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Attorney General Eric Holder amplified President Obama's historic speech to the Muslim world in Cairo today with a pledge to vigorously enforce U.S. Muslims' civil rights. What he didn't mention: The DOJ is under heavy attack by Muslim-American activists after the Federal Bureau of Investigation cut off contacts with a prominent advocacy organization linked to Hamas.
In a statement issued this afternoon, Holder said:
"The President's pledge for a new beginning between the United States and the Muslim community takes root here in the Justice Department where we are committed to using criminal and civil rights laws to protect Muslim Americans.
The Justice Department also issued a memo detailing the dozens of cases it has prosecuted of civil rights violations against American Muslims. Read it here.
At the same time, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has been on the warpath against the FBI since January, when it was revealed that the Bureau had ended outreach contacts with the Muslim group over its leaders' ties to Hamas. See our previous coverage here.