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Council on American–Islamic Relations

Index Council on American–Islamic Relations

The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group. [1]

166 relations: ABC World News Tonight, Advocacy group, Al-Waleed bin Talal, Alberto Gonzales, American Muslim Council, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Americans for Middle East Understanding, Anti-Defamation League, Anwar Gargash, Arab American Institute, Arab News, Arabs, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arthur Waskow, Associated Press, Association fallacy, Ban on sharia law, Barack Obama, Barbara Boxer, Capitol Hill, Chicago Sun-Times, Civil and political rights, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Columbia University Press, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Congressional Record, Council on American–Islamic Relations, Criminal charge, Depictions of Muhammad, Des Plaines, Illinois, Donald Trump, Douglas Shulman, Electronic mailing list, Emirates News Agency, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Eric Holder, Executive Order 13769, Executive Order 13780, Fatwa, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal government of the United States, Fiqh Council of North America, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Fox News, Frank Wolf (politician), Freedom of religion in the United States, Front organization, Garry McCarthy, Guantanamo Bay detention camp, ..., Gulet Mohamed, Hamas, Haram, Hezbollah, Hijab, Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, Ibrahim Hooper, Internet Archive, Islam and blasphemy, Islam in the United States, Islamic Association of Palestine, Islamic Information Center, Islamic Society of North America, Islamism, Jack Shaheen, Jake Tapper, Jill Carroll, John Shadegg, Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, Karachi, Keith Ellison, Kuwait, League of Women Voters, Legal immunity, Libyan Civil War (2011), Lorenzo G. Vidino, Loretta Sanchez, Martyr, Maya Harris, McCarthyism, Military History Monthly, Muammar Gaddafi, Muhammad, Muslim, Muslim American Society, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim Mafia (book), Muslim Public Affairs Council, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Council of Canadian Muslims, National Transportation Safety Board, New Atheism, Nicholas Kristof, Nihad Awad, Nike, Inc., No Fly List, Non-governmental organization, Nonprofit organization, North American Islamic Trust, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City bombing, Omar Ahmad, Oxford University Press, Pat Quinn (politician), Patrick McHenry, Patriot Act, Paul Broun, Paul Findley, Paul Sperry, Politico, President of the United States, Privilege (evidence), Quran, Racial profiling, Rahm Emanuel, Religious fanaticism, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, Reuters, Sam Harris, September 11 attacks, Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Specially Designated Terrorist, St. Anthony, Minnesota, Steven Emerson, Sue Myrick, Suicide attack, Supreme Court of the United States, Talking Points Memo, The Charlotte Observer, The Dallas Morning News, The Hill (newspaper), The Kansas City Star, The Muslim News, The New York Sun, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Tom Coburn, Trent Franks, True Lies, TWA Flight 800, Unindicted co-conspirator, United Arab Emirates, United Press International, United States Attorney General, United States Congress, United States Department of Justice, United States district court, United States House Committee on Homeland Security, United States House Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives, United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, United States presidential election, 2016, United States Senate, University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), Victimisation, Virginia, Virginia jihad network, Voter registration drive, Washington, D.C., William Rehnquist, Wilson Livingood, Witch-hunt, Zuhdi Jasser, 2005 Quran desecration controversy, 2009 Fort Hood shooting, 501(c)(3) organization. Expand index (116 more) »

ABC World News Tonight

ABC World News Tonight (titled as ABC World News Tonight with David Muir for its weeknight broadcasts since September 2014 and simply ABC World News Tonight for its weekend broadcasts) is the flagship daily evening television news program of ABC News, the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network in the United States.

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Advocacy group

Advocacy groups (also known as pressure groups, lobby groups, campaign groups, interest groups, or special interest groups) use various forms of advocacy in order to influence public opinion and/or policy.

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Al-Waleed bin Talal

Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al Saud (الوليد بن طلال بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود, born 7 March 1955) is a Saudi businessman, investor, philanthropist, and a member of the Saudi royal family.

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Alberto Gonzales

Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) is an American lawyer who served as the 80th United States Attorney General, appointed in February 2005 by President George W. Bush, becoming the highest-ranking Hispanic American in executive government to date.

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American Muslim Council

The American Muslim Council (AMC) is an Islamic organization and registered charity in the United States.

