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CAIR Banquet Sold Out, Congressional Coalition Blasts Anti-Muslim Reps

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Submitted by Vee Jay (United States), Oct 27, 2009 at 23:20

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/23/09) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced today that its 15th annual banquet on October 24th in Arlington, Va., is sold out. (The banquet registration site will close tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern. No tickets will be sold at the door.)

At the dinner on Saturday, hundreds of Muslim community members and activists, interfaith leaders and diplomats from Muslim nations will hear addresses by Rev. Jesse Jackson, former Congressman Paul Findley, Imam Mahdi Bray of MAS-Freedom, and Dr. Agha Saeed, chair of the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT). Muslim comedian Ahmed Ahmed will perform at the banquet.

CAIR also announced that the Congressional Tri-Caucus, a coalition made up of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, released a statement blasting far-right House members who recently promoted a Muslim-bashing book to insinuate that Muslims in Congress are "spies."

The Congressional Tri-Caucus statement reads in part:

"These charges smack of an America of sixty years ago where lists of "un-American" agitators were identified. We should be affirming the importance of diversity and tolerance for all interns and staff who serve in Congress without suspicion of being identified as 'spies.'

"The idea that we should investigate Muslim interns as spies is a blow to the very principle of religious freedom that our founding fathers cherished so dearly. If anything, we should be encouraging all Americans to engage in the U.S. political process; to take part in, and to contribute to, the great democratic experiment that is America.

"We all have experienced the sting of discrimination and we know that there will be challenges ahead. But our message should be firm that the America we believe in welcomes people of all backgrounds to the U.S. Congress."

