VIDEO: CAIR REP CONDEMNS AFGHAN VIOLENCE (CNN) - TOP
Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN, 4/1/11

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MORGAN: Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, at least 12 people are dead after an attack on a U.N. building. The attacks sparked by protests against the burning of a Koran by a Florida pastor last month.

President Obama spoke out today condemning the violence.

And now, I want to bring in Corey Saylor, the director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Corey Saylor, terrible scenes in Mazar-e-Sharif. Do you condemn them?

COREY SAYLOR, COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS: Absolute tragedy, Piers. And we condemn it utterly.

MORGAN: To bring viewers up to speed with the Florida pastor Terry Jones. There was an initial incident with him in which he said he would burn the Koran and then didn't. But a few days ago, he then conducted a trial of the Koran. It was found guilty apparently, and he and his fellow church members in Florida burned one copy of the Koran. And it's that that sparked what happened today in Afghanistan.

Pretty serious repercussions for what many are saying was an act of pure bigoted idiocy.

SAYLOR: Well, Terry Jones deserves to be ignored 100 percent. And by no means does what he did allow anyone within the faith of Islam to go out and hurt other people. And that should be condemned utterly.

I mean, Muslims -- Muslims, the example is Prophet Mohammed. There's a famous story that every Muslim knows, Prophet Mohammed went to a city called Ta'if, he preached, he was chased out of the city by people throwing rocks at him. When he got out of the town, he was bleeding profusely. And angel came to him and essentially offered him to have the town destroyed. And he said, no.

That's the example right there. Part of the explanation that he gave, I'm paraphrasing here, is we don't know what these people's descendants are going to be like.

So, when he was abused, he met it with patience and tolerance. And I would advise my brothers and sisters around the world to remember that example. Patience and tolerance is how we meet bigots like Terry Jones.

MORGAN: Given that context, was it sensible of the various imams and mullahs who called for a day of anger and protests of the Koran burning -- was that sensible? Was it right? Would you condemn them for calling for those protests?

SAYLOR: I think unfortunately it's going to put more fuel on the fire that was already lit today. And we just simply don't need any more of that. What we need is what we saw immediately after when Terry Jones burned the Koran last week. He was met with absolute silence. Nobody paid any attention to him. And that is what he deserves.

He certainly does not deserve any more attention. And, certainly, no one is doing the religion of Islam a service by calling for a day of rage.

MORGAN: Where will this end, do you think, Corey?

SAYLOR: Well, unfortunately, think all too often extremists on both sides, the violent extremists that did the attack today, the extremists down in Florida, Terry Jones, control this conversation. And what has to happen is that those in the center who want a reasonable conversation have to continue to assert ourselves strongly. We don't accept what Terry Jones does. We don't accept anything like what happened in Afghanistan today.

And those of us that are leaders have to remind the people who follow us about the teachings of our own faiths. Jesus did not teach violence. Prophet Mohammed did not teach to respond to these things like violence. And that message has to be made clearly in unison with representatives of all face.

MORGAN: It would be helpful if Terry Jones realizes there are consequences to acts of a kind of idiocy that he's been perpetrating the last week.

Corey Saylor, thank you very much.

SAYLOR: Thank you.

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SEVEN MUSLIMS ON BALLOT IN SUBURBAN CHICAGO - TOP
Kane Farabaugh, Voice of America, 4/6/11

When it started last year, the non-profit group Project Mobilize, or Project M, hoped to change the political landscape in suburban Chicago by promoting Muslim Americans as election candidates. So far, there are no Muslim Americans serving as elected officials in the Chicago area. But Project M hopes that will change in municipal elections April 5.

In the countdown to Election Day, Maha Hasan is making a final push to get out the vote.

She is running for a position as a trustee with the Justice Public Library. Justice is a Chicago suburb. ...

Hasan is hoping to make history as the first Muslim American candidate elected to the Justice Public Library board. She is one of seven Muslim Americans on ballots in municipal elections in suburban Chicago April 5. Five are women. (More)

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AUDIO: GOP CANDIDATE DEFENDS BAN ON MUSLIMS IN GOVERNMENT - TOP

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Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain went even further than he's previous comments regarding Muslims. He also painted Michelle Obama's garden as a ploy used by the administration to distract people from its failed policies.

