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CAIR-NY 501c3 and IRS - Pushing the Legal Limits on Lobbying

June 25, 2007 by Christine | 910 Group | 05:48:15 | |

On June 21, CAIR-NY sent out an action alert urging members to lobby the state legislature to make EID-al-Adha and Eid-al-Fitr public holidays within the NY public school system (text below from the alert).

This is part of the ongoing Islamisation of the NY schools, a systematic push that includes creating the Khalil Gibran madrassa in the city (with the aggressive politically correct support of the New York City educational administration). Check in for updates by community organizers working against that madrassa at Stop The Madrassa center.

Not a surprise that CAIR-NY is trying to Islamify their state - except CAIR-NY is a 501c3 organization, and therefore EXTREMELY limited in how much lobbying it can legally pursue under IRS regulations. Where is the IRS enforcement for possible violations of 501c3 non profit status by the state CAIR organizations and other Islamist groups? And this may be only the tip of the iceberg of violations of IRS regulations forbidding grassroots lobbying by Islamist 501c3s - and even more prevalent, violations because of radical imams encouraging political advocacy and lobbying within mosques across the U.S.A. It is time for Congressional hearings to discover if there are consistent patterns of Islamist organizations flouting U.S. tax laws.

As evidence of CAIR NY 501c3 status (and some interesting info on revenues, expenses and directors) here are the IRS 990 forms for CAIR NY from 2000 - 2005:

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

The CAIR Alert from June 21, 2007:

CAIR-NY ACTION ALERT: SUPPORT EID SCHOOL HOLIDAY BILL

(NEW YORK, N.Y., 6/21/07) - The New York Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today urged Muslims and other people of conscience in that state to contact their respective state senators in support of the Eid School Bill (S3142).

The bill, introduced to the New York State Senate earlier this year by Senator John D. Sabini, makes Eid-al-Adha and Eid-al-Fitr official holidays in New York City public schools.

SEE: Coalition Calls for NYC Department of Education to Recognize Muslim Holidayshttp://www.nycpp.org/en/press.html
ACTION REQUESTED: 1)Contact your state senators.

To find their contact information, visit www.nypirg.org and click on the “Who Represents Me?” link. If you live outside New York City, use the “Senators” link on www.senate.state.ny.us.

2) Contact Senate Education Chair Stephen M. Saland at (518) 455-2411, Fax (518) 426-6920, or E-Mail saland@senate.state.ny.us .

COPY ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO: CAIR-NY Communications Coordinator Faiza N. Ali, 212-870-2002, fali@cair.com>


6 Comments »


June 25, 2007 @ 13:42:58

Ooh! I’d love to see them get nabbed on this!


[ C ] Doc
June 25, 2007 @ 18:54:05

Oh heck, why not petition for the entire month of Ramadan off?


[ C ] A CENTER
June 26, 2007 @ 12:43:42

WOU WILL BE IN FOR A SHOCK TO FIND OUT HOW MANY P.S. CHILDREN ARE (MUSLIM) ARE HERE ILLEGALY.THEY ARE COSTING THE TAXPAYER BETWEEN 8-16000 PER STUDENT AND IN THE CASE OF SPECIAL ED,APROX.40.OOO PER.AS FAR AS ANYONE CAN DETERMINE THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO FREE EDUCATION.IF YOU REMOVE THEM THERE WILL BE VERY FEW MUSLIM STUDENTS IN THE SYSTEM AND NOT ENOUGH TO DEMAND THIS CHANGE.OF COURSE THE TEACHERS UNION WILL LOBBBY FOR THEM BECAUSE A GOODLY PERCENT OF THEM WILL BE OUT OF JOBS SINCE THE OVERWH OELMNG MAJORITY OF INNER CITY CHILDREN ARE ILLEGAL .THIS WILL GET BETTER WITH TIME SINCE 55% OF ALL CHIDREN UP TO AGE 5 ARE CHILDREN OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.


[ C ] Deborah Weiss
July 13, 2007 @ 00:11:52

Why do you think CAIR NY is a 501c3? The CAIR headquarters in DC is a 501c4, expressly set up to lobby as much as they want, and the state CAIR offices are chapters. So, unless they are incorporated separately, I would think CAIR NY is a 501c4. Nothing on the IRS papers above indicates otherwise. If it is a c3, I would like to know.


[ C ] Christine
July 13, 2007 @ 00:18:06

Deborah, if you would click on the links above for each of those years, it takes you to the 990 filed with the IRS by CAIR NY. Some state CAIR organizations are chapters, and some are separately incorporated - CAIR NY is one of the latter. Just review the pdfs - you will see on line J that the box for 501c3 is checked.


July 18, 2007 @ 20:04:18

[...] If all efforts to assist dissidents and democracy advocates result in their imprisonment, is it NIAC’s position that ineffectual hand-wringing is the only alternative? An aside for researchers and staff: NIAC does do a substantial amount of lobbying (see their current ad for a Legislative Director) and therefore may be in violation of 501c3 IRS obligations to do only insubstantial amounts of lobbying. Simply put, if you lobby more than a very small amount, you should lose the 501c3 status which makes contributions tax-deductible for the donors. NIAC is not the only Islamist group that may be pushing back against the 501c3 laws: CAIR-NY is a 501c3 and lobbies substantially as well, and the North American Islamic Trust owns significant assets that generate income but, according to Guidestar,NAIT reports to the IRS that it has neither assets nor income. [...]


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