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Concerning the Order by Judge Kollar-Kotelly [35 words]MicheleNov 17, 2009 18:12164686
1medieval in the free world [107 words]muslimk***Nov 13, 2009 08:34164528
Great Book Review! [65 words]Rick WilsonNov 11, 2009 20:28164438
Any comments on the recent shooting ? [198 words]S BNov 8, 2009 23:55164218
Another CAIR "wise" statement - denial of the sudden Jihad... [322 words]SvetNov 5, 2009 23:03164096
Only members of ummah are citizens and nobody else!!! [34 words]JaladhiNov 7, 2009 17:49164096
Is it legal for a senator to be chairman of CAIR? [17 words]KarenOct 30, 2009 04:55163815
1CAIR and Who's Army? [765 words]HankelvisOct 26, 2009 22:58163590
DOOMSDAY OF NON-MUSLIM WORLD,NO JOKE! [229 words]TTSOct 22, 2009 20:28163438
Philosophical Battle Today Portends the Judgment of a Non-Believing World When the King of Israel Returns [708 words]M. ToveyOct 27, 2009 16:24163438
Inconceivable blindness [30 words]UgriOct 28, 2009 07:57163438
Politicians complicit in the illegal activity of CAIR. [147 words]Dale EhrgottOct 21, 2009 16:34163340
politicians exposed [11 words]btillyOct 22, 2009 22:08163340
How can you hope to help believers if you are blind to faith? [162 words]Alain Jean-MairetOct 20, 2009 00:55163283
How can you hope to help believers if you are blind to the faith? Very Good Point! [228 words]Anne-USAJun 6, 2010 21:49163283
Give me a break with the radicals! [96 words]Alain Jean-MairetJun 8, 2010 02:54163283
Give me a break with the Radicals! Criminals and Radicals- The are both of the same ideologies. response to Alain Jean Mairet [137 words]Anne-USAJun 9, 2010 08:18163283
Only Muslims radicals are doing the right thing according to the official values of their community [84 words]Alain Jean-MairetJun 10, 2010 00:13163283
Only Muslim Radicals are doing the right thing according to the official values. Complacency gets us nothing. response to Jean Mairet [102 words]Anne-USAJun 11, 2010 12:18163283
Yes, complacency plagues us indeed [65 words]Alain Jean-MairetJun 12, 2010 01:02163283
Complacency plagues us indeed. Check out United in Hate. response to Jean Marie Mairet. [188 words]Anne- USAJun 13, 2010 08:01163283
Praying (haha) for a CAIRless world [161 words]pdmOct 19, 2009 12:59163258
Obama's Policy Shift from Bush- Cutting Iran Democracy Fund [91 words]KazmiOct 21, 2009 01:44163258
The Islamic Slave Trade - let CAIR beware! [296 words]Ben BradockOct 19, 2009 02:55163238
1islamic slavery [123 words]btillyOct 20, 2009 12:58163238
CAIR is finished but not for reasons cited [63 words]Yuval Brandstetter MDOct 18, 2009 12:26163212
CAIR Banquet Sold Out, Congressional Coalition Blasts Anti-Muslim Reps [298 words]Vee JayOct 27, 2009 23:20163212
When Cair Attacked an American Hero [1393 words]ArlindaOct 17, 2009 14:48163186
CAIR [200 words]Gloria StewartOct 16, 2009 15:51163156
"The fight to educate the 'general public'" has been lost a long time ago.... [96 words]kmanOct 18, 2009 16:03163156
CAIR'S Inner workings Exposed [130 words]AnneOct 16, 2009 09:49163152
Too simplistic of Anne's approach [75 words]Sakung DaieOct 17, 2009 03:33163152
CAIR revisited and thank you Dr. Pipes [329 words]dhimmi no moreOct 17, 2009 12:01163152
Too Simplistic of Anne's Approach. - Of Course there are terrorists in America, other than Islam- response to Sakung Daie [206 words]AnneOct 18, 2009 21:58163152
Cair's Inner Workings Exposed-- Very good summation dhimmi no more. [106 words]AnneOct 18, 2009 22:15163152
1Sakung [12 words]aspaciaOct 19, 2009 19:43163152
The usual delusion!!! [88 words]JaladhiOct 19, 2009 21:10163152
conclusion [138 words]zuraimaOct 25, 2009 01:29163152
reform [19 words]zuraimaOct 25, 2009 01:54163152
Conclusion- About Cair and the Muslim world. [201 words]AnneOct 27, 2009 08:49163152
2SO REFORM [28 words]zuraimaOct 28, 2009 22:35163152
Facts [63 words]KerryOct 29, 2009 08:25163152
God Bless America [86 words]No NameOct 16, 2009 08:36163151
Which God you want to bless AMERICA [83 words]INDIAOct 17, 2009 04:37163151
God Bless America.... The Land of Freedom and Rights for All. [146 words]Anne- USAMar 11, 2010 15:29163151
1Thank you for this update. [56 words]JustineOct 16, 2009 03:48163146
American Muslim, three trunk elephant and flying zebra [62 words]Ravi Ranjan Singh BharatPanthiNov 3, 2010 13:44163146
A hopeless fight as long as one does not want to name the enemy... [41 words]Alain Jean-MairetOct 16, 2009 01:55163144
Islamic Forum for Democracy [13 words]aspaciaOct 16, 2009 20:35163144
CAIR [96 words]ErnieOct 17, 2009 12:40163144
It's the same goal ! [213 words]Anne-Marie DelcambreOct 17, 2009 12:56163144
The goal is to get rid of delusion, at last, in order to move forward [178 words]Alain Jean-MairetOct 19, 2009 00:48163144
You're kidding ! [201 words]Anne-Marie DelcambreOct 20, 2009 05:15163144
So what? [71 words]Alain Jean-MairetOct 21, 2009 00:20163144
I agree with your analysis ! [82 words]Anne-Marie DelcambreOct 23, 2009 04:44163144
Oh well [122 words]Alain Jean-MairetOct 24, 2009 00:55163144
Reincarnation is a way of rejecting the monotheistic and legal islam ! [134 words]Anne-Marie DelcambreOct 25, 2009 07:53163144
A proven losing way [107 words]Alain Jean-MairetOct 27, 2009 01:26163144
typical of muslim organisations [188 words]G.VishvasOct 15, 2009 22:36163140
Viewing through a one-way mirror [102 words]Sakung DaieOct 17, 2009 03:21163140
blaming the non-muslims again? [104 words]G.VishvasOct 19, 2009 00:58163140
Eventually Truth Reveals What is On Both Sides of the Mirror [229 words]M. ToveyOct 19, 2009 19:45163140
CAIR is an enemy of the US [25 words]DonOct 15, 2009 22:18163139
A blot on the landscape [71 words]Rebecca MouldsOct 15, 2009 21:45163138
1Feedback [235 words]AishaOct 15, 2009 20:19163136
Tolerance [42 words]KerryOct 29, 2009 08:32163136
CAIR [27 words]KerryOct 15, 2009 19:02163133
One more piece of bad news [6 words]Abu NudnikOct 15, 2009 16:19163127
Uh-oh [56 words]Solomon2Oct 15, 2009 16:02163126
We should be infiltrating all mosques in the USA to see what they really are saying! [33 words]Tevya ROct 15, 2009 12:37163119
You already know what they are "saying" -- it is written [224 words]Alain Jean-MairetOct 18, 2009 04:24163119
Patriotic to dar-ul-harb??? Are you dreaming!!!! [35 words]JaladhiOct 19, 2009 10:53163119
What they are "saying" ? [279 words]Anne-Marie DelcambreOct 19, 2009 11:57163119
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Muslim Mafia [19 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Jennifer WatersOct 15, 2009 11:13163116
LOVE JIHAD [97 words]spaOct 19, 2009 04:01163116
Love jihad [99 words]M.A.SASTRYOct 23, 2009 23:50163116
unbelievable [13 words]T.MOct 27, 2009 05:58163116
an Afghan answer [37 words]Dr. Abdullah AbdullahOct 27, 2009 23:16163116
1Good work Chris! Now can we get an expose of WRMEA? [435 words]Wallace Edward BrandNov 10, 2009 15:40163116
I know you like to weed out comments you dont like so I wont bother going into detail... [8 words]AnthonyOct 15, 2009 09:54163113

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