Hitting Hamas supporters where it really hurts — in the pocketbook — the House of Representatives has now received approval for the markup, bringing the bill one step closer to adoption, of HR. 9495, a bill that would end tax-exempt status for groups that support terror. Naturally the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is in a rage over this bill. After all, CAIR has been linked to Hamas for the last 30 years, and if it is passed, CAIR will be among the first to be stripped of that highly desirable tax-exempt status. More on the bill, and on CAIR’s attempt to block it, can be found here: “Congress moves to strip tax-exempt status of US nonprofits supporting terror,” by Julie Marzouk, JNS, September 16, 2024:
On Sept. 11—the 23rd anniversary of terror attacks—the U.S. House of Representatives received bipartisan approval for the markup of H.R. 9495, a bill that would terminate the tax-exempt status of terror-supporting organizations. The bill specifies how the Department of Treasury would evaluate a nonprofit’s material support for terrorism using legal standards outlined in 18 U.S.C. 2339B, which have been in place since 1996. Hamas has been recognized by the U.S. government as a foreign terrorist organization since 1997. In response to this week’s bill, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), which continues to present itself as a defender of civil rights, released a press release opposing the House measure. If enacted, the legislation could be used to go after CAIR and its well-documented ties to Hamas.
Hamas’s murder of 1,200 people, including at least 40 Americans, during the terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7 was publicly celebrated by CAIR. Nihad Awad, CAIR’s national executive director, expressed his “happiness” at witnessing the Oct. 7 attacks. Hussam Ayloush, CAIR’s executive director in the greater Los Angeles area asserted that “Israel should be attacked” and that Israel has no right to defend itself. CAIR’s San Francisco Bay Area executive director, Zahra Billoo, described Oct. 7 as “decolonization,” justifying the mass murder of civilians. As recently as July 30, Billoo praised Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, one of the orchestrators of the Oct.7 attacks, as a “hero and a martyr.” This is the same Haniyeh who was indicted on Sept. 3 by the U.S. Justice Department as a named defendant in Hamas’s conspiracy to engage in the murder of U.S. nationals on Oct. 7.
The Intelligent Advocacy Network, an organization that addresses the rise of misinformation and extremism through data collection and analysis, recently issued a report documenting CAIR’s 30-year association with Hamas. As far back as 1994, CAIR’s founder and current executive director, Awad, declared: “I am in support of the Hamas movement.” CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2007-2008 Holy Land Foundation trial exposing its role in funneling money to Hamas. In 2010, Nabil Sadoun, a longtime member of CAIR’s national board, was deported for failing to disclose his ties to Hamas.
CAIR seeks to shape U.S. policy in ways that align with its pro-Hamas agenda. Since Oct. 7, CAIR has pushed extreme anti-Israel resolutions and its long-term strategic plans in city councils, universities, state governments and the federal government. Earlier this year in California, CAIR lobbied unsuccessfully against state Senate Bill 1277, which expands Holocaust and genocide education, including the Armenian, Bosnian, Cambodian, Guatemalan, Indigenous American, Rwandan and Uyghur genocides. In doing so, CAIR further revealed its willingness to disregard historical atrocities to further its pro-Hamas agenda….
As long ago as 1994, CAIR’s national executive director, Nihad Awad, said that “I am in support of the Hamas movement.” In the Holy Land trial in 2007-2008, where the Holy Land Foundation was convicted of sending money to Hamas, CAIR was named as an “unindicted co-conspirator.” In addition to Awad, a longtime member of CAIR’s national board, Nabil Sadoun, was deported in 2010 for failing to disclose his ties to Hamas. Even today, Nihad Awad and other Hamas officials have defended the torture, rape, and murder of 1,200 Israelis by 6,000 Hamas operatives as legitimate “resistance.” Awad expressed his “happiness” at seeing photos of the attack; Hussam Ayloush, CAIR’s executive director in Los Angeles area, claimed that “Israel should be attacked” and both he and Awad declared that Israel had no right to defend itself. CAIR’s San Francisco Bay Area executive director, Zahra Billoo, defended the Oct. 7 attacks as justified “decolonization.”