@1:21 - "I want people in my administration that are committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. I don't want any inkling of anybody in my administration who would put Sharia law over American law."

@2:10 - "I have not found a Muslim that has said that they will denounce Sharia law, you know, in order to support the Constitution of the United States." (More)

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THE MUSLIM-BAITING RADIO HOST THE GOP CAN'T RESIST - TOP
Justin Elliot, Salon.com, 4/6/11

The host of a radio show that has become a regular stop for Republican presidential candidates is calling for restrictions on Muslim immigration to the U.S.

Bryan Fischer, who is the American Family Association’s Director of Issues Analysis, also called Islam a "toxic cancer" on his show today. This is not new rhetoric for Fischer, but what makes it interesting is that several potential GOP candidates have recently accepted invitiations to be on his show. That includes Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann, Haley Barbour, and Newt Gingrich.

"We really need to restrict immigration from Islamic countries," Fischer said today.

Here, via Right Wing Watch, are his latest comments: (More)

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NY DEMOCRATS ACCUSE LAWMAKER OF HOLDING ANTI-ISLAM HEARINGS - TOP
David Freedlander, Observer, 4/5/11

State Senate Democrats are out with a release today blasting Republican lawmaker Greg Ball for holding a hearing which they claim is designed to "isolate and vilify Muslims."

The hearing, called "Reviewing our Preparedness: An Examination of New York's Public Protection Ten Years After September 11" will be held Friday at 250 Broadway in Manhattan and will feature Nonie Darwish, a human rights activist who has attracted a good deal of controversy for her views on Islam, particularly the idea that the religion teaches its adherents to hate non-believers and to subjugate women.

The Democrats also blasted Senator Ball for inviting Frank Gaffney, a columnist who has questioned if Barack Obama was born in the United States. Ball said that Gaffney, in fact, will not attend.

"They are not people who are experts in security," said Senator Kevin Parker of Brooklyn. "They are folks who have developed their name by spending their time criticizing and attacking Islam, which is not where we think we ought to be as a legislature." (More)

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NY DEMOCRATS: MUSLIMS UNFAIR TARGET - TOP
Rick Karlin, Albany Times Union, 4/6/11

ALBANY -- As an assemblyman, Greg Ball wasn't shy about criticizing fellow lawmakers, especially those who the Hudson Valley Republican found too liberal or too spendthrift.

Now a senator, Ball, as chairman of the Veterans, Homeland Security & Military Affairs Committee, has found himself in a battle with Democrats over the volatile issue of religious freedom and the Muslim community in the United States.

Ball was blasted in a letter Tuesday signed by 11 Democrats for inviting a nationally known critic of Islam to a hearing Friday that he's scheduled on public protection.

"The actions and words of some of the witnesses invited by you seek only to inflame hysteria and place an entire faith under suspicion," Brooklyn Sen. Kevin Parker said in a letter about the hearing, which Ball calls "Reviewing our Preparedness: An Examination of New York's Public Protection Ten Years After September 11." (More)

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PETER KING CALLS FOR ETHNIC PROFILING IN ADDITION TO RELIGIOUS PROFILING -TOP
Lee Fang, Think Progress, 4/5/11

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) has caused an uproar with his relentless scapegoating of Muslim Americans. As chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, he refused to broaden his terrorism hearings into any non-Muslim groups. And given many of King’s public statements about Muslim Americans, including an argument that Muslim Americans aren’t Americans when it comes to war, many have accused him of prejudice.

In a public television appearance aired today with Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), King elaborated on his exclusive focus on Muslim Americans as terrorist threats. In his remarks, King justified racial or ethnic profiling as well as religious profiling. King reasoned that if racist white terrorists were suspected of an attack on an African American community, the same standard against Muslims could be applied to “a white guy walking down around Harlem." (More)

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FLORIDA SENATE MOVES ANTI-SHARIA LAW BILL - TOP
Matt Dixon, Florida Times-Union, 4/5/11

During a Senate committee hearing Monday, Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, said a bill he was sponsoring did one thing and one thing only.

