All the forces arrayed against free society are coming together in these riots.
The Soros Fellowship is here. And here yet again, note that the New York Post refers to Hamas-linked CAIR as “an organization that critics call anti-Israel and supportive of terrorism but which describes itself as “America’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization.” That’s much better than most establishment media coverage, which usually goes only with how CAIR describes itself. But the Post’s Bob Frederick misleads when he suggests that CAIR’s unsavory ties are only allegations of its “critics.” CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case — so named not by “critics,” but by the Justice Department. CAIR officials have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. Several former CAIR officials have been convicted of various crimes related to jihad terror. CAIR’s cofounder and longtime Board chairman (Omar Ahmad), as well as its chief spokesman (Ibrahim “Honest Ibe” Hooper), have made Islamic supremacist statements about how Islamic law should be imposed in the U.S. (Ahmad denies this, but the original reporter stands by her story.) CAIR chapters frequently distribute pamphlets telling Muslims not to cooperate with law enforcement. CAIR has opposed virtually every anti-terror measure that has been proposed or implemented and has been declared a terror organization by the United Arab Emirates. CAIR’s Hussam Ayloush in 2017 called for the overthrow of the U.S. government. CAIR’s national outreach manager is an open supporter of Hamas.
Why the silence on all that, Mr. Fredericks?
“Ex-analyst under Obama guarantees bail for alleged bomb-throwing lawyer,” by Bob Fredericks, New York Post, June 4, 2020:
A former intelligence analyst who worked in both the State and Defense departments during the Obama administration guaranteed bail for a New York lawyer who allegedly firebombed an NYPD vehicle — calling her “my best friend.”
Salmah Rizvi, an NYU Law grad who now works for the prestigious DC firm Ropes & Gray, helped secure the release of fellow lawyer Urooj Rahman by agreeing to be a suretor for her bail during a bail hearing in Brooklyn federal court Monday, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
“Urooj Rahman is my best friend and I am an associate at the law firm Ropes & Gray in Washington, DC. I earn $255,000 a year,” Rivzi told the judge, who sprang Rahman over prosecutors’ objections.
Rizvi’s intelligence work for the feds involved “focusing primarily on sanctioned finance operations,” according to her bio on Ropes & Gray’s website, which also touts her pro bono legal work.
She “maintains an active civil rights and human rights pro bono practice, focused on prison reform, LGBTQ equality, and immigration. She represents asylum seekers at various stages of litigation,” it says.
Her LinkedIn page says she worked for the feds from May 2008 to August 2013.
She also worked as a legal intern for the NYCLU from September 2014 to May 2015, and for the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan from September 2015 to January 2016, according to the page.
Her bio at the Islamic Scholarship Fund added that “her high-value work would often inform the President’s Daily Briefs.”
The group gave Rizvi a law school scholarship sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an organization that critics call anti-Israel and supportive of terrorism but which describes itself as “America’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization.”
Colinford Mattis and Rahman are accused of driving around near the 88th Precinct stationhouse in Fort Greene on Friday night and early Saturday and trying to pass out Molotov cocktails to crowds protesting the death of George Floyd who were clashing with police.
Shortly before 1 a.m., Rahman allegedly got out of the minivan that Mattis was driving and tossed one of the firebombs into an empty cop car near the stationhouse.
They were arrested nearby and charged federally with causing damage with fire and explosives to a cop car.
Prosecutors decried Rahman’s release during Monday’s hearing.
“We don’t believe this is the time to be releasing a bomb-thrower like the defendant into the community,” argued federal prosecutor Ian Richardson….
Koosemo says
Funding, scholarships, infiltration. Obama was one of those first cabs off the rank.
CogitoErgoSum says
So she was also passing out incendiary devices? She most likely knows who has been placing piles of bricks near protest areas in big cities and is part of a conspiracy that has been planning these riots. It’s not really about George Floyd at all. It’s about tearing down the U.S. and watching it burn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFYnbLtySus
gravenimage says
Yes–I’ve seen this before, CogitoErgoSum. *Deeply* disturbing. A lot of this violence seems coordinated, and far from random.
keith O says
Imagine what would be the consequences if anyone else firebombed a cop car!
What makes this criminal so different from other criminals? Oh, that’s right, she is one of those “religion of peace” followers, so we just know that she is not a threat to anyone.
