Authors: Paul Sperry
1
Ibn Taymiyah,
The Sword on the Neck of the Accuser of Muhammad
, 221.
2
“Urgent Fax Letter to CAIR Executive Director and Board Members,” Jameila Al-Hashimi, MBA, to Nihad Awad, et al, “Re: Profound Problems at CAIR,” 21 August 2000, 2.
3
Internal CAIR records show Hooper rode herd on convicted jihadist Royer’s appeal, personally speaking with his attorney, among other things. Hooper hired and rehired Royer around his protege’s jihadi tours in Bosnia. The two shared a burning passion over the Bosnian issue. In fact, Hooper early last decade was manager of communications and media relations for Islamic Information of Bosnian Relief Committee. Awad was coordinator of the committee.
4
Nihad Awad, “Muslim-Americans in Mainstream America,”
The Link
, February-March 2000, Volume 33, Issue 1.
5
U.S. Government Exhibit 016-0069, 3:04-CR-240-G, U.S. v. HLF, et al., FBI transcript of 2 October 1993 meeting, 15-20.
6
Nihad Awad, “Muslim-Americans in Mainstream America.”
7
In 2006, the latest IRS filing, CAIR National spent a whopping $100,000 for “research and information services.”
8
http://www.mca-sfba.org/guests/ibrahim_hooper.htm. Hooper also anonymously operates a blog touting the ancient holistic benefits of honey (he claims it can heal wounds better than conventional treatment methods involving modern medicine). The blog is located at http://www.apitherapy.blogspot.com. In Minneapolis, he owned a business dealing in halal foods – Halalco Export Management -- state business records show.
9
Paul Findley,
Silent No More
(Beltsville, Md.: Amana Publications, 2001), 215.
10
Written testimony of Nihad Awad before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, “Terrorism: Two Years after 9/11, Connecting Dots, American Muslim Community Under Seige,” 10 September 2003. Awad declined an invitation by the Senate Judiciary subcommittee to answer the charges under oath during a Sept. 10, 2003, hearing. He submitted written testimony instead. Later, when presented with evidence of the Holy Land check, Awad changed his story in supplemental testimony, stating: “CAIR is a nonprofit, grassroots organization. Our only source of income is through donations, and the amount in question was a donation like any other. HLF was not indicted for any criminal activities at the time of its donation in 1994, and its assets were frozen by the Justice Department seven years later in December 2001.” Why he stenuously denied the existence of the donation in his earlier testimony remains unexplained.
11
Boim v. Quranic Literacy Institute, et al., “Deposition of Omar Ahmad,” 133-134. During the 2003 civil deposition, CAIR founder Ahmad was asked, “Did they [HLF] give you any money to help start CAIR?” Ahmad replied unequivocally, “No.”
12
David Koenig, “Documents said to provide insight ino Hamas support in U.S.,”
Associated Press
, 26 August 2007.
13
Boim v. Quranic Literacy Institute, et al., OOC-2905, “Deposition of Nihad Awad,” 195 (E.D. CA October 22, 2003). Boim v. Quranic Literacy Institute, et al., OOC-2905, “Deposition of Omar Ahmad,” 221-225 (E.D. CA May 27, 2003). See Appendix for copy of Ahmad’s Courtyard Marriott reservation voucher.
14
“Important phone and fax numbers (Palestine Section/America),” U.S. Government exhibit 004-0001, 3:04-CR-240-G, U.S. v. HLF, et al., 2. (See Appendix.)
15
Boim v. Quranic Literacy Institute, et al., “Deposition of Omar Ahmad,” 122-123.
16
“Deposition of Omar Ahmad,” 196-199.
17
Letter from Powers to Sen. Jon Kyl, Senate Judiciary Committee, 28 April 2009.
18
“Demystifying ‘Urban Legends’ About CAIR,” 4.
19
“CAIR Staff Meeting, First Tuesday of the Month,” minutes, 1 May 2007, 1. CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad opened the meeting. Under the heading, “Membership/Fundraising,” the minutes state that “CAIR has a total of 5,133 members.” (See Appendix.)
20
“CAIR Accuses Washington Times of ‘Agenda-Driven Reporting;’ Civil rights group says paper falsely suggested drop in its grassroots support,” CAIR,
PRNewswire-USNewswire
, 12 June 207.
21
Amicus Curiae Brief of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, U.S. v. Holy Land Foundation, No. 3:04-CR-240 (TX ND), 14 August 2007. Alexandria, Va.-based lawyer Moffitt, who also defended terrorist Sami al-Arian, recently passed away.
22
“Demystifying ‘Urban Legends’ About CAIR,” 9.
23
Transcript of Hooper interview with radio host Keith Larson, WBT-1110 AM, Charlotte, N.C., 3 October 2006.
24
Sperry,
Infiltration
, 255-257.
25
Transcript of U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Virginia) speech, “Council on American-Islamic Relations – CAIR,” on floor of House of Representatives, 12 June 2009.
26
Transcript of Hooper interview with Tucker Carlson, “Tucker” show, MSNBC, 18 September 2006.
