{"id":1306,"date":"2009-12-16T14:13:57","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T21:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cairunmasked.org\/?page_id=1306"},"modified":"2010-11-10T15:50:31","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T20:50:31","slug":"online-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cairunmasked.org\/?page_id=1306","title":{"rendered":"Online Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since CAIR&#8217;s inception, American investigative journalists such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steveemerson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Emerson<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.investigativeproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Investigative Project on Terrorism<\/a>) and scholars such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielpipes.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Pipes<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meforum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Middle East Forum<\/a>) have followed CAIR&#8217;s activities and attempted to expose them to the public, media and policymakers.<\/p>\n<p>After 9\/11 this group of investigative reporters grew to include numerous online journalists.\u00a0 Leading investigators were Joe Kaufman (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.americansagainsthate.org\/cw\/\" target=\"_blank\">CAIR Watch<\/a>), Andrew Whitehead (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.anti-cair-net.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anti-CAIR<\/a>), Robert Spencer (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jihadwatch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jihad Watch<\/a>), and the team of experts at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nefafoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NEFA Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By 2007 this growing group of researchers expanded to include the Department of Justice prosecutors in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cairunmasked.org\/?cat=20\">Holy Land Foundation terrorism finance trial<\/a>.\u00a0 Adding their voices were radio journalists such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelsavage.wnd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Savage<\/a> and a growing group of lawyers including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitecollar.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Horowitz<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidyerushalmilaw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Yerushalmi<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legal-project.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Project at the Middle East Forum<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasmore.org\/default-sb_thomasmore.html?349917941\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas More Law Center<\/a> and Reed Rubinstein, whose <a href=\"http:\/\/97.74.65.51\/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=26296\" target=\"_blank\">2006 victory against CAIR<\/a> in the Andrew Whitehead case set the stage for further legal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Many sites have contributed to documenting the activities of CAIR.\u00a0 We will continue to add sites and we welcome your <a href=\"mailto:savit@securefreedom.org\">recommendations<\/a>.\u00a0 The sites below were selected because they:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Are specifically dedicated to CAIR, and\/or<\/li>\n<li>Have unique reports about CAIR, and\/or<\/li>\n<li>Have archives of comprehensive coverage on CAIR<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>(In Alphabetical Order)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ACT! for America<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>URL: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.actforamerica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.actforamerica.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Founder:<\/strong> Brigitte Gabriel<\/p>\n<p>In her book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/They-Must-Be-Stopped-Radical\/dp\/0312571283\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1268850813&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It<\/em><\/a> author Brigitte Gabriel presents extensive evidence of the incursion of Muslim Brotherhood and similar organizations into American organizations and government.\u00a0 Gabriel is founder of Act for America, the fast-growing nationwide grassroots citizen action network with over 80,000 members and 380 chapters, committed to informed and coordinated civic action that will lead to public policies that promote America&#8217;s national security and the defense of American democratic values against the assault of radical Islam.\u00a0 \u00a0The Act for America website, teleconferences, email updates and action alerts provide focused, pragmatic actions that American citizens can take to protect America\u2019s freedom and security.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anti-CAIR: In Defense of the Constitution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anti-cair-net.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.anti-cair-net.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Founder:<\/strong> Andrew Whitehead<\/p>\n<p>On March 31, 2004 CAIR filed a $1.35 million <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anti-cair-net.org\/LegalDetails\" target=\"_blank\">libel suit<\/a> against Andrew Whitehead of Anti-CAIR (ACAIR), because he called CAIR a \u201cterrorist front organization,\u201d that was \u201cfounded by Hamas supporters,\u201d and was working to \u201cmake radical Islam the dominant religion in the United States.\u201d\u00a0 In April 2006 CAIR and Whitehead settled out of court and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citmedialaw.org\/threats\/cair-v-whitehead\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit was dismissed<\/a>.\u00a0 The terms of the settlement are confidential. However, no apology was issued, no retraction or corrections made, and the statements that triggered CAIR\u2019s suit remain on the ACAIR website.\u00a0 The website was one of the first to investigate CAIR and to provide original documentation and analysis to American researchers.\u00a0 It continues to be a comprehensive database of news on CAIR, presented mostly chronologically (just scroll down).