The bill "simply states in a courtroom of state of Florida, the only laws that might be applied are the laws of the state of Florida and the United States, period," he said.

He made no mention of the fact that his bill, SB 1294, is nearly a word-for-word match of model anti-Islamic religious - Shariah - law legislation that is posted on the website of the American Public Policy Alliance, a group that works "to defend free speech, preserve and promote human rights, maintain the sanctity of our US and state constitutions, and aid and promote public safety." (More)

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MO: BANNING SHARIA IS FEARMONGERING AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL - TOP
David Rosman, Missourian, 4/6/11

It is apparently not enough that our legislators in Washington, D.C., have held hearings on terrorism focusing only on our Muslim brethren. Now Rep. Don Wells, R-Cabool, wants to attack Islam by proposing yet another unnecessary and possibly federally unconstitutional amendment to Missouri’s constitution. And Rep. John Cauthorn, R-Mexico, who represents a portion of eastern Columbia and Boone County, has joined Wells’ team.

Their problem? Sharia law. Really?

This is an example of fear mongering — attacking an issue based on fear and misunderstanding, using propaganda and no facts — at its best.

House Joint Resolution 31, is specifically written to prohibit Missouri courts from using Sharia or international law in their deliberation.

A search of Missouri courts and the State Courts Administrator website shows no incident in which Sharia law has been considered in Missouri courts. The state Supreme Court verified this fact.

I called Wells’ office to seek his reasoning for wanting this action, especially after a similar amendment in Oklahoma has been put on hold by the U.S. District Court. He has not returned these calls. Rep. Cauthorn did tell me he was not familiar with the resolution. So why did he sign as a co-sponsor?

In Muneer Awad v. Paul Ziriax, et al. (Nov. 2010), the Federal Western District Court of Oklahoma was asked if the specific exclusion of Sharia law in a state constitutional amendment might conflict with the U.S. Constitution. What the court must decide is this: If the rule of the majority is in conflict with the Bill of Rights, can the will of the people be wrong?

The short answer, at least for now: Yes, there is a conflict, and the people can be mistaken. (More)

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NY: CHILDREN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING MUSLIM CLASSMATE ORDERED HELD - TOP
Jennifer H. Cunningham and Joe Kemp, New York Daily News, 4/6/11

Two troubled Staten Island schoolchildren accused of attacking a Muslim classmate were ordered held in a juvenile detention center without bail, authorities said.

Krystal Callender, 13, who was arrested this week, attacked a 13-year-old Muslim girl outside Berta Dreyfus Intermediate School 49 in Stapleton and attempted to rip off her religious head scarf, authorities said.

The arrest came days after 12-year-old Osman Daramy was charged for the attack. Both were charged with assault as a hate crime. (More)

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FBI CONTACTING LIBYAN AMERICANS: CAIR - TOP
Jonathan Dienst, NBC, 4/5/11

The FBI is contacting Libyan-Americans as a precaution due to the conflict in Libya, the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Tuesday.

CAIR officials said in an email to members they "strongly support law enforcement" and said it was a "civic duty" to report any criminal or threat information.

They also advised community members of their rights to have an attorney and that cooperating with law enforcement is voluntary absent a subpoena. (More)

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CAIR: FBI SEEKING INFORMATION FROM LIBYANS IN U.S. - TOP
Carol Cratty, CNN, 4/5/11

Washington (CNN) -- The FBI has begun interviewing Libyans who are living in the United States in a hunt for any possible threats to Americans, according to a law enforcement official.

The official described this as a "proactive effort" spurred by the revolt in Libya and said the FBI has no specific intelligence to indicate Libya is planning terror attacks.

"We are making contact with Libyan visitors to determine whether there is a threat to Americans here or abroad," said the source, who was not authorized to speak on the record. The FBI would not comment. ...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reacted to the FBI interviews by issuing a statement reminding American Muslims they are not required to talk to the FBI absent a legal subpoena. CAIR did not tell Muslims to refuse to speak to the FBI, but suggested they consider having an attorney present.

