Several readers emailed about this incredibly creepy, ad hominem-laced (“neo-Zionist extremists”…that’s a new one) outburst on CAIR’s site by Ahmed Bedier, who clearly doesn’t like the increased scrutiny his radical Islamic front group is facing: Attacks Seek to Silence Muslims.

CAIR: ADVOCACY GROUP FOR MUSLIMS GETS QUESTIONS
ATTACKS SEEK TO SILENCE MUSLIMS

This New York Times article on the challenges facing the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) exposed the relentless efforts by “a small band of critics” made up of racist right-wing and neo-Zionist extremists who seek to silence and marginalize American Muslims and groups that represent them by exploiting anti-Muslim fears in our nation.

CAIR’s purpose is very clear. It is a grass roots organization that serves as America’s largest and most visible Muslim civil rights group. CAIR is to the Muslim community what the NAACP is to the African-American community or what the ADL is to the Jewish community.

This is known as “chutzpah.” (And here’s what the ADL thinks about CAIR.)

Bedier continues:

For the record, CAIR unequivocally condemns terror attacks targeting people of all faiths and in all areas of the world.

That statement is their boilerplate response when challenged on their support of terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hizballah. Notice that once again, even though you can be sure they’re very aware that they are being criticized for failing to denounce those groups, he … fails to denounce those groups.

But the real whopper is here:

Funding for CAIR chapters is no secret: Monies are raised here and spent here, with not a penny of it going overseas.

Apparently Bedier thinks he’s fooling someone with this evasive language.

“Monies are raised here and spent here…” Sure. And where else are the monies raised, to be spent here?

“…not a penny of it going overseas.” Bedier isn’t even trying with this one. No one claims that CAIR is sending money overseas. But it’s well documented that they receive funding from Arab countries; Saudi Arabia and the UAE, to name just two sources that are known.

Don’t take my word for it. Here’s CAIR executive director Nihad Awad, in an ArabNews piece from June of last year, announcing the launch of their five-year, $50 million grievance theater project in the United States: Media Campaign in US to Dispel Islamophobia.

Elaborating on the CAIR campaign to dispel misunderstandings of Islam and Muslims, Nihad Awad, CAIR executive director, said that his group proposes to spend $10 million annually for five years in a media campaign. He said that CAIR would also recruit volunteers and produce educational material as part of its initiative.

“We are planning to meet Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal for his financial support to our project. He has been generous in the past,” he added.

If you’ve been wondering why CAIR is in the news so much lately, here’s your answer. This campaign of intimidation and victimhood was carefully planned and very well funded, with money from overseas. Also note that Nihad Awad admits this wasn’t the first time they’ve received money from Saudi Arabia.

UPDATE at 3/20/07 9:49:22 am: