Pelosi holds secret fundraiser with Islamists

American Thinker

If  the Democrats are proud of their close association with CAIR (an unindicted  co-conspirator in the Holy Land charity trial a few years ago) and other Muslim  groups, why keep a fundraiser featuring a who’s who of Islamists in America  secret?

Daily  Caller:

Democratic  leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi headlined a high-dollar  fundraiser in May that was  attended by U.S.-based Islamist groups and  individuals linked by the U.S.  government to the Hamas jihad group and  to the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood  movement.

The  donors at the undisclosed May 16 event included Nihad Awad, the co-founder of  the Council on American Islamic Relations, according to data provided by the nonpartisan  Investigative Project on Terrorism.

The  CAIR group was named an unindicted conspirator in a 2007 trial of a Hamas money-smuggling group

A  covertly-taken photograph provided by the IPT shows Pelosi standing  near Awad  at the fundraiser. Roughly 30 people attended the fundraiser,  according to the IPT.

The  cheapest tickets cost $5,000, and the most expensive were $30,800 per couple,  according to the event invite from the Democratic  Congressional Campaign Committee, which used the cash to fund Democratic  candidates. (View  the invite here)

The  hosts of the event were DCCC chairman Rep. Steve Israel and two  Muslim  representatives, Rep. Keith Ellison and Rep. Andre Carson.

Ellison  is the DCCC’s “national community outreach chair” and the co-chair of the House  progressive caucus.

On  Oct. 29, The Daily Caller asked Ellison’s press aide if the  congressman would  decline donations from Islamist groups. The aide  replied that Ellison was not  available to comment.

The  Islamist fundraiser illustrates the increasing ties between American  progressives and the various Islamist groups.

That  burgeoning alliance was boosted by President Barack Obama’s 2009  speech in  Cairo to Muslims, including Egyptians. Prior to the speech,  he insisted that  Egypt’s secular government allow Muslim Brotherhood  members to attend the  speech. In 2011 and 2012, he pressured the  Egyptian military to let the  movement take power after it won elections.

The  ties were also highlighted at the Democrats’ Charlotte  convention, when party leaders presented and passed a 2012 party  platform that excluded several Israel-related sections, including a   declaration that “Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of  Israel.”

I  suppose getting money from people who have literally sworn to kill us might seem  a little strange, but Pelosi and the Dems probably figure that they will have  their heads cut off last for being such good friends with radical  extremists.

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/11/pelosi_holds_secret_fundraiser_with_islamists.html#ixzz2BDw0MleH

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