\u00a0\u00a0 In addition to the legal documents provided from the Whitehead lawsuit and other lawsuits involving CAIR, the profiles of CAIR leaders are detailed and well-researched.\u00a0 The latest news about CAIR is featured at the top of the homepage and updated daily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAIR Watch (Americans Against Hate)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americansagainsthate.org\/cw\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.americansagainsthate.org\/cw\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Founder:<\/strong> Joe Kaufman<\/p>\n<p>CAIR Watch has a thorough and carefully researched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americansagainsthate.org\/cw\/profiles_cw.php\" target=\"_blank\">Profiles<\/a> section featuring valuable information about dozens of CAIR associates.\u00a0 The CAIR Watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americansagainsthate.org\/cw\/honors_cw.php\" target=\"_blank\">Honorees<\/a> page highlights politicians and other officials, both Democrat and Republican, who have publicly stood up to CAIR.\u00a0 Joe Kaufman was assailed for his writings in 2007 when seven Dallas-area Muslim organizations filed a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citmedialaw.org\/threats\/islamic-society-arlington-texas-v-kaufman\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit and restraining<\/a> order against his organization Americans Against Hate (AAH).\u00a0 The suit was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americansagainsthate.org\/press_releases\/PR-Kaufman_Lawsuit_Dismissed.php\" target=\"_blank\">dismissed<\/a> in 2009.\u00a0 Kaufman was one of the first investigative journalists to bring CAIR\u2019s activities to public scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Pipes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>URL: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielpipes.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.danielpipes.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Pipes has been investigating and writing about the Council on American-Islamic Relations since the 1990&#8217;s.\u00a0 For a crash course read his brief 2003 introduction to the topic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielpipes.org\/394\/cair-moderate-friends-of-terror\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;CAIR: &#8216;Moderate&#8217; friends of terror<\/a>,&#8221; a longer 2006 study <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielpipes.org\/3437\/cair-islamists-fooling-the-establishment\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;CAIR: Islamists Fooling the Establishment<\/a>,&#8221; a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielpipes.org\/biblio_cair.php\" target=\"_blank\">bibliography of CAIR<\/a>, and his reply to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielpipes.org\/cair.php\" target=\"_blank\">CAIR&#8217;s personal attack on him<\/a>.\u00a0 Pipes has also kept a running commentary of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielpipes.org\/blog\/2004\/03\/a-cair-miscellany\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;CAIR Miscellany&#8221;<\/a> on his blog since March 2004.\u00a0 Pipes provides careful and thorough analysis and research on CAIR\u2019s doctrines, methodologies and activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/globalmbreport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/globalmbreport.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report sifts through a large variety of news and other sources each day in order to identify the most relevant developments regarding Muslim Brotherhood groups.\u00a0 GMBDR analysts bring decades of experience in research and investigation for major NGO\u2019s, government agencies, and international media in the U.S. and Europe with a special expertise in ideological movements.\u00a0 GMBDR has many <a href=\"http:\/\/globalmbreport.org\/?p=656\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/globalmbreport.org\/?s=cair\" target=\"_blank\">articles<\/a> about CAIR.\u00a0 Most importantly they provide crucial insight into CAIR&#8217;s activities in the context of the Muslim Brotherhood&#8217;s broader goals in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investigativeproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.investigativeproject.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Founder:<\/strong> Steven Emerson<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1995, the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)\u00a0has warned\u00a0about the infiltration of Islamist groups in America long before the national consciousness awoke to the threat after 9\/11.\u00a0 IPT maintains an extensive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investigativeproject.org\/cases.php\" target=\"_blank\">collection of legal documents<\/a> related to cases of terrorist finance and ideology in the United States.\u00a0 IPT&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investigativeproject.org\/multimedia.php\" target=\"_blank\">video and audio archives<\/a> include several CAIR-related clips including the infamous March 1994 Barry University appearance in which CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad declared his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investigativeproject.org\/223\/cairs-awad-in-support-of-the-hamas-movement\" target=\"_blank\">support for the Hamas movement<\/a>.\u00a0 They also provide detailed dossiers on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investigativeproject.org\/profile\/113\" target=\"_blank\">Nihad Awad<\/a> and Former CAIR-Tampa Director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investigativeproject.org\/profile\/175\" target=\"_blank\">Ahmed Bedier<\/a>.\u00a0 The IPT released the\u00a0 report <a href=\"https:\/\/cairunmasked.org\/?p=584\" target=\"_self\">&#8220;CAIR Exposed&#8221;<\/a>,\u00a0considered the foundation and benchmark\u00a0for research on CAIR,\u00a0in installments beginning in March 2008.\u00a0 Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investigativeproject.org\/category\/15\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for a chronological list of IPT&#8217;s recent writings about CAIR.\u00a0 The Investigative Project on Terrorism has unique access to government officials and researchers, and\u00a0it sets the standard\u00a0for investigative journalism on the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood\u00a0and jihadists \u00a0in America.