Unindicted co-conspirators CAIR are boasting about a meeting in their Washington DC headquarters with Palestinian Islamist cleric Tayseer al-Tamimi—who is well-known for raving about Jerusalem being an “Islamic city,” claiming that Zionist plots are afoot to destroy the Al Aqsa Mosque, and attacking Pope Benedict for his statements on Islam.

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/9/07) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was honored to host a delegation of Palestinian religious leaders last night at its Capitol Hill headquarters.

At CAIR’s reception, Muslim community leaders met with Palestinian Chief Justice His Eminence Dr. Tayseer Al-Tamimi and Palestinian Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Jamal M. Bawatna, who are both visiting the Washington, D.C., area as guests of the United States Government.

Here’s video from 2004 of Tayseer al-Tamimi, raving about the wonderful smiling corpse of Yasser Arafat, “a leader, a martyr, and mujahid in heaven.” (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.)

(Hat tip: Bubbaman.)

UPDATE at 11/11/07 10:02:31 am:

More of Al-Tamimi’s statements from Debbie Schlussel:

There’s Al-Tamimi, the Palestinian Authority’s Chief of Judges and chairman of its Islamic law high council.

He uttered these words:  “Islam is escalating and cannot be resisted. I pray that Allah may tear apart America just as the Soviet Union was torn apart.”

As the chief Palestinian judge and Muslim cleric, Al-Tamimi frequently appears on Palestinian Authority Television praising homicide bombers and spreading anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and fatwas.

In 1994, Al-Tamimi said, “The Jews are destined to be persecuted, humiliated, and tortured forever, and it is a Muslim duty to see to it that they reap their due.  No petty arguments must be allowed to divide us.  Where Hitler failed, we must succeed.”

In August 2003, Al-Tamimi, a personal friend of Yasser Arafat (who appointed him Chief Islamic Judge), was arrested for inciting terrorism.  Al-Tamimi’s extremist sermons are well-known for urging attacks on Israel and calling upon Arab nations to wage war.  In March 2000, Al-Tamimi delivered a hate speech during the Pope’s visit to Jerusalem, accusing Israel of “genocide” and “strangling Jerusalem.”  He called on Christians to join Muslims in a jihad to oust Jews from all of Israel.