Via PJM:
On September 18, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) suddenly cancelled its planned “Dismantling Hate Crimes Panel and Open Forum” at the 11th hour after facing a public backlash over the participation of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Although MDHR Commissioner Rebecca Lucero told local news that the decision was “related to a bunch of safety concerns that were raised by the police,” St. Cloud Assistant Police Chief Jeff Oxton denied receiving any threats concerning the event.
Why, then, did MDHR suddenly pull the plug on a forum that was planned weeks ago and included representatives from the FBI, St. Cloud Police Department, and the American Civil Liberties Union? Did the panelists get cold feet after learning more about the Islamist group with which they were due to share a stage?
CAIR refers to itself as a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, but in reality it functions as the vanguard of Islamism in the United States, with a long history of ties to terrorism and extremist movements that ultimately seek to replace constitutional government with theocracy. If anyone should be able to see through this deception, it is the FBI.