by Molly Prince
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced Monday that Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib will be speaking at CAIR-Michigan’s annual banquet only days after the Hamas-linked organization revealed that fellow Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota will be speaking at CAIR-LA’s annual banquet.
CAIR is a notable pro-Palestinian organization with ties to Islamic terror groups. The U.S. Department of Justice listed CAIR as an unindicted co-conspirator in funding millions of dollars to the terrorist organization Hamas. Additionally, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) named CAIR a terrorist organization along with al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in 2014.
Tlaib will be the guest speaker at CAIR-Michigan’s 19th annual “Faith-Led, Justice Driven” banquet on March 17, according to the organization’s invitation. Single tickets start at $50 per person and a table can cost upwards of $500. Tickets for Omar’s March 23 event start at a similar price point.
Omar and Tlaib became America’s first Muslim congresswomen when sworn into office in January. Their time in office has been embroiled in allegations of anti-Semitism.
Tlaib invited a pro-Hezbollah, anti-Israel activist to her swearing-in ceremony and the following private dinner in January. Days later, an op-ed column she wrote in 2006 for Final Call, a Nation of Islam publication founded by Louis Farrakhan, surfaced. She also has come under scrutiny for having ties to other anti-Israel individuals and for questioning the loyalty of Republican lawmakers who support the Jewish nation-state.
Omar has defended anti-Israeli statements, such as ones invoking Allah to expose Israel’s “evil doings,” and she is on record implying Israel is not a democracy. She gave an interview to a host that referred to Israel as the “Jewish ISIS” and mocked how Americans speak about al-Qaeda and Hezbollah.
Both congresswomen waited until after they won their congressional elections to reveal their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which seeks to punish Israel by economically depriving the country for its alleged mistreatment of Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. The Anti-Defamation League describes the movement as “the most prominent effort to undermine Israel’s existence.”
BDS has been metastasizing through college campuses, initially promulgated by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the movement’s most visible arm. SJP has been linked to the Islamic terror group Hamas, according to The Washington Free Beacon. Moreover, the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, the American umbrella group of the BDS movement, has reportedly given money to terrorist organizations like Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
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Molly Prince is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation. Follow Molly on Twitter.
Photo “Ilhan Omar” by Ilhan Omar. Photo “Rashida Tlaib” by Rashida Tlaib.
[…] Tlaib & Omar have also spoken at fundraisers for the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR is an unindicted […]
[…] Tlaib and Omar have also spoken at fundraisers for the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR is an unindicted […]
[…] Tlaib and Omar have also spoken at fundraisers for the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR is an unindicted […]
[…] Tlaib and Omar have also spoken at fundraisers for the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR is an unindicted […]
Very well said. Are government is a joke. Congress are the biggest damn crooks.
“Our” but I do agree our government is a joke.
You must be an English teacher
Sounds like treason to me!
Let us tell Trump to get rid of them or we won’t vote for him in 2020
The liberals are behind most of these muslim women. These women couldn’t have been elected if it wasn’t for muslim vote. oboma let a bunch here and they
all settled in pockets
These 2 women are gonna do all they can to bring America down and allow Muslims to run our country. God help us. God, not allah.
Wake up America!! Vote, get your family, friends and neighbors to vote in the next election to stop these anti-American people from getting into office again!
Well said.
LETS GET THEM OUT OF OFFICE NOW!!!!!
Exactly, and very well put.
The left side of this country is ANTI AMERICAN which is why they want to turn it into a reliant 3rd world country.
The question is: Reliant on whom?
Them ?????
Yes…What happened to that requirement?
Since when do we let enemies of us and our allies run for office?
Since traitor Barack became President and brought the witches in with him?
Sounds good to me .. they have the fox 🦊 in the hen house…. why don’t they invite the to supper and be done with it …
That would be the last thing to say! Sorry we need him more now than we have ever needed him!!!!!
Well we know how that goes with democratics. Yes great idea .
They need to be removed
Plain treasonous…. That is all I got! Should be tried as traitors. If they hated this country send them to their homeland!
kick them all out of politics. what happened to born citizens can only run?
Only applies to President. At one time a vast number of Americans wanted Bob Hope to run. He had been born three weeks before his parents immigrated to the U.S..
They wanted him to be born on a U.S.ship on the high seas. Because his mother was pregnant, British authorities would not allow her to travel.
Muslim’s lie in order to fool and get into our system. They are already here and unless something is done they will continue their promise to take over.
“…the United Arab Emirates (UAE) named CAIR a terrorist organization along with al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in 2014.” We soon forget about people Al Green (D-TX) would is a member of the muslim brotherhood
I agree. They must be tried for treason. We should contact our Representatives in DC and tell them to have these women impeached and tried for treason..
Is this United States of America government actually going to allow them to fund raise in our country for a terrorist organization to kill us and probably Israelites and others? I know they already had their fundraisers. Have they already given the money to Hamas in order to kill us? We can’t allow this to happen. Do something someone in our government.
They are major people, who have begun influencing American politics, as they have done in Europe ! Through the bums out, before they get a stranglehold on AMERICA! Deport everyone of the Muslims in the USA! We don’t want sharia law – horrrable – practice!”
Wake up Congress get those Muslims out before it’s too late. Our country is being taken over by the Muslim radicals in the name of Allah and what other names they have for their selves. Raising money for them to sneak in is a crime against America.
They should be kicked out of Congress and banned from public office for supporting terrorism. Enough.
AMERICA has been too nice to all these countries and to repay us for our kindness they are trying to get Shari law here. If you are a true American you better start paying attention to what’s going on because your C hildren, Grand Children & Greatgrand children will not have the freedom that our forefathers fought and died for. Also for the Freedom we freely have now. PRAY, PRAY, PRAY.