CAIR Video: Al-Jazeera English Examines Claims of Muslim 'Spies' in Congress

SEE: 87-Member Minority Caucus: Muslim 'Intern Spy' Hunt Smacks Of McCarthy Era
http://tinyurl.com/minoritycaucus

Paul David Gaubatz, the co-author of the book launched by the far-right elected officials, is the former Director of Intelligence and Counter-terrorism Studies of the racist hate group Society of Americans for National Existence (SANE) and its associated Mapping Sharia in America Project. The Mapping Sharia in America Project is devoted to spying on mosques and other Islamic institutions in the United States.

SANEs 2007 IRS Form 990 indicates that Gaubatz was paid $148,898 for research.

Gaubatz has a long history of bigotry targeting Islam and Muslims. He has called Islam an "evil ideology" and a "terminal disease." Along with his past rhetorical attacks on CAIR and Islam, Gaubatz has called President Obama a "crack head" and wrote that a "vote for Hussein Obama is a vote for Sharia Law."

A 2007 commentary by the head of SANE, David Yerushalmi, called for a war against Islam and all Muslim faithful. Yerushalmi wrote in part:

"The following can be considered the SANE War Manifesto. On the so-called Global War on Terrorism, GWOT, we have been quite clear along with a few other resolute souls. This should be a WAR AGAINST ISLAM and all Muslim faithfulAt a practical level, this means that Sharia and Islamic law are immediately outlawed. Any Moslem in America who adopts historical and traditional Sharia will be subject to deportation. Mosques which adhere to Islamic law will be shut down permanently. No self-described or practicing Muslim, irrespective of his or her declarations to the contrary, will be allowed to immigrate to this country."

Another SANE manifesto called for making "adherence to Islam" punishable by a 20-year prison term.

SANEs website once contained the following white supremacist language as part of its mission statement:

"America was the handiwork of faithful Christians, mostly men, and almost entirely white, who ventured from Europe to create a nation in their image of a country existing as free men under G-d."

Other articles on the SANE website made racist statements such as: "There is a reason the founding fathers did not give women or black slaves the right to vote, and "Race matters and affects your intelligence. Jews are the smartest white people around. Orientals smarter than Whites. Latinos next. Then Blacks."

Another SANE article stated:

"Is there something unique about the Black American (or, at least the Black New Yorker) that leads him to murder so disproportionately and to most often kill and victimize his own?"

Since the launch of the Muslim-bashing book by the far-right officials, CAIR has reported that that one of its directors received a death threat apparently prompted by the books Islamophobic content.

SEE: Death Threat Against CAIR Official
http://tinyurl.com/deaththreat

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