Talk:Council on American-Islamic Relations
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[edit] problems with 'terrorism' section
==Terrorism== [[Ghassan Elashi]] was a founder of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, and was a member of the founding board of directors of the Texas branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Elashi was arrested in December 2002 for conspiracy, money laundering, and dealing in the property of a designated terrorist. He was convicted on all charges in April 2005. CAIR is a spin-off of the [[Islamic Association for Palestine]], identified by two former FBI counterterrorism chiefs as a “front group” for [[Hamas]]. At least four[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=25448] CAIR leaders have been convicted on terrorism-related charges.
obviously all of this needs to be sourced. shld be possible to find reliable newspaper reports of any facts in there. the one source (an anti-muslim rant site) obviuosly fails WP:RS. also serious problem with the seperate section just labled 'terrorism', seems atempt to imply that cair is involved in or front for. any of this that's relevant could be incorporated into 'criticism' section. stuff about the individual may be sourced on his page, but if it's here, needs reliable sources here. sorry about the above inclusion of the paragraph, can't work out how else to do it, this [1] is the diff of my edit. ⇒ bsnowball 16:11, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
- I agree the first paragraph you removed seemed to be unsourced, so it should go. I merged a modified version of the second paragraph into the Criticism section, where it belongs. frontpagemag.com is not a 'hate site' - it's an online magazine that is regularly publishing new articles by well-known writers like Alan Dershowitz (and run by another well-known writer, David Horowitz), albeit with a partisan slant. Certainly there are superior sources for news, but it's reliable enough for sourcing criticism. - Merzbow 20:50, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
