CAIR's priorities

In addition to the last few posts about the role and priorities of CAIR, there was a brief mention of CAIR preparing to send a delegation to Iran to persuade for the release of Roxana Saberi, Esha Momeni, and Robert Levinson.

this is at the same time that CAIR has refused to take up the cases or provide ongoing support to families of Muslims here who have been targeted by the US government - Matin Siraj, Fahad Hashmi, the Miami 7, Ehsanul Sadequee, Syed Haris Ahmed, and now the Newburgh 4, among many others. Many of these cases involved the use of informants, or have been based on flimsy evidence, had serious lack of government transparency, or the suspects have been kept in atrocious conditions. Yet, CAIR has not taken up their cases, in some instances outrightly refused to help the families, or taken the side of the government.

Aside from the issue of Robert Levinson being a former FBI agent, who was unlikely to have been in Iran for tourism, there is nothing wrong with CAIR participating in building bridges of goodwill and trying to get clemency for American citizens in Iran. However, the cases in Iran are not divorced from larger political agendas, to which CAIR ends up contributing by highlighting cases in Iran, while remaining silent about similar cases in the US.

These actions again raise the question of what the priorities are of these so-called Muslim civil rights organizations. Is it to defend the rights of Muslims? Or is it to ingratiate themselves to the US government and law enforcement agencies in order to have a place at the table with those in power? Increasingly, there remains little doubt...

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Roxana Saberi's plight and American media propaganda