CAIR's hypocrisy.

Submitted by Gunjan (United States), Jul 2, 2009 at 01:37

Dear Dr Pipes: A lot of your readers have already spoken against CAIR's hypocrisy but it cannot be criticized enough. I visited CAIR's site recently and looked at their requirements for a civil rights intern. I will quote:

"The civil rights intern will work closely with the Civil Rights Manager and Legal Counsel on resolving cases of discrimination reported to CAIR. Our Civil Rights Department handles cases that range from prejudiced gestures to full blown discrimination. Our clients are Muslims as well as people of other faiths who have had Islam imputed upon them."

Islam is a world-wide movement. I wonder if CAIR is aware that the phrase "human right" does not even exist in the vocabulary of Islamic societies. If this summer intern starts looking at the human right abuses in Islamic societies, she will have to work every summer till the end of eternity. I, for one, invite CAIR to look at bahai's plight in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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