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American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) states that it is "the largest Arab American grassroots civil rights organization in the United States." According to its webpage it is open to people of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnicities and has a national network of chapters and members in all 50 states.

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Americans for Middle East Understanding

Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU) is a non-profit non-governmental organization that promotes the appreciation of the culture, history and current events in the Middle East among Americans.

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Anti-Defamation League

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL; formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith) is an international Jewish non-governmental organization based in the United States.

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Anwar Gargash

Anwar Mohammed Gargash, (أنور محمد قرقاش) (born 28 March 1959 in Dubai) is an Emirati politician who holds two cabinet portfolios, minister of state for federal national council affairs and minister of state for foreign affairs.

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Arab American Institute

Founded in 1985, the Arab American Institute is a non-profit membership organization based in Washington D.C. that focuses on the issues and interests of Arab-Americans nationwide.

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Arab News

Arab News is an English-language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia.

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Arabs

Arabs (عَرَب ISO 233, Arabic pronunciation) are a population inhabiting the Arab world.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American actor, filmmaker, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, politician, and former professional bodybuilder and powerlifter.

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Arthur Waskow

Arthur Ocean Waskow (born Arthur I. Waskow; 1933) is an American author, political activist, and rabbi associated with the Jewish Renewal movement.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Association fallacy

An association fallacy is an informal inductive fallacy of the hasty-generalization or red-herring type and which asserts, by irrelevant association and often by appeal to emotion, that qualities of one thing are inherently qualities of another.

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Ban on sharia law

A ban on sharia law is legislation which prohibits the application or implementation of Islamic law (sharia) in courts in any civil (non-religious) jurisdiction.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.

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Barbara Boxer

Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is a retired American politician who served as a United States Senator for California from 1993 to 2017.

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Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill, in addition to being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C., stretching easterly in front of the United States Capitol along wide avenues.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Colleen Kollar-Kotelly

Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (born April 17, 1943) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and was Presiding Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

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Columbia University Press

Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University.

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Commissioner of Internal Revenue

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue (or IRS Commissioner) is the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), an agency within the United States Department of the Treasury.

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Congressional Record

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Publishing Office and issued when Congress is in session.

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Council on American–Islamic Relations

The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group.

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Criminal charge

A criminal charge is a formal accusation made by a governmental authority (usually the public prosecutor or the police) asserting that somebody has committed a crime.

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Depictions of Muhammad

The permissibility of depictions of Muhammad in Islam has been a contentious issue.

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Des Plaines, Illinois

Des Plaines is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017.

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Douglas Shulman

Douglas H. Shulman (born May 10, 1967) is a former U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

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Electronic mailing list

An electronic mailing list or email list is a special use of email that allows for widespread distribution of information to many Internet users.

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Emirates News Agency

Emirates News Agency (Wakalat Anba'a al Emarat), also known as WAM, is the official news agency of the United Arab Emirates.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores,, was a United States Supreme Court case regarding a Muslim-American woman, Samantha Elauf, who was refused a job at Abercrombie & Fitch in 2008 because she wore a head scarf, which conflicted with the company's dress code.

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Eric Holder

Eric Himpton Holder Jr. (born January 21, 1951) is an American attorney who served as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States from 2009 to 2015.

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Executive Order 13769

Executive Order 13769, titled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, often referred to as the Muslim ban, BBC or the travel ban, was an executive order issued by United States President Donald Trump.

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Executive Order 13780

Executive Order 13780, titled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, is an executive order signed by United States President Donald Trump on March 6, 2017, that places limits on travel to the U.S. from certain countries, and by all refugees who do not possess either a visa or valid travel documents.

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Fatwa

A fatwā (فتوى; plural fatāwā فتاوى.) in the Islamic faith is a nonbinding but authoritative legal opinion or learned interpretation that the Sheikhul Islam, a qualified jurist or mufti, can give on issues pertaining to the Islamic law.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), formerly the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government) is the national government of the United States, a constitutional republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D.C. (the nation's capital), and several territories.

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Fiqh Council of North America

The Fiqh Council of North America (originally known as ISNA Fiqh Committee) is an association of Muslims who interpret Islamic law on the North American continent.

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First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances.