CAIR also told Muslims if they are aware of any criminal activity going on in their communities it is their "religious and civic duty to immediately report such activity to local and federal law enforcement agencies." (More)

THE SHARIA PANIC FACTORY - TOP
By Justin Elliott, Salon.com, 4/7/11

One of the more striking things about the current anti-sharia craze is how often state legislators who introduce anti-sharia bills can't answer basic questions about Islamic law or why they see it as a threat.

In Alabama, for example, when the state senator who sponsored an anti-sharia bill was asked by a reporter to simply define sharia, he responded: "I don't have my file in front of me." In Florida, anti-sharia bill sponsors couldn't name a single case where Islamic or international law had been used in a troubling way in U.S. courts. When, on Wednesday, I interviewed a Nebraska state senator behind a similar bill, I asked him about what cases were causes of concern to him. He responded: "I'm not in my office to look them up."

How could all these legislators be so uninformed about their own bills? A big part of the reason is that most of them did not actually write the legislation in question. Rather, many of the anti-sharia bills being considered around the country are either based on or directly copied from model legislation created by an obscure far-right Arizona attorney and activist named David Yerushalmi. ...

The Nebraska case is instructive. State Sen. Mark Christensen introduced a bill (.pdf) in January to bar the use of any foreign law in Nebraska courts. When I spoke to Christensen on Wednesday, he acknowledged he did not have a deep understanding of the issue, referring me back to his office when I asked him what cases involving sharia or foreign law were troubling to him.

He summed up his reason for sponsoring the bill: "This is America. We use America's law." (For more on what sharia actually is, see here and here.)

It turns out Christensen introduced the bill after his office was approached by the head of the local chapter of the anti-Muslim group ACT! for America, Christensen aide Dan Wiles told me. ACT! for America is a Florida-based group led by Brigitte Gabriel. In a profile last month, the New York Times detailed Gabriel's strategy of selectively quoting the Quran to paint most or all Muslims as violent extremists. (More)

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ANTI-SHARIA BILLS ADVANCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA - TOP
Ben Smith, Politico, 4/7/11

Fears about sharia law are prompting the South Carolina state Senate to action, with two measures striking out against foreign law advancing through the legislative process.

The state Senate adopted a resolution on Tuesday calling on South Carolina courts not to recognize foreign law and legal doctrines in their decisions. And a second bill with the more legal force to ban foreign law out of courts passed out of subcommittee this morning. Neither law explicitly mentions sharia or Islam, but some supporters say that that is the real target of both laws. (More)

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NY: FIVE TEENS PLEAD GUILTY IN HARASSMENT AT MOSQUE - TOP
Buffalo News, 4/7/11

Five Holley teenagers who harassed members of a mosque have pleaded guilty and were granted youthful offender status, Orleans County District Attorney Joseph V. Cardonesaid Wednesday ... .

The five were accused of disrupting prayers in the Fuller Road mosque, which has existed since 1974, by yelling obscenities and honking car horns on two occasions in late August.

One of the five also was accused of firing a shotgun near the mosque during Friday prayers Aug. 27. (More)

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14 JOIN LAWSUIT AGAINST TENNESSEE MOSQUE - TOP
Scott Broden, DNJ.com, 4/7/11

MURFREESBORO -- The number of plaintiffs seeking to stop the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro from building a bigger mosque grew from three to 17 Wednesday.

Attorney Joe Brandon Jr. submitted an amended complaint to Chancellor Robert Corlew III's court against Rutherford County for approving what he said was a "megamosque" site plan.

Plaintiffs Kevin Fisher, Lisa Moore and Henry Golczynski filed the original lawsuit last September. The 14 new plaintiffs are: John Lilley, Marlena Gregory, Caleb Gregory, Mike Hopkins, David Weaver, Justin Weaver, Missy Weaver, Brian Gregory, June Lilley Holt, Jim McCormack III, Annmarie Shannon, Shane Davis, Ronald Todd and Tim Holt.

"The residents neighboring the property of the 52,000-square-foot Muslim BrotherhoodTraining Center fear for their property values, their safety, their privacy and constitutional rights," Brandon states in a news release. (More)

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CRITICS CALL N.Y.C. TERROR HEARING ANTI-MUSLIM (NY TIMES) - TOP
Paul Vitello, New York Times, 4/7/11

A state senator has scheduled a daylong hearing for Friday on terrorism preparedness in New York City, featuring an array of experts in law enforcement, emergency response and counterterrorism.

