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Anti-Muslim organization to honor U.S. troops in Florida

The United West, an anti-Islamic organization, will host an event in Tallahassee on the first day of Florida’s 2012 legislative session to honor members of the U.S. military who served in Iraq.

Detroit faith leaders to protest Lowe’s for pulling ad from ‘All-American Muslim’

In response to the company’s recent decision to pull ads from the TLC reality series All-American Muslim, Detroit-area faith leaders will hold a demonstration outside a Michigan branch of home improvement chain Lowe’s on Saturday.

Former congressman who says Muslim Brotherhood is behind Occupy Wall Street endorses Gingrich

Mother Jones reports that presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has received an endorsement from former Rep. Fred Grandy, R-Iowa, an anti-Islam activist.

Right Wing Jewish Group Drums Up Fears About Sestak’s Record on Israel

By | 09.07.10 | 5:28 pm

When former Sen. Chuck Hagel reached across the aisle last month to endorse Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) for the Senate last month, Sestak gladly accepted the honor as a sign of his moderate politics and cross-party appeal. To a certain group of conservative Jews, however, it was further proof More…

Florida Muslim Leader Receives White Powder in the Mail

By | 06.08.10 | 12:35 pm

The Council on American-Islamic Relations sent reporters an alert about a Florida Muslim leader named Joshua Evans who received a letter full of white powder. Evans was taken to the hospital and it turned out the powder wasn’t anything toxic. But this follows an incident where a mosque in More…

Coburn Joins Anti-CAIR Campaign

By | 11.18.09 | 8:58 am

WorldNetDaily has the exclusive: Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has joined five Republican members of Congress in demanding an investigation of the Council on American-Islamic Relation’s lobbying activities, to determine whether it should lose its non-profit status. Read Coburn’s letter after the jump.

Rep. Honda: Slander of Muslims Is ‘Slander Against Democracy and Religious Freedom’

By | 10.16.09 | 12:00 pm

Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), the chairman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, just released this statement blasting recent Republican accusations that the Council on American-Islamic Relations has sent interns to Capitol Hill to spy on the U.S. government and advance a radical Islamist More…

Myrick, Shadegg, Broun, Franks: Congress’ Anti-Muslim Bigot Caucus

By | 10.15.09 | 11:35 am

Via Justin Elliott, Greg Sargent and Tim Fernholz, the aforementioned Republican members of Congress are incensed that the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a lobby group for the American Muslim community, would … lobby Congress. They’ve ordered the House sergeant-at-arms to investigate whether CAIR “is connected to or More…

The House GOP Anti-CAIR Press Conference

By | 10.15.09 | 11:32 am

Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) has uploaded the video of her press conference with Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.), Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), and Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.). “About a year ago,” said Myrick, “I learned that CAIR was trying to infiltrate the offices of members of Congress by placing interns More…