"CAIR Does Not Get Dragged Into Middle East Conflicts"

Below is an article off the website of CAIR regarding the defeat of a bill in the Maryland state legislature having to do with boycott efforts against Israel on college campuses.

http://www.cair.com/press-center/press-releases/12445-cair-welcomes-defeat-of-md-anti-free-speech-bills.html

"Last month, representatives of CAIR's Maryland Office, Jewish Voice for Peace, ACLU-MD, Center for Constitutional Rights, and many other diverse organizations testified at committee hearings in opposition of these bills."

"Although the bills were defeated, the bill sponsors did succeed in adding anti-boycott language into the state budget which reaffirms Maryland's Declaration of Cooperation with the state of Israel. However, the clause that was approved was significantly tamer than the original language in legislation introduced by Delegate Kramer that likened anti-BDS support to anti-Semitism."
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But wait a minute. If I recall, CAIR's Southern California director, Hussam Ayloush, angrily told an interviewer (among other things) last November in Anaheim that CAIR is a US civil rights organization and doesn't get dragged into Middle East conflicts. But don't take my word for it, here is the video courtesy of the Investigative Project on Terrorism.

http://www.investigativeproject.org/4214/cair-ayloush-gives-dishonest-bullying-answer-to

I guess Mr Ayloush was misinformed.