CALIFORNIA CENSUS PARTNERS WITH CAIR RADICAL

by Steven Emerson
_IPT News_ [1]

Would someone who believes [2] that ISIS terrorists and the Israeli army
are morally equivalent [3] have the kind of judgment to provide "essential"
help to the government? What if that some person worked for an organization
that the FBI believes is not "an appropriate liaison partner" [4] due to
its roots in an American Hamas-support network created by the Muslim
Brotherhood; an organization which federal prosecutors say [5] was part of
"an ongoing and ultimately unlawful conspiracy to support a designated
terrorist organization ... a conspiracy from which [it] never withdrew?"

The California Census [6] seems to have no problem partnering with Hussam
Ayloush [7], executive director of the Council on American-Islamic
Relations' (CAIR) Los Angeles office, despite Ayloush harboring ideas a
Muslim reformist dismissed [8] as "insane."

Ayloush reposted an Arabic-language video [9] Monday from the state census
office in which he urges people to submit their families' information. "The
census gives us the opportunity to help our families and our communities
flourish," Ayloush says, according to an Investigative Project on Terrorism
translation. "Beginning in March we answer nine simple questions which will
affect government planning of important programs which touch upon our
communities over the next 10 years. Be certain to count those who live with
you. Your census responses are safe and secure."

A complete and fair count indeed is important. The question is why the
California Census office felt Ayloush was the best person to serve as a
partner?

It's a choice at odds with the U.S. Commerce Department, which runs the
national Census. A year ago, CAIR's national office announced [10] it was
"proud to partner with the U.S. Census Bureau to ensure American Muslims
are fairly and accurately counted in the 2020 Census."

Less than two days after the IPT reported [10] on the partnership, however,
pointing out CAIR's roots in a Hamas-support network and other radical
ties, the U.S. Commerce Department dropped CAIR [11] from the Census work.

CAIR was identified [12] as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2008
Hamas-financing trial against the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation for
Relief and Development (HLF). The charity and five former officials were
convicted [13] of illegally routing more than $12 million to Hamas.

CAIR has never acknowledged its connections to that Hamas support network,
called the Palestine Committee, or tried to argue that it moved away from
that support. Its leaders refuse to condemn [14] Hamas. Co-founder and
Executive Director Nihad Awad continues to promote anti-Israel rhetoric,
calling the Jewish state [15] "the biggest threat to world peace and
security" in 2014. Earlier this year, he lumped [16] Zionism, the belief in
a Jewish homeland, in with racism and anti-Muslim bigotry.

Ayloush also is openly anti-Israel [17], and bristles [18] when asked
whether Hamas is a terrorist organization.

The California Census office says [19] a "complete and accurate count of
California's population is essential."

While the Census does not ask about religious affiliation, CAIR officials
have exaggerated the size of the American-Muslim population over the years.
A 2001 report claimed [20] there were 6 million Muslims in the United
States. But a 2007 Pew Research Center report estimated [21] the real
number was less than half of CAIR's estimate - at 2.35 million. That number
increased [22] to 3.45 million people in 2017.

California has nearly 40 million residents. It would take a concerted
effort to find a more unreliable, divisive partner to speak to its Arabic
speaking population than Hussam Ayloush.

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