CAIR, a Muslim Brotherhood arm with a political agenda

Fatma Abdelghani

The United Arab Emirates designated what is known as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) a “terrorist organization” in 2016.

A short time later, U.S. President Donald Trump said he planned to brand the Muslim Brotherhood as a “terrorist organization”.

This was a strong blow to the Muslim Brotherhood that worked to spread its influence everywhere in the world through a large number of entities that hide the group’s true political goals.

However, CAIR came out to defend the Muslim Brotherhood in the U.S. It sought to impede President Trump’s bid through a network of contacts in Washington.

According to some reports, CAIR tried to convince a large number of American officials of the need to obstruct the president’s move.

CAIR claims to be defending the civil rights of American Muslims. Founded in 1994, the organization is part of a complex network and international entities run by the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The International Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood is known to be in full control of CAIR. It does this by financing the group. Most of those leading CAIR are also organization members.

CAIR is an important Muslim Brotherhood organization in the U.S. It gives the Muslim Brotherhood access into countries outside the U.S., including in Europe.

According to media reports, CAIR is run by political activists known for their affiliation to the Muslim Brotherhood, including Palestinian activist Nihad Awad who is the Executive Director of the council.

Awad was in the news in the past period. He did his best to use the protests that erupted in the past weeks in unifying mosques under his council. He asked mosque leaders to participate in the protests.

He now lobbies for potential Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.