Once HR 9495 becomes law, it will be no trouble at all for the government to demonstrate that CAIR has been a longtime supporter of the terror group Hamas, and to strip the organization of its 501c(3) status. And that means many of its former donors, no longer able to claim a charitable deduction for donations to the group, will cease to support this sinister group. No wonder CAIR is up in arms.
mike says
let’s see if it passes and will Joe sign it?
or will they wait for it to be signed after Jam 20th
Arlene says
Should’ve happened long ago, defund CAIR. They should be kicked out of America. Hopefully the Bill passes.
FYI says
Awad must still be desperately searching for his prophet muhammed
BOLO alert for muhammed
Decription: a fat cross dressing polygamous dwarf{according to islamic sources},last seen flying around up in the clouds on Buraq,a flying female centaur
Noah Andeark says
You forgot that he’s easily spotted, as there will be a sheep or goat hanging off of his penis.
somehistory says
We all can hope, and those who pray, can do so, for this to pass into Law.
It’s way past time.
In 2008, bo stopped the trial of cair from going forward; that’s the real, and sole, reason that cair remained “unindicted” co-conspirators in the ‘holy-land foundation’s” funding of terror….by funding hamas.
Making statements in support of a terror group is not that much different for actually sending the group money.
People in the charity work, (real charity, not the mozlum variety) for example, Margo Thomas speaks on behalf of St. Jude. She doesn’t have to give any personal funds (although she probably has given a lot) to be engaged in the financial support.
the same is true of cair since the days when they were actually getting money and sending it to hamas. (they may still be)
It’s no wonder that they are fighting this bill. They get money from mozlums all over and use if for hoaxes, for lawfare, for harassment, etc. Dry up the donations and a wad may have to go to gaza, on welfare, or to work. No more money for what cair has been doing for 3 decades.
And…anyone with a brain, should be able to see what opposing the bill really means: cair funds and supports terror with the money they receive from those who ‘donate to it; for supposed “charitable works.”
Would Al Capone, Baby-face Nelson, Bonnie and Clyde, etc. have supported the banning of guns? Only if it meant that cops couldn’t have them. Criminals always have their ways of breaking the law.
And the members of cair are adept at their craft. they must be gnashing their teeth at this one.
somehistory says
OT the mozlum who murdered ten at a supermarket, found guilty
The Associated Press
“Gunman who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket found guilty of murder”
“BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was convicted Monday of murder and faces life in prison.
Defense attorneys did not dispute that Ahmad Alissa, who has schizophrenia, fatally shot 10 people including a police officer in the college town of Boulder. But he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, with the defense arguing he couldn’t tell right from wrong at the time of the attack.
In addition to 10 counts of first-degree murder, the jury found Alissa guilty on 38 charges of attempted murder, one count of assault, and six counts of possessing illegal, large-capacity magazines.
First degree murder carries a mandatory life sentence in Colorado. Sentencing in the case was due to occur later Monday, during which victims and family were expected to address the court.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/gunman-who-killed-10-at-a-colorado-supermarket-found-guilty-of-murder/ar-AA1r49XJ?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=48e3bfa3b155418886968da0002b93ee&ei=104
Ray Jarman says
While I totally agree with the effort by the House Republicans to pass H.R. 9495, this is not the time. Even if the bill could pass the Senate, which is doubtful, Biden would surely veto it. Personally, I would have waited until the elections are completed unless the GOP intends to use it as a campaign issue which would have been more effective had they made the attempt much earlier in the election period.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I doubt that they have the votes for this in the House. There are some Republicans, like Thomas Massie, who’d oppose it (why are Libertarians in the GOP so uniquely anti-Israel? Massie was the one Republican who boycotted Netanyahu as well), and I don’t know of any House Dems who’d support it. I do think its chances are better in the Senate, where they could have Fetterman defect, but not sure of anyone else
In other words, don’t count on anything happening in this Congress
James Lincoln says
According to the feature article:
“HR. 9495, a bill that would end tax-exempt status for groups that support terror. … (CAIR) is in a rage over this bill.”
Why are they in a rage over this bill?
They, along with all members of the House should support it – unless they support terror.
Duane says
Good now they can tax islamberg ny.
Ralph says
I am more than old enough to remember the old House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC) and wish it were still in existence today, so CAIR and these lunatic student groups could be held to account for treason.