UAE Designates American Muslim Groups – CAIR & MAS – as Terrorist Organizations
Why hasn’t the U.S. done the same? Will Fox News and other media outlets give CAIR a platform now that they are designated terrorists alongside al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hizbollah, ISIS and CAIR’s parent organization the Muslim Brotherhood? Probably. viaUAE Designates Two American Muslim Groups As Terrorist Orgs | The Daily Caller.
The United Arab Emirates has officially designated 83 groups as terrorist organizations, including two based in the U.S., the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim American Society.
UAE’s cabinet made the announcement following a meeting on Saturday.
Other groups designated as terrorists include al-Qaida, al Nusra, Boko Haram and the Muslim Brotherhood.
CAIR’s designation is interesting given its high profile here in the U.S.
The group was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation case in 2007. Leaders of the Holy Land Foundation were found guilty of aiding Hamas, which the U.S. has designated as a terrorist organization.
Starting in 2008, the FBI adopted a strict policy against dealing with CAIR in its investigations. Last year, the Department of Justice inspector general issued a report showing that the FBI had in some instances failed to maintain that arms-length requirement.
According to Reuters, which reported on UAE’s new terrorist designations, the country is at odds with Qatar over the latter’s relationship with Islamist groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood.
In the Holy Land foundation case, CAIR was listed as a member of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestine Committee.
The Muslim American Society (MAS), founded in 1993, also has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. A 2004 Chicago Tribune article laid out how MAS was created in secret by U.S. Muslim Brotherhood leaders who feared attention being drawn to some of their members who were supportive of Hamas.
From the Emirates News Agency website:
The list of terrorist organizations, adopted by the Council of Ministers, which follows:
| Emirati Muslim Brotherhood group call reform (Reform Society) | Lebanese Fatah Islam | Muslim League in Italy |
| Emirati Jihad cells | Ansar in Lebanon | Islamic Association in Finland |
| AlKarama | Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb | Islamic Association in Sweden |
| Nation parties in the Gulf | Ansar al-Sharia in Libya battalion | Islamic Association in Norway |
| Al-Qaeda | Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia | Islamic Relief Organization in London |
| Daash | Somali Youth Mujahideen Movement | Cordoba Foundation in Britain |
| Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula | Boko Haram in Nigeria | Islamic Relief Organization affiliated to the international organization of the Muslim Brotherhood |
| Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen) | Battalion stationed in Mali | Pakistani Taliban |
| Organization and the Muslim Brotherhood | Ansar al-Din movement in Mali | Abu Dhar al-Ghafari battalion in Syria |
| Islamic Group in Egypt | Pakistani Haqqani network | Al-Tawhid Brigade in Syria |
| Ansar al-Egyptian Jerusalem | Lashkar Pakistan | Unification battalion and faith in Syria |
| Group hosts of Egypt | East Turkestan movement in Pakistan | Green Battalion in Sroea |
| Mujahideen Shura Council, the environs of Jerusalem | Muhammad’s army in Pakistan | Secret AbuBaker in Syria |
| Houthi movement in Yemen | Muhammad’s army in Pakistan and India | Talha bin Obaidullah secret in Syria |
| Saudi Hezbollah in Hijaz | Indian Mujahideen in India / Kashmir | Strict confidentiality forearm in Syria |
| Hezbollah in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) | Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus (Chechen jihadists) | Abdullah bin Mubarak battalion in Syria |
| Al-Qaeda in Iran | IMU | Convoys of martyrs battalion in Syria |
| Badr Organization in Iraq | Philippine group Abu Sayyaf | Abu Omar battalion in Syria |
| League of the Righteous in Iraq | Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) | Free fennel battalion in Syria |
| Hezbollah Brigades (Iraq) | Canvas organization in Belgrade, Serbia | Battalion mast mountain in Syria |
| Brigade Ibovdil Abbas in Syria | Muslim American Society (MAS) | Buffy battalion in Syria |
| Brigades of the Promised Day Brigade (Iraq) | Union of Muslim Scholars | Qaqaa battalion in Syria |
| Brigade Omar bin Yasir (Syria) | Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe | Sufian Revolutionary battalion in Syria |
| Ansar al-Islam Iraqi | Federation of Islamic Organizations in France | Rahman Abbad battalion in Syria |
| Front victory in Syria | Muslim Association of Britain | Omar bin Khattab battalion in Syria |
| Sham free movement in Syria | Islamic Community in Germany | Shaimaa battalion in Syria |
| Army of Islam in Palestine | Muslim League in Denmark | Right battalion in Syria |
| Abdullah Azzam Brigades | Islamic Association in Belgium (the Association of Muslims of Belgium) |
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