To say otherwise makes you an Islamophobe.
gravenimage says
NYC: Obama analyst who got Hamas-linked CAIR scholarship and Soros fellowship goes bail for bomb-throwing lawyer
………………
Well, *this* does not surprise…
Wellington says
As a young man (back in the Mesozoic Era), reading the tome, The Rise of the West by William McNeill, first published in 1963, proved highly contributory to my moving from liberalism to conservatism. In this work, the contention was made, as in our time by Victor Davis Hanson in the over twenty books he has written, that Western Civilization is unique because, unlike other civilizations, including very accomplished ones like China and certain American Indian societies such as the Mayan, Inca and Aztec, the West alone explored the parameters of freedom as no other civilization remotely has. And this is why the West came to dominate the world, precisely because of the emphasis on freedom, which opened up, unleashed, the avenue to unfettered thought which in turn allowed for domination of those less free.
All this has nothing to do with non-Western societies being less brave, less intelligent, etc. compared to the West. No, not at all. For reasons that are obscure but nonetheless unique to the West, only the West developed liberty as no other civilization ever has. It did so via the ancient Greek philosophical and governmental route (particularly ancient Athens, one of over 200 ancient Greek city-states) and the Jewish religious route. Indeed, the two intellectual cornerstones of Western Civilization are those of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Jews, each of which dared to “think outside the box.”
And now to Islam. It has never (or extremely rarely) dared to “think outside the box.” Indeed, it has retrograde written all over it. As with so many societal experiments it closed off freedom of thought precisely to the extent that Islamic clerics achieved dominance, which was finalized by around 1200 A.D. The converse, the Christian West, went in the exact opposite direction of the Islamic world, to wit, the longer the West continued the restrictive aspect of Christianity (every religion has some, only the degree varies) were more and more ignored and the theory, at its best, behind ancient Greece and ancient Judaism, both capable of “thinking outside the box,” manifested itself more and more with each passing century and this helps to account, almost entirely account, for why the West developed democracy, philosophy independent of theology, the scientific method and the most productive technological achievements in man’s history.
All of which helps to explain this sad-ass sorry excuse for a human being who is the lawyer the subject of this article by Robert Spencer. She is well educated but this is of little account because she is most deficient in a comprehension of what allowed her in the first place to function in such a free society as America. She is a Muslim which means she is tied to a forever retrograde way of thinking.
gravenimage says
Fine post, Wellington.
rubiconcrest says
I would add that with the discovery of oil the Islamic world has experienced a rebirth. The ME also used that advantage many years ago to plant an immigration bomb in Europe which is still paying dividends today. That was thinking outside the box but using an old strategy for Islam.
With money, a war manual(everything from Jihad to lawfare to immigration) and it’s talent for word games Islam is showing itself to be a powerful ideological adversary. It is not rational that a well educated lawyer would choose a pagan ideology over freedom but she does. That is what is the most puzzling about her and many like her. In the long run is she playing the losing game or are we?
gravenimage says
+1
Westman says
Muslims are indoctrinated from birth into a society that only promotes real friendship and acceptance within itself – the world’s most apartheid society. It is the sign of a cult when it prohibits close relationships with non-believers.
Although Salmah Rizvi is able to work competently in the unbeliever society of lawyers, it is unlikely that she is really at home without the Muslim society that would turn on her if she left or behaved like an infidel. Would she desire to leave those that she loves behind even if not treated as a male equal?
If the relatives or CAIR ask her to help a suspected bomber, could she really refuse without censure by her society?
The prison/slaving of Islam may be virtual in appearance yet is still a prison without bars from which the escape, in too many countries, is through death row.
I find nothing of value in Islam for the West other than it reduces the number of economic competitors by keeping them tied up in ritual.
Terry Gain says
Wellington
As you well know the ancient Greeks were not opposed to slavery. I was horrified when I read Plato’s Republic as a teenager some 54 years ago. I did not understand why someone who approved of fascism had risen to such lofty heights in western civilization.
As a non-believer you must of course discount the role of Christianity in creating our civilization of equal rights for all. The scholarship of Dinesh D’Souza is more useful than yours in helping us understand how we got to this point.
https://townhall.com/columnists/dineshdsouza/2008/01/14/how-christians-ended-slavery-n962085
Wellington says
“As a non-believer you must of course discount the role of Christianity in creating our civilization of equal rights for all.”