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Foreign Policy Research Institute

The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) is an American think tank based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Fox News

Fox News (officially known as the Fox News Channel, commonly abbreviated to FNC) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

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Frank Wolf (politician)

Frank Rudolph Wolf (born January 30, 1939) is an American Republican former legislator who represented in the United States House of Representatives from January 1981 to his retirement in January 2015.

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Freedom of religion in the United States

In the United States, freedom of religion is a constitutionally protected right provided in the religion clauses of the First Amendment.

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Front organization

A front organization is any entity set up by and controlled by another organization, such as intelligence agencies, organized crime groups, banned organizations, religious or political groups, advocacy groups, or corporations.

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Garry McCarthy

Garry Francis McCarthy (born May 4, 1959) is the former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department.

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Guantanamo Bay detention camp

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a United States military prison located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base,, The Independent, 29 April 2006 also referred to as Guantánamo or GTMO, which is on the coast of Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.

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Gulet Mohamed

Gulet Mohamed (born 1991) is a naturalized United States citizen who was detained in Kuwait and placed on the no-fly list maintained by the Terrorist Screening Center.

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Hamas

Hamas (Arabic: حماس Ḥamās, an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah Islamic Resistance Movement) is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamist fundamentalist organization.

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Haram

Haram (حَرَام) is an Arabic term meaning "forbidden".

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Hezbollah

Hezbollah (pronounced; حزب الله, literally "Party of Allah" or "Party of God")—also transliterated Hizbullah, Hizballah, etc.

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Hijab

A hijab (حجاب, or (dialectal)) is a veil worn by some Muslim women in the presence of any male outside of their immediate family, which usually covers the head and chest.

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Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development

The Holy Land Foundation (HLF) was the largest Islamic charity in the United States.

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Ibrahim Hooper

Ibrahim Hooper (born Douglas Hooper) is the National Communications Director and spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington D.C.-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is a San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge." It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books.

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Islam and blasphemy

Blasphemy in Islam is impious utterance or action concerning God, Muhammad or anything considered sacred in Islam.

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Islam in the United States

Islam is the third largest religion in the United States after Christianity and Judaism.

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Islamic Association of Palestine

Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP, also known as Islamic Association for Palestine) was an organization accused of raising money in the United States for Hamas established in 1981 and defunct since 2004.

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Islamic Information Center

The Islamic Information Center is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that advocates on behalf of humanitarian issues and works to provide authentic Islamic information to non-Muslims.

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Islamic Society of North America

The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), based in Plainfield, Indiana, USA, is a Muslim umbrella group.

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Islamism

Islamism is a concept whose meaning has been debated in both public and academic contexts.

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Jack Shaheen

Jack George Shaheen Jr. (September 21, 1935 – July 9, 2017) was a writer and lecturer specializing in addressing racial and ethnic stereotypes.

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Jake Tapper

Jacob Paul Tapper (born March 12, 1969) is an American journalist and author.

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Jill Carroll

Jill Carroll (born October 6, 1977) is an American former journalist (now working as a firefighter) who was kidnapped and ultimately released in Iraq.

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John Shadegg

John Barden Shadegg (born October 22, 1949) is the former U.S. Representative for, serving from 1995 until 2011.

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Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (or Muhammad cartoons crisis) (Danish: Muhammedkrisen) began after the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons on 30 September 2005, most of which depicted Muhammad, a principal figure of the religion of Islam.

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Karachi

Karachi (کراچی; ALA-LC:,; ڪراچي) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh.

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Keith Ellison

Keith Maurice Ellison (born August 4, 1963) is an American politician and lawyer who has been the U.S. Representative for since 2007 and Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee since 2017.

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Kuwait

Kuwait (الكويت, or), officially the State of Kuwait (دولة الكويت), is a country in Western Asia.

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League of Women Voters

The League of Women Voters (LWV) is an American civic organization that was formed to help women take a larger role in public affairs after they won the right to vote.

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Legal immunity

Legal immunity, or immunity from prosecution, is a legal status wherein an individual or entity can not be held liable for a violation of the law to facilitate societal aims that outweigh the value of imposing liability in such cases.

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Libyan Civil War (2011)

The first Libyan Civil War, also referred to as the Libyan Revolution or 17 February Revolution, was an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African country of Libya fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government.