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jihad Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>URL: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jihadwatch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.jihadwatch.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director:<\/strong> Robert Spencer<\/p>\n<p>Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch, a program of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and the author of ten books, including the New York Times bestsellers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Truth-About-Muhammad-Intolerant-Religion\/dp\/1596980281\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Truth About Muhammad<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Politically-Incorrect-Guide-Islam-Crusades\/dp\/0895260131\/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Jihad\u00a0Watch&#8217;s thousands of articles includes the equivalent of an online encyclopedia of articles about CAIR.\u00a0 An archive of his most recent Jihad Watch posts on CAIR can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jihadwatch.org\/cair\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Spencer\u2019s 2008 best-seller <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Stealth-Jihad-Radical-Subverting-America\/dp\/1596985569\/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_4\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Stealth Jihad<\/em><\/a> exposes the covert efforts of Muslim Brotherhood front groups as a loosely organized movement whose activists are well funded, highly motivated, and relentless in pursuit of their agenda.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Muslim Mafia<\/em> <\/strong><strong>by<\/strong> <strong>P. David Gaubatz and Paul Sperry<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Book<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muslimmafia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.muslimmafia.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published in 2009 by <a href=\"http:\/\/wndbooks.wnd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WND Books<\/a>, <em>Muslim Mafia<\/em> is a groundbreaking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Muslim-Mafia-Underworld-Conspiring-Islamize\/dp\/1935071106\" target=\"_blank\">book<\/a> based on a 6 month undercover investigation at CAIR&#8217;s national headquarters in Washington, DC.\u00a0 David Gaubatz&#8217;s son Chris posed as a Muslim convert and became an intern at CAIR, gaining access to thousands of insider documents that tie CAIR conclusively to the Muslim Brotherhood network in the United States.\u00a0 In November 2009, the U.S. Government filed a motion under seal resulting in agents from the FBI serving the Gaubatzes&#8217; attorneys with a grand jury subpoena demanding the records for an apparent\u00a0 investigation of CAIR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Continuing Investigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muslimmafiainternational.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.muslimmafiainternational.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keep up with the latest developments at the authors&#8217; official website.\u00a0 Their next major project, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muslimmafiainternational.com\/tour.html\" target=\"_blank\">Muslim Mafia Tour<\/a>, will begin in April 2010.\u00a0 Researchers will travel throughout the U.S., U.K., and Canada to bring &#8220;fresh intelligence&#8221; to the public. The results will be published daily at the website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published by World Net Daily Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>NEFA Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nefafoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nefafoundation.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>President:<\/strong> M. T. Hayes<\/p>\n<p>The NEFA team is comprised of experienced investigators, researchers, analysts, and partners in the U.S. and abroad who have access to a worldwide network of sources and information. The multi-lingual team has decades of experience in investigating terrorism and terrorist financing, global communications, and cyber-terrorism.The NEFA Foundation is a vast repository of documents related to counterjihad legal cases as well as translated media from terrorist groups worldwide.\u00a0 They host a comprehensive collection of documents relating to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nefafoundation.org\/hlfdocs.html\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. vs. Holy Land Foundation<\/a> terrorist funding case which identified CAIR as an &#8220;unindicted co-conspirator&#8221; in 2007.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sperry Files<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sperryfiles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.sperryfiles.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Founder:<\/strong> Paul Sperry<\/p>\n<p>Sperry authored the foundational book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/1595550038\/qid%3D1109746631\/102-8678006-3643349\" target=\"_blank\">Infiltration: How Muslim Spies and Subversives have Penetrated Washington<\/a><\/em> in 2005 and co-authored the CAIR expose <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Muslim-Mafia-Underworld-Conspiring-Islamize\/dp\/1935071106\/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b\" target=\"_blank\">Muslim Mafia<\/a><\/em> with David Gaubatz in 2009.\u00a0 His <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sperryfiles.com\/documents.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Supporting Documents&#8221;<\/a> page is an important repository of financial and governmental documents pertaining to CAIR and other Islamist groups in the United States.\u00a0 His books and his website are highly respected references for other investigators and researchers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since CAIR&#8217;s inception, American investigative journalists such as Steven Emerson (Investigative Project on Terrorism) and scholars such as Daniel Pipes (Middle East Forum) have followed CAIR&#8217;s activities and attempted to expose them to the public, media and policymakers. 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