Hussam Ayloush (in dark suit) with Muslim Brotherhood spiritual mentor Yusuf al Qaradawi
It seems CAIR's Southern California director Hussam Ayloush has a short fuse. That was evidenced Saturday night at the annual CAIR convention at the Anaheim Hilton when a photographer interviewed him and asked him the magic question of whether he or CAIR would condemn Hamas as a terrorist organization (They won't.) The interview started casually enough when the topic was about the FBI cutting off relations with CAIR and allowed Ayloush to get in a couple of sideways jabs at the FBI. Then things went south when the subject of Hamas came up. Watch and enjoy.
http://www.investigativeproject.org/4214/cair-ayloush-gives-dishonest-bullying-answer-to
Of course, Ayloush retreats to the same old refrain when you bring up uncomfortable questions like Hamas. It's all racism and Islamophobia as he storms off. This guy strikes me as a bully, but I am hardly the first to make that observation.
In respect to Ayloush's comment that CAIR as a US civil rights organization doesn't weigh in on overseas issues: If CAIR does not weigh in on Middle East events, why are they co-sponsoring a pro-Palestinian event in Irvine on December 7? The co-sponsors are Jewish Voice for Peace, MAS, MPAC, and the Muslim Student Association. Speakers are an Electric Intifada co-founder, UC Berkeley professor Hatem Bazian, UCLA professor Gabriel Piterberg and UCI professor Sohail Daulatzai-professional Israel-bashers all.
In addition, on April 10, 2004, Ayloush spoke at a protest in front of the Israeli consulate in LA while UCLA MSA members reportedly shouted, "Death to Israel".
Ayloush might want to rethink that remark.
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