Nihad Awad one of the Founders of CAIR, participated in a 3 day Summit of the USA based Hamas organization in 1994 according to the FBI and Awad has financially supported Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) according to the FEC. Likewise Rafeeq Jabar another Co-Founder of CAIR donated $1,000.00 to Rep. McKinney in 2004
CAIR which claims to be a premier American Islamic Organization has been named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the terrorism trial now underway in Dallas, TX in which federal prosecutors are methodically laying out their case against the "Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development" (HLF) along with 5 of its officials including Omar Ahmad who founded CAIR along with Awad and Jaber.
CAIR Chairman Emeritus Omar Ahmed has said, "Islam isnt in America to be equal to any other faith but to become dominant. The Quran, the Muslim Book of Scripture should be the highest authority in America and Islam, the only accepted religion on earth."
In 2004 a federal grand jury in Dallas, TX returned a 42 count indictment against HLF charging the terrorist organization with conspiracy, providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, tax evasion and money laundering. (USA v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, et. al. Case No. CR-3:04-CR-240-G USDC, Dallas, TX)
CAIR Texas Chapter was found by Ghassan Elashi who has also served as Chairman of "Islamic Association for Palestine" (IAP) and was a co-founder of HLF which has been accused at funding Hamas. In April, 2005 Ghassan Elashi was convicted of supporting terrorism by laundering money to Senior Hamas Leader Mousa Abu Marzook.
Democratic Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) headlined a CAIR fund-raiser and helped CAIR raise $1 Million Dollars in 2003 with the help of Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va)
In March, Corey Saylor, CAIR's Government Affairs Director who has donated $1,000.00 to Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) has acknowledged that convicted Islamic Terrorists Ghassan Elashi was a CAIR official with ties to Hamas.
In June, Governor Ted Strickland (D-OH) addressed a CAIR fund-raising event in Columbus, Ohio and praised the unindicted co-conspirator with a proclamation honoring the terrorist linked organization. (An inquiry was sent to Gov. Strickland's office to comment why he attended a fund-raising event for an organization that has been named as an unindicted co-conspitator in an Hamas money laundering scheme. The Governor's office never replied to our inquiry)
Democrats continue to support Islamic Fascism by simply showing up at CAIR events which provides them legitimacy. Democrats should be working to shut this organization down for its ties to Hamas.