Terry, this is absolutely false. I have many times applauded the Judeo-Christian ethic and have pointed out that Christianity and Judaism are the two religions I am most impressed with because of the emphasis each places on the dignity and worth of the individual and thus these two religions work best with democratic tenets.
I have indicated many times here at JW many examples of how Christians because of their moral code came eventually to the conclusion that slavery is a great wrong. If I am not mistaken, it was to you specifically that I noted that the first statement we have against slavery is by a group of Quakers in Philadelphia (the Germantown section) in the late 1680’s just a handful of years after William Penn founded Philly.
I have many times responded here at JW to people who think the Judeo-Christian tradition had nothing to do with the founding of America. It had a great deal to do with it. Mention of God and religion can be found in such founding American documents as the Declaration of Independence, the Northwests Ordinance and even the Constitution. I have sundry times quoted Benjamin Franklin, himself a skeptic like me, who said that if man is bad with religion, imagine what he’d be without it. Islam of course would be the exception to this sapient observation by Franklin.
I could go on and on with how often at JW I have acknowledged the importance of Christianity and how it works quite well with ideas of liberty and equality under the law. For you to assert what you did about me is as false a statement about who I am and what I think as I have ever come across. Though I do not believe Jesus was divine or rose from the dead, neither did Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and many other Founding Fathers, I have frequently noted what a superior character Jesus possessed compared to Mohammed and I once again for about the hundredth time here at JW state that Christianity and Judaism are ready made to support all kinds of notions respecting equal rights for all.
I am flabbergasted at how wrong you have judged me. It is simply stunning. You should be ashamed of yourself.
gravenimage says
All true–all one has to do is look at Wellington’s posting history here.
James Lincoln says
+1
Darrell Parks says
She briefed the president? wonder if she briefed the ayotollah, Bin Laden and others? She no doubt had access to info she should have never been trusted with.
del says
My calculation is that the two lawyers did what they did (threw an unlit beer bottle filled with gasoline into an unoccupied police car, with closeup pics) in order to gain future hip, cred status, when they run for political office. Kinda like Joe Biden getting “arrested” in South Africa, except that Biden, with advancing Alzheimer’s Disease, confabulated his story (he didn’t intentionally lie), whereas these two really did a carefully limited act.
mortimer says
THE RED-GREEN AXIS OF EVIL is not a new thing. Both Muslims and Leftards in America should look into the history of Islam in the USSR. They may learn what the real strategy is here.
The Muslims in America are mere PAWNS in the hands of the Leftists who want political power at the cost of the American constitution, and of the Globalists like Soros who want dirt cheap labor.
The Soviets showed what the Leftists want to do in the West with the help of delusional Muslims.
At first, the Soviet Communists welcomed the collaboration of Muslims in IMPLEMENTING Soviet dictatorship. The Communists encouraged MADRASSAHS and MOSQUES and polygamy while they took away the power of the Russian Orthodox Church, jailed and murdered priests and turned churches into stables and factories. Then the Communists turned on the Muslims and destroyed them too. The excuse was that Muslims ILL-TREATED WOMEN and the Soviets believed in EQUALITY … Islam demands INEQUALITY so it had to go! (Muslims were TRICKED by the Marxists.)
The Soviet period saw a frontal assault on all manifestations of Islam in Central Asia and other regions of the Soviet Union inhabited by Muslims.
The seventy years of Soviet rule were transformative in the history of Central Asian Islam. The Soviets had a utopian vision of remaking the world — economy, society, the individual, culture, politics — that drove their highly intrusive policies of radical social and cultural engineering.
How delusional the Muslims are to think they will fare differently in America after the Leftards get their way.
Kepha says
In fact, the Bolsheviks were willing to dupe modernizing Tatars, Kazakhs, etc, just as they were willing to dupe othr elements in pre-revolutionary Russian society.
I’m not sure that the “Leftards” will win in their alliance with Islam. The Islamic world has figured out that the alliance is only tactical. Khomeini’s end-run around the odds-on favorites (in 1979) of the Tudeh and the Afghan ability to wear down the Soviets are the lessons Islam has learned in the late 20th century.
mortimer says
There can be no justification for releasing a bomb-thrower into the community at a time like this.