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Lorenzo G. Vidino

Lorenzo G. Vidino is an Italian foreign policy expert who has American citizenship.

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Loretta Sanchez

Loretta L. Sánchez (born January 7, 1960) is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1997 to 2017.

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Martyr

A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, "witness"; stem μάρτυρ-, mártyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, refusing to renounce, or refusing to advocate a belief or cause as demanded by an external party.

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Maya Harris

Maya Lakshmi Harris (born January 30, 1967) is an American lawyer, public policy advocate, and television commentator.

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McCarthyism

McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.

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Military History Monthly

Military History Monthly is a monthly military history magazine, published by Current Publishing.

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Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi (20 October 2011), commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist.

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Muhammad

MuhammadFull name: Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāšim (ابو القاسم محمد ابن عبد الله ابن عبد المطلب ابن هاشم, lit: Father of Qasim Muhammad son of Abd Allah son of Abdul-Muttalib son of Hashim) (مُحمّد;;Classical Arabic pronunciation Latinized as Mahometus c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE)Elizabeth Goldman (1995), p. 63, gives 8 June 632 CE, the dominant Islamic tradition.

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Muslim

A Muslim (مُسلِم) is someone who follows or practices Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.

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Muslim American Society

The Muslim American Society (MAS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1993 and headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.

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Muslim Brotherhood

The Society of the Muslim Brothers (جماعة الإخوان المسلمين), better known as the Muslim Brotherhood (الإخوان المسلمون), is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna in 1928.

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Muslim Mafia (book)

Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America is a 2009 book by U.S. State Department-trained Arabic linguist and former U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent Paul David Gaubatz, and investigative journalist and Hoover Institute fellow Paul Sperry.

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Muslim Public Affairs Council

The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) is a national American Muslim advocacy and public policy organization headquartered in Los Angeles and with offices in Washington, D.C. MPAC was founded in 1986.

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National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) is an American criminal defense organization.

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National Council of Canadian Muslims

The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) is a Canadian Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization.

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National Transportation Safety Board

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.

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New Atheism

New Atheism is a term coined in 2006 by the agnostic journalist Gary Wolf to describe the positions promoted by some atheists of the twenty-first century.

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Nicholas Kristof

Nicholas Donabet Kristof (born April 27, 1959) is an American journalist and political commentator.

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Nihad Awad

Nihad Awad (Arabic: نهاد عوض) is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

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Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, and worldwide marketing and sales of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories, and services.

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No Fly List

The No Fly List is a list created and maintained by the United States federal government's Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) of people who are prohibited from boarding commercial aircraft for travel within, into, or out of the United States.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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North American Islamic Trust

The North American Islamic Trust (NAIT) is based in Plainfield, Indiana, owns Islamic properties and promotes waqf (Islamic endowments) in North America.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Oklahoma City bombing

The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States on April 19, 1995.

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Omar Ahmad

Omar Ahmad (عمر أحمد) was the founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington D.C.-based Muslim civil rights organization.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Pat Quinn (politician)

Patrick Joseph Quinn Jr. (born December 16, 1948) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st Governor of Illinois, from 2009 to 2015.

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Patrick McHenry

Patrick Timothy McHenry (born October 22, 1975) is the U.S. Representative for.

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Patriot Act

The USA PATRIOT Act is an Act of Congress signed into law by US President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001.

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Paul Broun

Paul Collins Broun Jr. (born May 14, 1946) is an American politician.

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Paul Findley

Paul Findley (born June 23, 1921) is a former United States Representative from Illinois, who represented its 20th District.

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Paul Sperry

Paul E. Sperry is an American conservative author and political commentator.

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Politico

Politico, known earlier as The Politico, is an American political journalism company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Privilege (evidence)

In the law of evidence, a privilege is a rule of evidence that allows the holder of the privilege to refuse to disclose information or provide evidence about a certain subject or to bar such evidence from being disclosed or used in a judicial or other proceeding.

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Quran

The Quran (القرآن, literally meaning "the recitation"; also romanized Qur'an or Koran) is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God (Allah).

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Racial profiling

Racial profiling is the act of suspecting or targeting a person of a certain race on the basis of observed characteristics or behavior, rather than on individual suspicion.

