CAIR in the Classroom: Islamist Group Partnering with Public Schools

Under the guise of helping schools combat “anti-Muslim bullying” and “Islamophobia,” the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)—an Islamist organization that bills itself as a defender of civil rights—has forged relationships with public school districts in at least three states. Campus Watch West Coast representative Cinnamon Stillwell’s article on this disturbing trend appears at the Algemeiner.

In 1993, Ibrahim Hooper, director of strategic communications for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), revealed that his dream of seeing “the government of the United States . . . be Islamic sometime in the future” would come true, not through violence, but “through education.” Twenty-five years later, CAIR could be making headway on that goal through its relationships with U.S. public school districts in at least three states.

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Islam in the Classroom

Winfield Myers

Winfield Myers is managing editor of the Middle East Forum and director of its Campus Watch project, which reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North American universities. He has taught world history and other topics at the University of Michigan, the University of Georgia, Tulane, and Xavier University of Louisiana. He was previously managing editor of The American Enterprise magazine and CEO of Democracy Project, Inc., which he co-founded. Mr. Myers has served as senior editor and communications director at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is principal author and editor of a college guide, Choosing the Right College (1998, 2001). He was educated at the University of Georgia, Tulane, and the University of Michigan.