27
American Muslims: A Journalist’s Guide to Understanding Islam and Muslims
, CAIR, 2007, 35.
28
Sperry, Infiltration, 23.
29
Patrick Sookhdeo,
Faith, Power and Territory: A Handbook of British Islam
, (McLean, Va.: Isaac Publishing, 2008), 103.
30
Sperry,
Infiltration
, 21. Also: Transcript of speech by Ahmad Totonji, “The Universality of Islam,” Cornell University, 1971, 3. Totonji is chairman of ADAMS Center, the Brotherhood mosque that the FBI has agreed to do formal outreach with outside Washington.
31
Letter from Egyptian Ambassador (to U.S.) Nabil Fahmy to then CAIR Chairman Parvez Ahmed, 29 March 2007, 2.
32
American Muslims: A Journalist’s Guide to Understanding Islam and Muslims
, 37.
33
Emerson, “Grand Deception.” Sperry,
Infiltration
, xi.
34
Transcript of sermon by Wahhaj, “Stand Up for Justice,” Brooklyn, N.Y., VHS recording, IBTS Distributor, 8 May 1992.
35
Transcript of speech by Totonji, 7. “Do you Muslims marry more than one? Yes.”
36
Ann Rodgers and Bill Schackner, “Muslim writer embroiled in dispute at Morgantown mosque,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, 11 May 2004.
37
Shama Farooq, “Report on Meeting Between FBI Agents and Dr. Ahmed,” 3.
38
Abdullah Yusuf Ali,
The Meaning of the Holy Quran
(Beltsway, Md.: Amana Publishing, 1989), 195. Yusuf Ali in his commentary confirms that “some slight physical correction may be administered” against disobedient wives.
39
Ibid, 90.
40
Robert Spencer, “Beheading in Buffalo,”
FrontPageMagazine
, 18 February 2009.
41
Jamal Badawi, “Wife Beating in Islamic Perspective,”
IslamOnline.net
, 21 April 2004.
42
Muzammil Siddiqi, “Wife Beating in Islamic Perspective,”
IslamOnline.net
, 21 April 2004.
43
American Muslims: A Journalist’s Guide to Understanding Islam and Muslims
, 20, 48.
44
Imam Zaid Shakir, “Jihad or Terrorism?”
45
Ibid.
46
Wahhaj, “Stand Up for Justice.”
47
Sookhdeo,
Faith, Power and Territory: A Handbook of British Islam
, 104.
48
Wahhaj, “Stand Up for Justice.”
49
Ibid.
50
Imam Zaid Shakir, “Jihad or Terrorism?”
51
Transcript of speech by Totonji, 6.
52
American Muslims: A Journalist’s Guide to Understanding Islam and Muslims
, 40, 41.
53
Olivier Guitta, “The Cartoon Jihad: The Muslim Brotherhood’s project for dominating the West,”
The Weekly Standard
, 20 February 2006, Volume 011, Issue 22.
54
“Rejoice! The good news of the establishment of the Khilafa,”
Islamic Educational Services
, Mt. Holly, N.J., 3.
55
FBI Hate Crime Statistics, http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2007/table_01.htm. Even in 2001, when anti-Islamic incidents saw a small spike, they still accounted for just 26 percent of total religious hate crimes, with anti-Semitic crimes making up the majority. CAIR acknowledged the most recent drop in anti-Muslim hate crimes with only “cautious optimism,” and demanded the FBI continue to vigorously investigate and prosecute anti-Muslim hate crimes.
56
“Hyping Hate Crime Vs. Muslims” (editorial),
Investor’s Business Daily
, 3 December 2007.
57
“CAIR’s Fuzzy Math” (editorial),
Investor’s Business Daily
, 23 May 2007. Also, Sperry,
Infiltration
, 263, 264.
58
“CAIR Maryland and Virginia Chapter 1st Leadership and Empowerment Conference.” In his presentation, Hooper described the “characteristics of a journalist” as follows: “They will expect you to do their work.” Also, the typical journalist “does little primary research,” so they are easy to spoonfeed info. Hooper has equally low regard for police. On Aug. 13, 2007, after an FBI agent visited CAIR’s headquarters, he cracked to Awad that the agent was “wet behind the ears” and probably only “a high school graduate.”
59
Ibid.
60
American Muslims: A Journalist’s Guide to Understanding Islam and Muslims
, 29.
61
“CAIR Maryland and Virginia Chapter 1st Leadership and Empowerment Conference.” (Presentation by Rabiah Ahmed, former CAIR spokeswoman.)
62
Ibid.
63
“Media, PR and Politics,” 2nd Annual Caribbean Islamic Conference, 2.
64
Transcript of Hooper interview with Carlson, “Tucker” show, MSNBC, 25 July 2007.
65
Undercover video log (Chris Gaubatz) of Hooper at ISNA convention, 30 August 2008. Hooper’s wife, Rhonda Reese, also had been a regular speaker at ISNA conventions, conducting workshops on homeschooling to “help your child develop a stronger Islamic identity and get the information you need on integrating Islamic studies.” Hooper declined to be interviewed.