JihadWatch.org | September 22, 2006
A few days ago Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American Islamic Relations was on to discuss Pope Rage, and Carlson did a fairly good job pressing him on some points although Hooper was so combative that Carlson twice had to calm him down and reassure him that he agreed with him.
At the end of the segment, however, after he got Hooper to tell the Saudi government that execution for apostasy was wrong, Carlson challenged Hooper on CAIR s receiving money from the Saudi government.
Hooper declared: To my knowledge we don t take money from the government of Saudi Arabia.
Well, I know that Ibrahim Hooper words his statements as carefully as the Pope does, as in the memorable incident when about allegations that CAIR supported Hamas and Hizballah: CAIR does not support these groups publicly. So I m not quite sure how to take this new statement.
Does he mean that they don t take money from the Saudi government, but from individual Saudis? Or that CAIR may take money from the Saudi government, but if it does, no one is telling Ibrahim?
Your guess is as good as mine, but here is some information about the connections between CAIR and Saudi Wahhabis.
The Saudis have been key financiers of CAIR activities and projects for years.
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