Skewering CAIR. But good.

The Religion of Peace (and white knuckle terror) masterfully sets out the problems with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). It's as delicious as Joseph Heller's Catch 22 where the MPs rush up the stair and arrest Yossarian for being AWOL. (RIY.)

Forty-six months after 9/11, the notorious CAIR (and other Muslim-American groups who have thus far refused to join the war on terror) issued a “fatwa” against “terrorism.” (Click here for Steve Emerson’s excellent analysis of what the “fatwa” strategically omits).

TROP would love to believe that CAIR will no longer discourage law enforcement investigations, no longer include leaders with ties to terrorists, and no longer stir up anti-American rage by publicizing obscure grievances… but let’s be realistic. More than one hundred innocents have lost their lives in dozens of Islamic terrorist attacks in just the seven days following the “fatwa,” yet CAIR’s primary concern has been to see that an American radio talk show host loses his job for daring to suggest that we take terrorists at their word when they tell us that they kill in the name of their religion.

Is the “fatwa” another public relations smokescreen meant simply to deflect criticism and provide cover for the “5th column” activities that the group has been actively engaged in since its founding? The four year lag between 9/11 and a religious edict against terrorism is hardly encouraging. Over 2700 Islamic terror attacks have occurred during this time, consuming the lives of tens of thousands, yet a spokesman for the group said that a fatwa never crossed their minds after 9/11 because it is “obvious” that Islam forbids violence.

This Week in Islam. Weekly Column for 8/08/05 (emphasis added).