Audrey Hudson has the latest on the Council of American Islamic Relations and its dwindling membership numbers:
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) says it is suffering from a decline in membership and fundraising and blames the Justice Department for listing it as an unindicted co-conspirator in a case involving a charity accused of terrorist ties.Scott Johnson at Power Line was the first to blog that the brief CAIR has filed in federal court basically confirmed The Washington Times report in June:CAIR is asking a federal judge to strike it as one of the more than 300 Muslim groups listed as unindicted co-conspirators in the government's case against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, which is currently on trial in Dallas.
CAIR's brief verges on hysteria in asserting that the government has harmed it by identifying it as an unindicted co-conspirator. It repeatedly asserts that the government's identification of CAIR has reduced its membership and donations.Bryan at Hot Air and Charles at Little Green Footballs have already weighed in.
At the time of the publication of Hudson's story, CAIR vociferously disputed its accuracy.
Some news organizations have been slamming bloggers recently, but this is one story where bloggers have done some "patient fact-finding" of their own, with Counterterrorism Blog covering the Holy Land Foundation trial daily in Dally and Little Green Footballs posting the PDF of CAIR's brief.
-- Robert Stacy McCain, assistant national editor, The Washington Times
Comments (2)
It is dwindling because of the secular violence and slaughter on the television EVERY day. This is not the icon of Islam, it is the extreme.
Posted by Larry Stone | August 22, 2007 2:07 AM
Nice work by Audrey Hudson in CAIR blames Justice for its troubles. CAIR will undoubtedly freak out when they read it.
Posted by Larry Hammick | August 22, 2007 4:08 AM