𝐂𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐌 ‘𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒’ 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒

 

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 — 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘺.” — 𝘊𝘈𝘐𝘙’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩

 

An open plan, much of it stated in their own words:

— The program: CAIR runs 𝐚 ‘𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞’ 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 to mobilize two million voters, train Muslim candidates, and tally their wins in a report titled “Rise of the Change Makers.”

— The ambition: CAIR’s longtime chief Nihad Awad has spoken of building 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 of Muslim professionals and seating “40 to 50 members of Congress.”

— The label: Texas and Florida have branded CAIR a 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝-𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 — a designation CAIR denies and is fighting in court.

— The irony: the Muslim Brotherhood is 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭, 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐀𝐄 — yet a US group accused of its ties organizes and recruits freely here.

Recruiting young people into public life isn’t the problem — that is how a republic works. 

 

The question is who is doing the recruiting, and to what end. A group two US states have branded a Brotherhood-linked terror organization is openly running candidate pipelines and talking about dozens of seats in Congress — and we are told it is bigoted to notice. Cairo and Abu Dhabi aren’t worried about Islamophobia. They outlawed the Brotherhood because they fear it. Maybe ask why.

𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞.