CAIR identifies second spy for anti-Muslim group protecting Israeli government

Washington (QNN)- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced Tuesday that a second “spy” for anti-Muslim group had been identified, one week after the executive director of the Ohio chapter of CAIR was fired for spying on the organization for the anti-Muslim group.
The national office of CAIR announced via its Twitter account that a second Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) “spy” has voluntarily come forward, confessed and agreed to cooperate with CAIR.
CAIR noted that the unnamed spy was not part of CAIR.
“He was an active volunteer in a large mosque who was invited to national community meetings and events,” it said.
In December 14, the Columbus-Cincinnati Board of Directors for CAIR-Ohio said in a statement it terminated the Executive and Legal Director, Romin Iqbal.
CAIR-Ohio said that a forensic investigation by an independent, third-party expert found “conclusive evidence that Iqbal had spent years secretly recording CAIR network meetings and passing confidential information regarding CAIR’s national advocacy work to a known anti-Muslim hate group.”
CAIR-Ohio stated that Iqbal admitted to working with the hate group when confronted with the investigation’s findings.
The organization also said the expert’s investigation concluded Iqbal was not aided by anyone else in CAIR.
After firing Iqbal, the Columbus-Cincinnati board said in the statement it discovered suspicious purchases from weapons retailers on his company-issued credit card.
Additionally the organization said a package containing parts for an AR-15 was mailed to CAIR-Ohio’s Columbus office.
Providing an update on December 15, CAIR revealed that the so-called Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT), founded by Steven Emerson, a far-right extremist described as an anti-Muslim activist, had for years been trying to infiltrate and spy upon prominent mosques and Muslim American organisation.
The Columbus, Ohio, chapter of CAIR was one of the organizations targeted, the statement said.
Emerson had faced backlash for his Fox News interview in 2015, where he described Birmingham as a “Muslim-only city”.
CAIR also said the evidence they had indicated that Emerson’s hate group was communicating with and providing assistance to Israeli intelligence with the office of then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Let me say that again. The Israeli government was collaborating with an anti-Muslim hate group,” Nihad Awad, the National Executive Director of CAIR said in the update.
Following investigations, CAIR said it was confirmed that the key evidence they received “was authentic and that an employee of a local CAIR affiliate had indeed been secretly working with a hate group. That employee was Romin Iqbal of CAIR-Ohio.”
For years, the statement said, Iqbal was secretly sharing confidential information about the organization civil rights work—including surreptitiously recorded conversations, strategic plans and private emails—with anti-Muslim extremists.
The unnamed spy has informed CAIR that Emerson paid him $3K per month to record prominent Muslim leaders; over $100K over 4 years.
One of Emerson’s goals, CAIR were told, was protecting the Israeli Occupation government “by undermining Muslims engaged in political and human rights activism.”
“Emerson worked with Israeli intel officials, such as Yossi Kuperwasser and Ido Mizrahi from the office of then-PM Netanyahu. In one of these messages, Mizrahi asks IPT for information about Students for Justice in Palestine, an American college student group,” CAIR said in Tuesday’s statement.
Second, Emerson worked with Israeli intel officials, such as Yossi Kuperwasser and Ido Mizrahi from the office of then-PM Netanyahu. In one of these messages, Mizrahi asks IPT for information about Students for Justice in Palestine, an American college student group. 6/8 pic.twitter.com/SbDrRUuhD7
— CAIR National (@CAIRNational) December 21, 2021
CAIR said in the statement that it “will publicly release his name and additional information after we finish this process.”
CAIR is the largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization in America.