a Hamas fundraising trial in Dallas, and both have copious links to terrorist groups. Unhappy with the Pew poll, as it contradicted and undercut their first "comprehensive" report, the groups have decided to assert control over future media talking points by issuing yet another "comprehensive" report. Lest anyone believe the forthcoming "census" figures are not preordained to exceed the 6-7 million "estimate," CAIR has provided the following dog-whistle:
Ihsan Bagby, listed as the main contact on the press release for the new report, was the chief author of the 2001 report. And now, of course, he is on record talking about the growth of the Muslim community. Don't expect this report to be in line with the much more accurate and reliable Pew figures. Related ItemsComment on this item |
|||||||||
 |
© 2008 The Investigative Project on Terrorism. | Legal Information |
