Friday, May 25, 2007
Terrific piece by Patrick Poole on just how little of even the American Muslim Community CAIR actually represents: CAIR by the Numbers
The steep decline in CAIR membership is directly correlated in membership receipts (line 3 of the Form 990), which dropped off from $119,029 in 2004 to $65,377 – a decrease of $53,652, or almost half (45 percent) of the previous year’s membership revenues. If this trend continues at the same pace, their 2006 Form 990 numbers will show $29,419 in membership revenues, representing only 1,177 members, roughly comparable to the membership of the Genealogical Society of Rockingham County, Virginia and the Garden Club of Tacoma, Washington – neither of which has a Washington DC lobbying office...
There's much more.
At a dinner hosted by CAIR, Board Vice-Chair Ahmad Al-Akhras and Executive Director Nihad Awad welcome former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami to
speak on the importance of civilizational dialogue. [From the Table of Contents of CAIR's Annual Report.]
Via Miss Kelly, who also discusses CAIR's inflated population figures: CAIR Estimate of American Muslims Off by 6 Million