CAIR’s creeping subversion

In a recent address at a mosque in Dallas, Texas, Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), laid bare an ambition that should unsettle every American committed to the preservation of our republic. Speaking to a room of engaged Muslims, Awad celebrated a strategic roadmap for leveraging U.S. legal frameworks—nonprofits, advocacy groups, and now a Muslim Super PAC—to amplify and advance Islamic political influence. His words were not veiled in ambiguity: “CAIR has also created the Super PAC, Alhamdulillah. ... There is a Muslim Super PAC today. It’s called Unity and Justice Fund.” His invocation of “Alhamdulillah”—praise be to Allah—framed this development as a divine milestone.

But it was his follow-up exhortation that carried the weight of Islamic ritual triumph: “Say at least takbeer.” For those unfamiliar, takbeer means to proclaim “Allahu Akbar,” God is greater—a phrase often uttered in moments of exultation and victory. Here, it served as a call to celebrate not mere civic progress, but a perceived victory: the fortification of Islamic ideological priorities within the heart of American electoral machinery.

Awad’s enthusiasm is telling. Super PACs, enabled by the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, allow unlimited independent expenditures on campaigns—ads, mailers, digital outreach—without direct coordination with candidates. For CAIR, this tool promises to mobilize resources on a scale that could sway close races, channeling funds from sympathetic donors into efforts that prioritize Islamist aspirations and Sharia-aligned policies.

It’s a sophisticated adaptation of our open system, one that Awad presented as empowerment for the “Ummah,” the global Muslim community. Beneath his veneer of voter registration drives and legislative lobbying lies a deeper intent: to bend America’s pluralistic system toward ends that elevate Islamic supremacy over Western liberties.

It would be profoundly naïve to dismiss such declarations as benign enthusiasm or to wait for Islamists to spell out their motives in plainer terms—especially when addressing non-Muslims. Toward the end of his speech, Awad conveyed that he preferred not to add more words, as he was speaking at a mosque whose tax-exempt status doesn’t allow such political rhetoric. He clearly understands how to use the American system to accomplish his own Islamist agenda.

Islamism is an ideology of conquest, and Islamists rarely announce themselves with fanfare; they embed and erode. Islam, in its political manifestation as Islamism, is more than a faith of personal quiet devotion. It is a comprehensive worldview that encompasses governance, law, and society under the Quran’s unyielding authority. For Islamists, the motto is “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur’an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.” These Islamists cultivate adherents to a mission that views the “Christian West” not as a partner in coexistence but as a territory to be reclaimed for divine order.

Awad himself said he was “happy to see” the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. While he avoids explicit public support for Hamas, he covers it by advocating for “pro-Palestinian” causes or by condemning the so-called “genocide” in Gaza. It is no surprise that in the 2007 Holy Land Foundation trial, the largest terror-financing prosecution in U.S. history, CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator for its alleged links to Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian arm. CAIR reinforces a pattern of endorsing rhetoric rooted in Quranic commands that cast Jews (and by extension, Western allies) as perennial enemies of Muslims. This worldview deems many American values—like secular governance and individual freedoms—as un-Islamic corruptions.

How long will the United States remain actionless against this creeping subversion?

For over three decades, CAIR and its Brotherhood kin have operated unchecked, using tax-exempt status to fund lobbying arms and now Super PACs like the Unity and Justice Fund. This Islamic influence machine skirts the edges of IRS rules on partisanship, potentially laundering foreign-linked donations into domestic campaigns. The result? A quiet infiltration that could flip school boards, city councils, and congressional seats toward policies that erode Judeo-Christian foundations and elevate Islamist priorities.

The West’s reluctance to confront this threat is a grave error that imperils our democratic values and national security.

Yet glimmers of resolve offer hope. On July 15, Sen. Ted Cruz reintroduced the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act, a measure he has championed since 2015, to classify the group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Complementing this, Sen. Tom Cotton has called for revoking CAIR’s nonprofit status, stripping its veil of legitimacy. These initiatives are vital first steps, signaling a long-overdue reckoning.

It is time for Congress, the Department of Justice, and the FEC to act decisively. Designate the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliates, including CAIR, as terrorist organizations. Mandate audits of Super PACs like Unity and Justice for foreign influence and election law violations. Launch congressional hearings on 501(c)(3) abuses that weaponize religious spaces for political conquest. We cannot afford complacency.

As Awad’s takbeer echoes in Texas mosques, it serves as a clarion call—not to celebration, but to vigilance. Islamism’s advance is methodical, its footholds deepening with each unchecked Super PAC dollar and lobbying victory. By reclaiming our institutions from those who seek to conquer them from within, we honor the liberty that makes America exceptional. The alternative is a republic remade in the image of caliphate aspirations, where “Allahu Akbar” drowns out the Liberty Bell. Let us ensure it rings louder.