Richly deserved and long overdue. In fact, the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) never should have been on the board in the first place. Also, there should be no such board. A crime is a crime. If you assault someone, you should be prosecuted. If you assault someone while calling him a racial slur, you should be prosecuted. “Hate crime” is a concept that is predicated upon the assumption that there is speech that should be prohibited. This opens the way to larger restrictions on speech, and to tyranny.
“CAIR Expelled from Maryland’s Hate Crimes Commission; MEF’s Role Revealed,” Middle East Forum, May 20, 2024:
PHILADELPHIA – May 20, 2024 – Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D) signed a bill on May 16 to oust the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) from a state board that monitors hate crimes. That decision, following unanimous approval by the Maryland General Assembly, followed months of meetings, drafting, and advocacy by the Middle East Forum’s campaign arm (MEF Action).
CAIR’s Maryland director, Zainab Chaudry, posted multiple antisemitic comments to social media in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 atrocity, when Hamas slaughtered 1,200 people in Israel, including 32 Americans, and abducted relatives of Maryland residents. She compared Israel to Nazi Germany and repeated Hamas media claims that Israeli Jews were harvesting the organs of dead Palestinians.
Soon after, Maryland’s Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) temporarily suspended Chaudry from the state’s Commission on Hate Crimes Response and Prevention, on the grounds that her statements “risk disrupting the work and mission of the Commission.” Brown then had to reinstate Chaudry two weeks later, explaining that he lacked the legal authority to suspend her.
Brown’s reversal decision prompted Maryland lawmakers to introduce House Bill 763, at which point MEF Action got engaged. It met with the bill’s author, Delegate Dalya Attar (D-Baltimore City), distributed a dossier on CAIR-Maryland to key legislators, and engaged in other efforts to pass the legislation. MEF showed that Chaudry’s views reflect those of CAIR as a whole; for example, CAIR’s executive director, Nihad Awad, stated in November that he was “happy to see” Israel’s border infiltrated on Oct. 7. Therefore, we argued, replacing Chaudry with another CAIR employee would produce similarly unacceptable results….
somehistory says
That’s good news. As said here, and at numerous other times, a crime is a crime, whatever the *reason* might be.
Designating certain crimes as “hate crimes” with special penalties and not allowing the same kind of crimes, done in the same manner, in getting the “special designation and punishment, is discrimination against some persons.
and it’s past time for people to realize that mozlums have the idea….mistaken and twisted by islam’s demands…that just telling the Truth (which they decide is only wrong if said by a non-mozlum) is a ‘hate crime’ and a ‘phobia.’
When someone points to the evils of islam as being what the devout mozlum wants imposed on everyone, mozlums such as the leader of c.a.i.r. call it a ‘hate crime’ and demand “prosecution to the full extent of the law,” but mozlums in the barracks can say anything….kill, kill, slaughter…they protest that it’s ‘taken out of context’ and other balderdash statements when their real feelings are exposed.
mozlums are “happy” when Jews and Christians are murdered, raped, tortured, but they are equally unhappy when these “happy” cheering episodes are made public.
Now, get rid of the “hate crime laws.” Feelings and speech are free…unless threatening someone with murder, etc. or causing such as the ‘fire in the crowded theater.’
Rolf Wittwer says
Many of.these horrible stoneaged orientated people hopefully will wake-up very soon from their terrible mistake and incredible arrogance and wrong fanatism.The West will also soon wake up – wait and see.
Their poor – and since birth – completely controlled life, implemented by satanic terrorist regimes and groups, never ever could and will be happy – due it’s disastrous islamic fanatism – which is totally reversing humanity and progres since its existence. Millions are supressed, never are allowed for free speech expression, feelings etc.
Hughes masses of “poor sleeping sheeps” are blind following towards their own ideological dead and none of them does have power, to fight for individual freedom. The expression “peace & Love” does not exist in their vocabulary. Unfortunately,it is the most sadiest lifestyle on Earth of which any human being can be involved.
gravenimage says
Maryland: Governor signs bill ousting Hamas-linked CAIR from state hate crimes monitoring board
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Kudos to Governor Wes Moore! Surprising, but much appreciated.
Larry Estavan says
“Zainab Chaudry Dodges Questions At Maryland Judiciary Committee” –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9EyahvhT2s
Even Edward Ahmed Mitchell is in dispare during Zainab’s testimony.
And, she is just exhausted at the end of it –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sSEpEKm_dg
James Lincoln says
Finally, a scrap of good news!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Somehow, Wes Moore turns out to be a tad better than Larry Hogan
OLD GUY says
CAIR is no different than the KKK. A bad organization full of hate and anti American people.
ORRN31 says
Never,in my life,did I ever think I’d praise a democrat. But as my Governor, Wes Moore should be applauded for taking this action.
Cynthia says
Way to go! Now we need to get the Muslim Brotherhood out of our universities, out of the White House. They aim to use our democracy to pull down the West.
Grannya says
Amen, never should have been allowed anywhere in state, local or federal government.