Muslim Public Affairs Council report: Part III From The Investigative Project On Terrorism

Here is part III of the report of the MPAC from the Investigative Project On Terrorism. The title of this part speaks for itself and MPAC obviously has no shame or guilt on taking money and funneling it to known terrorist groups and organizations. Would not surprise me if the mullah in the White House has donated to MPAC, MSU and the likes of CAIR.
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MPAC Staunchly Defends Terrorists and the "Charities" That Fund Them


Phony domestic "charities" that funnel money to terrorist organizations may have been hobbled by law enforcement agencies cracking down on their activities -- but they still can count on the unwavering support of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC).

Our third installment of the Investigative Project on Terrorism's dossier on MPAC (see part one here and part two here) focuses on its support for those alleged to be connected to terrorists. Be it the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), the Global Relief Foundation (GRF), the Benevolence International Foundation (BIF) or the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA), MPAC has consistently defended them and their actions in the supposed interest of civil rights.

In every case, MPAC has responded to investigations by the FBI and the U.S. Treasury Department with complaints that authorities have not proven their allegations, and variations on the constant themes that enforcement actions unfairly single out Muslim groups and "bear strong signs of politicization."

At the same time, MPAC has been equally diligent in defending individual terrorists uncovered by federal investigations.

The result of this approach has been to foster mutual distrust between American Muslims and the broader U.S. society, and so to undermine relations between the two.

Statements assailing the post-9-11 report by the National Commission on Terrorism, condemning the USA PATRIOT Act, blasting the use of informants in terrorism cases and charging that FBI investigations are isolating the Muslim community have had one common theme: a divisive effort to portray the "war on terrorism" as actually perverted into a "war on Islam."

When the Treasury Department in 2001 named HLF as a Specially Designated Terrorist based on the charity's persistent role in funding the terrorist group Hamas -- an action that was to lead to the group's closure -- MPAC leapt to its defense.

Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill had declared that HLF "masquerades as a charity, while its primary purpose is to fund Hamas…This organization exists to raise money in the United States to promote terror."

But MPAC had a far different take, arguing in a joint statement issued with seven other Islamic groups that the goals of cutting off funding for terrorism and achieving peace in the Middle East could not be achieved "by taking food out of the mouths of Palestinian orphans or by succumbing to politically-motivated smear campaigns."

The statement termed the government's action "an unjust and counterproductive move that can only damage America's credibility with Muslims in this country and around the world and could create the impression that there has been a shift from a war on terrorism to an attack on Islam."

In 2008, jurors in Dallas convicted HLF and five former leaders on 108 counts related to their Hamas support.

MPAC's reaction was much the same after BIF was shut down by the government in 2001, preparatory to being designated as a financier of terrorism the following year. In an opinion column written for the New York Times, Executive Director Salam al Marayati deemed the action unfair and counterproductive.

"The government's policy has inflicted considerable harm," Marayati wrote. "By effectively shutting down these charities, it has given Americans the false impression that American Muslims are supporting terrorists. It has also given the Muslim world a similarly false impression that America is intolerant of a religious minority." Continue reading

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 http://www.investigativeproject.org/1791/mpac-staunchly-defends-terrorists-and