But his plan to take testimony in Manhattan about the threat from radical Islam is drawing sharp criticism from Muslim and interfaith groups that call the hearing anti-Muslim and incendiary -- a local version of the contentious session held last month in Washington byRepresentative Peter T. King of Long Island.

In fact, the witness list includes Mr. King, a Republican who has promised more Congressional hearings on what he calls the radicalization of American Muslims.

The state senator, Gregory R. Ball, a Putnam County Republican who is chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs, said he did not intend his inquiry to focus unfairly on threats from any one group.

"But there are people who seek to hurt and destroy us," Mr. Ball said. "We have to move beyond political correctness." (More)

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EDITORIAL SLAMS ANTI-ISLAM NY STATE SENATE WITNESSES - TOP
A Journal News editorial, 4/7/11

One reality of religious bigotry and intolerance is that those who spread it, or aid and abet in its dissemination, very often aren't the ones who have to answer for it.

For instance, a deranged Florida preacher burned a Quran last month in Gainesville, and more than a score of innocent people in Afghanistan have lost their lives, victims of Taliban-exploited anger and extremism. The dead have included U.N. workers in tinderbox regions who sought to preserve human life and dignity. They needed Pastor Terry Jones' help like a kick in the teeth.

We hope the same isn't said later of state Sen. Greg Ball, R-Carmel, who heads the Senate Veterans, Homeland Security & Military Affairs Committee, a key assignment in a state that knows all too well the derivative costs of intolerance and religious extremism -- and should also know of the need for more understanding, smarter heads and less vitriol.

Under the guise of exploring the serious issues of emergency preparedness and public protection, Ball has invited a pair of virulent, high-profile and unabashedly anti-Islam critics to testify in hearings Friday in Albany. The odds of either Nonie Darwish or Frank Gaffney, Ball's firebrand invitees, informing or improving our safety and security are absolutely nil. (More)

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NY MUSLIMS OBJECT TO ISLAM 'EXPERT' APPEARING BEFORE STATE SENATE - TOP
Judy L. Randall, Staten Island Advance, 4/7/11

The head of the state Senate committee on homeland security is under pressure from colleagues, including state Sen. Diane Savino, and members of the Muslim-American community to disinvite a controversial self-proclaimed expert on Islam to a Friday that has sparked controversy.

Ms. Savino (D-North Shore/Brooklyn) and Hesham El-Meligy, an inter-faith community leader from New Springville, are among those asking state Sen. Greg Ball (R-Putnam County), chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs, to rescind the invitation to Nonie Darwish, director of Former Muslims United.

Ms. Savino and El-Meligy said while the thrust of the committee hearing, "Reviewing Our Preparedness: An Examination of New York's Public Protection Ten Years After Sept. 11," scheduled to take place in Manhattan tomorrow, is valid, asking Ms. Darwish to appear is not.

In a letter to Ball, Ms. Savino, who is a member of the committee, and other Senate Democrats said Ms. Darwish does not have the "scholarly credentials" to testify and said her assertions, including that Islam "is not a true religion," make her an inappropriate choice. (More)

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COMMENTARY: HEARINGS PROVIDE AN EXCUSE FOR MORE MUSLIM BASHING - TOP
By Barry W. Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, 4/7/11

The United States pioneered religious liberty. If we don't understand the concept, no one does. Yet, lately, it seems that some of us are acting like we just don't get it.

A disturbing wave of Islam bashing is washing over the country.

Some people are actually in court, trying to block Muslims from exercising their right to build worship facilities. Legislators in a few states have introduced bills to ban Shariah - Islamic law - even though no one is trying to impose it.

One group calls itself "Stop Islamization of America." Stop Islamization? Can anyone explain to me how a religion that makes up less than 2 percent of the U.S. population is going to pull that off? In a tense atmosphere like this, a congressional hearing on "radicalization" of the American-Muslim community is the last thing we need.

