Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Member of CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations) Board Files Complaint
with Justice Department About (Among Others) "the 'Jewish Lobby'":
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_01_14-2007_01_20.shtml#1169147642
Here's [1]the complaint, which asks the Justice Department to "take
the steps necessary to end" various "practices," apparently including
"statements made that may reach the level of hate speech," "various
organizations['] and individuals['] ... provid[ing] misleading and
highly poltiicized information," and more. The complaint "especially
alleges":
1. Jewish organizations and activists have created an �enemies�
list that includes Muslims, Arabs and white nationalists�
organizations here in the US. This list is compromised of
individuals and groups that are deemed threats or enemies of the
State of Israel.
2. These organizations have used their financial resources and also
their formidable political influence to purposefully poison public
opinion against Muslims, Arabs, and Islam in an attempt to demonize
and vilify the same for political purposes, and to create an
environment conducive to the deprivation of and denial of Muslim
and Arab constitutional rights and repression of religious freedoms
in respect to Islam.
Presumably these are "practices" that the Justice Department is
likewise asked to "take the steps necessary to end." The complaint
also alleges some actual crimes -- supposed perjury -- but the
material that is "especially allege[d]," even if it were factually
entirely true, would of course remain entirely constitutionally
protected, and beyond the Justice Department's reach.
The author, Anisa Abd el Fattah, is writing on behalf of the "National
Association of Muslim American Women"; I have no reason to think that
this group has any magnitude or influence, but Anisa Abd el Fattah
does appear to be [2]"a member of the Board of Directors for (CAIR),
Council on American Islamic Relations."
References
1. http://www.volokh.com/files/namawcomplaint.pdf
2.
http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Guestcv.asp?hGuestID=RB9rgH
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