This is how the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is working to turn America’s democratic institutions and natural tolerance against itself.

Basim Elkarra, whose award from Barbara Boxer was rescinded after she investigated his group’s many links to convicted terrorists, is now claiming he’s received an email death threat. He blames Barbara Boxer … and Stuck Mojo. And “Islamophobia.”

And he’s already got the FBI investigating it for him: Muslim Leader Blames Senator Boxer for a Death Threat Against Him. (Hat tip: LSD.)

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — The executive director of the Sacramento chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said he believes a death threat against him was fueled by Senator Barbara Boxer’s actions. …

Elkarra claims Boxer was misinformed and has caved into the rise of Islamophobia in the United Stated.

“It empowers the extremists. Just recently we saw a video that came out, talking about open season on Muslims. It’s all over the Internet and people are bragging about killing Muslims. This has to stop. It’s unacceptable. Islamophobia is real, it’s here and we have to make sure our elected officials speak out against it.”

CAIR maintains it opposes terrorist activities and Elkarra said the people Boxer gathered her information from are extremists themselves, but anti-Muslim. “She was quoting from these individuals from Florida who have these hate and extreme right-wing Websites and she also consulted with anti-Muslim bigots. It’s really unfortunately she didn’t contact us and see our side of the story.”

Elkarra received his death threat through e-mail, and the FBI is now conducting an investigation.

Let’s leave aside the issue of the FBI springing into action, seemingly at CAIR’s beck and call. If he really received a serious threat it should be investigated, of course.

But in Elkarra’s whining about it, once again we see that CAIR officials do not hesitate to simply lie about their critics.

The video Elkarra claims is “talking about open season on Muslims” is “Open Season” by the band Stuck Mojo—and it is specifically directed at Islamic terrorists, not at all Muslims, as Stuck Mojo’s leader and songwriter has explained in great detail, and as the lyrics of the song make perfectly clear.

Elkarra is trying to picture it as a general call to “kill Muslims” because that serves the Saudi-funded CAIR agenda of victimhood and grievance theater.

But he’s lying.

Here’s the video (mild language warning). What CAIR doesn’t like about it is that it advocates defending America in no uncertain terms. CAIR likes it much better when America is uncertain.

My forefathers fought and died for this here
I’m stronger than your war of fear
Are we clear?
If you step in my hood
It’s understood
It’s open season