Yet, thanks to U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., it's what we just got.

King insists he's only concerned about terrorism. It's a common tactic these days. It seems any violation of civil liberties becomes acceptable if it's wrapped in the guise of fighting terrorism. (More)

CAIR Rep Testifies at NY State Senate Hearing on National Security
Cyrus McGoldrick: 'Facts, not fear-mongering' will help protect Americans

(NEW YORK, NY, 4/8/11) -- A representative of the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today testified at a New York State Senate hearingon homeland security.

CAIR-NY Civil Rights Manager Cyrus McGoldrick testified at a day-long hearing by the senate's Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs, titled "Reviewing Our Preparedness: An Examination of New York's Public Protection Ten Years AfterSeptember 11."

(McGoldrick appeared on a panel with Linda Sarsour, advocacy and civic engagementcoordinator for the National Network for Arab American Communities.)

In his prepared remarks, McGoldrick stated:

"CAIR believes that political correctness has no place in discussions of security. We also believe that facts, not fear-mongering or false allegations, are the foundation of a sober and objective review of public protection. Finally, we believe that founding principles such as liberty and pluralism need not be escorted to the back of our national bus as we achieve our goal of defeating violent extremism."

McGoldrick's testimony also examined the role of American Muslim individuals and institutions in preventing violent extremism, outlined CAIR's work in helping to undermine violent extremist narratives, detailed the major issues impacting the civil liberties of American Muslims, and offered recommendations such as funding Muslim community organizations' programs that protect youth from violent extremist influences.

He said issues negatively impacting American Muslim civil liberties include bigoted opposition to the building and expansion of American mosques, the use of Muslim-bashers as law enforcement trainers, violent extremist groups such as Al-Qaeda, and the introduction of anti-Islam legislation in state legislatures nationwide.

SEE: Full CAIR-NY Testimony

Yesterday, CAIR-NY and a coalition of civil rights and interfaith groups challenged the anti-Islam bias of Nonie Darwish and Frank Gaffney, two of the nation's leading Islamophobes, who were invited to speak at today's hearing.

NY: Witnesses at State Homeland Security Hearing Called Anti-Muslim
NY State Senate Should Not be a Platform for Bigotry

Darwish, a self-styled "former Moslem" has written that "Islam is cruel, anti-women, anti-religious freedom and anti-personal freedom in general." A review of her book, "Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law," states: "For Darwish, Islam is a sinister force that must be resisted and contained."

SEE: Review of Darwish's Book

She told the New York Times: "A mosque is not just a place for worship. It's a place where war is started, where commandments to do jihad start, where incitements against non-Muslims occur. It's a place where ammunition was stored." Darwish's group, Former Muslims United, once put up a billboard stating "Stop the Murfreesboro Mosque" in an attempt to block the construction of a mosque in Tennessee.

Video: Nonie Darwish Says Mosques are 'Where War is Started'
Across Nation, Mosque Projects Meet Opposition (NY Times)

Frank Gaffney was a witness for the plaintiffs in a controversial lawsuit against the construction of the Tennessee mosque. Gaffney has promoted the false belief thatPresident Obama is a Muslim.

Gaffney: Mosques Want 'To Destroy Western Civilization From Within' (Video)
Frank Gaffney Claims Obama 'May Actually Still be' a Muslim

Gaffney, president of the Washington-based Center for Security Policy, is the employer of David Yerushalmi, author of the template used to promote anti-Islam bills in a growing number of state legislatures. Yerushalmi is also head of the anti-Islam hate group Societyof Americans for National Existence (SANE).

On its now password-protected website, SANE offered a policy proposal that would make "adherence to Islam" punishable by 20 years in prison, called for the immediate deportation of all non-citizen Muslims and urged Congress to declare war on the "Muslim Nation," which SANE defined as "all Muslims."

SEE: A SANE Act to Deal with the Islamic Threat to America's National Existence(SADITANE)
Meet the White Supremacist Leading the GOP's Anti-Sharia Crusade

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) recently noted that Yerushalmi has "a record of anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant and anti-black bigotry."

David Yerushalmi: A Driving Force Behind Anti-Sharia Efforts in the U.S.

CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

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