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Rahm Emanuel

Rahm Israel Emanuel (born November 29, 1959) is an American politician, who is the 44th and current mayor of Chicago.

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Religious fanaticism

Religious fanaticism is uncritical zeal or with an obsessive enthusiasm related to one's own, or one's group's, devotion to a religion – a form of human fanaticism which could otherwise be expressed in one's other involvements and participation, including employment, role, and partisan affinities.

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Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act

The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA),, codified as et seq., is a United States federal law that prohibits the imposition of burdens on the ability of prisoners to worship as they please and gives churches and other religious institutions a way to avoid zoning law restrictions on their property use.

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Reuters

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Sam Harris

Sam Benjamin Harris (born April 9, 1967) is an American author, philosopher, neuroscientist, critic of religion, blogger, and podcast host.

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September 11 attacks

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Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives

The Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities.

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Specially Designated Terrorist

A Specially Designated Terrorist (SDT) is any person who is determined by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to be a specially designated terrorist (SDT) under notices or regulations issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

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St. Anthony, Minnesota

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Steven Emerson

Steven Emerson (born June 6, 1954) is an American journalist, author, and pundit on national security, terrorism, and Islamic extremism.

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Sue Myrick

Sue Wilkins Myrick (born August 1, 1941) is the former U.S. Representative for, serving from 1995 to 2013.

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Suicide attack

A suicide attack is any violent attack in which the attacker expects their own death as a direct result of the method used to harm, damage or destroy the target.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Talking Points Memo

Talking Points Memo (or TPM) is a web-based political journalism website created and run by Josh Marshall that debuted on November 12, 2000.

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The Charlotte Observer

The Charlotte Observer is a newspaper serving Charlotte and its metro area.

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The Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average of 271,900 daily subscribers.

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The Hill (newspaper)

The Hill is an American political newspaper and website published in Washington, D.C. since 1994.

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The Kansas City Star

The Kansas City Star is a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States.

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The Muslim News

The Muslim News is a monthly and digital newspaper.

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The New York Sun

The New York Sun was an American daily newspaper published in Manhattan from 2002 to 2008.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Tom Coburn

Thomas Allen Coburn (born March 14, 1948) is an American politician and medical doctor.

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Trent Franks

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True Lies

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TWA Flight 800

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Unindicted co-conspirator

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United Arab Emirates

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United Press International

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United States Attorney General

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. The Department of Justice administers several federal law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The department is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the United States government in legal matters (such as in cases before the Supreme Court), and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The department is headed by the United States Attorney General, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Attorney General is Jeff Sessions.

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United States district court

The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system.

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United States House Committee on Homeland Security

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United States House Committee on the Judiciary

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United States House of Representatives

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United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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United States presidential election, 2016

The United States presidential election of 2016 was the 58th quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.

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United States Senate

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University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)

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Victimisation

Victimisation (or victimization) is the process of being victimised or becoming a victim.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Virginia jihad network

The Virginia jihad network was a network of Muslim extremists centered in Northern Virginia that planned atrocities in the U.S. and abroad.

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Voter registration drive

A voter registration drive is an effort undertaken by government authorities as well as political parties and other entities to register to vote all persons otherwise entitled to vote.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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William Rehnquist

William Hubbs Rehnquist (October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States for 33 years, first as an Associate Justice from 1972 to 1986, and then as the 16th Chief Justice of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2005.

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Wilson Livingood

Wilson "Bill" Livingood (born October 1, 1936), a 33-year veteran of the United States Secret Service, was elected Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives on January 4, 1995, for the 104th Congress, and served through the 111th Congress.

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Witch-hunt

A witch-hunt or witch purge is a search for people labelled "witches" or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic or mass hysteria.

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Zuhdi Jasser

Zuhdi Jasser, also known as M. Zuhdi Jasser, and Mohamed Zuhdi Jasser (born 1967) is an American medical doctor specializing in internal medicine and nuclear cardiology in Phoenix, Arizona.

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2005 Quran desecration controversy

The 2005 Quran desecration controversy began when Newsweek April 30, 2005 issue contained a report asserting that United States prison guards or interrogators had deliberately damaged a copy of the Quran.

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2009 Fort Hood shooting

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501(c)(3) organization

A 501(c)(3) organization is a corporation, trust, unincorporated association, or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.

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References

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