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| Islamic Institute Raided in Fairfax (VA) |
| 2004-07-02 |
| EFL Federal agents yesterday swarmed into an Islamic institute in Northern Virginia that has been the target of a joint U.S.-Saudi crackdown over allegations that it promoted an intolerant brand of Islam.... Ibrahim Hooper, a CAIR spokesman, said the local Muslim community is concerned that the raid is a "fishing expedition by the government.’’ But Ali Al-Ahmed, head of the District-based Saudi Institute and a critic of the Institute for Islamic and Arabic Sciences, said it teaches a "militant" brand of Islam. "In my mind, if this organization keeps running in this country, it will create a lot of Osama bin Ladens,’’ he said. "The crux of their message is that this is a Christian-Jewish land and that we should hate those people.’’ a split between the Saudis (which funds most of CAIRs budget indirectly) and CAIR. Is it a real split or is this just performance art? |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #1 The raid was conducted with CAIR in attendance according to the Associated Press. |
| Posted by: jawa 2004-07-02 2:27:54 PM |