- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim advocacy group repeatedly linked to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, settled a defamation lawsuit rather than disclose its funding sources, prompting renewed scrutiny of its finances.
- CAIR’s decision to settle came after a Minnesota court ordered the group to reveal its finances in a case brought by former employee Lori Saroya, who alleged antisemitism, sexism, and corruption within the organization, claims CAIR denied.
- Despite reporting $5.3 million in donations in 2022 and projecting $10 million for 2025, CAIR has resisted transparency, fueling speculation about foreign funding, with past federal investigations linking it to Hamas via the Holy Land Foundation case in 2008. Read More