The legal system is compromised by revolutionaries.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
Hello, fellow jihad fans! Have you ever tried to join CAIR? I have, but every time I write to “Honest Ibe” Hooper, he refuses even to answer, thereby cementing his ironic reputation as the nation’s most uncommunicative national communications director. I’m thinking of joining America’s second-largest Muslim civil liberties organization out of spite, but Ibe won’t even tell me who they are. I seem to lack the personal charm that CAIR requires, but maybe one of you sociable jihad aficionados can weasel you way into CAIR and find the answer to questions like: How much are CAIR’s annual dues? Does CAIR accept Shia and kafir members?
gravenimage says
Mark, here are some tips from CAIR on how to “become an ally”:
https://www.cair.com/get-involved/become-an-ally/ 🙂
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
Thanks, G.I., that looks interesting. It leads to
https://ing.org/top-100-frequently-asked-questions-about-muslims-and-their-faith/
but a scan of the text reveals nothing about jinn (even under the spelling “djinn”).
Are Muslims embarrassed about jinn? Does it make sense to ignore a major distinctive teaching of Islam? Not by the hair of my jinny-jinn-jinn!
Besides, I don’t want to be an (unpaid) ally — I want to be a member. How *does* one join CAIR? How did Ibe Hooper ever become a member?
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
Hello again. I spoke too soon.
https://ing.org/top-100-frequently-asked-questions-about-muslims-and-their-faith/
*does* say something about jinn, under the title SATAN:
“9. What does Islam say about Satan?
Satan (Shaytan in Arabic) is believed to be a third type of creation, in addition to humans and angels, known as a “jinn.” Humans are said to have been made from clay, angels from light, and jinn from fire. While the Qur’an teaches that some jinn are good and submit to God, it states that others, such as Iblis or Shaytan (Satan), try to tempt people to do evil, similar to the belief about Satan in traditional Christian theology.”
So Satan is a jinn? That’s the first I’ve ever heard of this.
Also, Islam does not have rain gods, but it has a rain angel:
8. What do Muslims believe about angels?
Angels are mentioned many times in the Qur’an and Hadith (prophetic sayings). Unlike humans, angels are described as beings who obey God’s commandments without fail, by nature, and are assigned to specific duties. Two of the most prominent angels mentioned by name in the Qur’an are Gabriel (Jibril) and Michael (Mikhail). Gabriel is the angel of revelation and Michael is the angel in charge of rain and earth’s plant life.”
I thought I knew something about Islam, but both these teachings are new to me. Maybe CAIR is sending us allies on a little snipe-hunt, to see what crazy things they can get the kufaar to believe (I notice they don’t give any sura-and-aya citations for these alleged doctrines.)
gravenimage says
Thanks, Mark. More Islamic claptrap.
Westman says
Amusing, Mark. It’s also amusing that they castigate Christians over the Holy Ghost and then go for the jinn. Maybe that notion came from the founder while exploring gin. There are other crazy ideas such as Muhammad’s ideas about what determines the sex of a child, the mole on his back being “the seal of the prophet”, Adam being 50 ft tall, and the sun setting in a muddy pool.
How any educated Muslim looks deeply into Islam and continues to believe it is a mystery; more likely it’s a matter of not revealing their true thoughts in order to benefit, rather than experience persecution, from the Muslim society.
RichardL says
pretty typical for an Obama official: America-hating, Mohammedan, anti-law, leftard university, big paycheck. Like Barack Hussein…
OLD GUY says
YES these groups are not here to make America Great, they are here to tear America down and turn it into another third world country run by THUGS. The socialist dictators around the world can’t control their populations as long as the shining light of American freedom stands. We are a threat to authoritarian rule everywhere in the world and they want are free society gone.
Soros and the likes of him want nothing less than total control of society around the world. The alphabet soup of “LIBERAL” and ISLAMIC groups around the world all have one thing in common, that’s to destroy the American way of life, so they can control everything with their New World Order.
mortimer says
Do Soros students NOT study Molotov-cocktail technique? She must have failed in that course.
Linde Barrera says
So called “Attorney” Rizvi might be very pretty but according to Google, she specializes in anti-corruption cases. How does she not see
throwing a Molotov cocktail into an empty police car as not being corrupt? Very strange
and scary thinking.