CAIR already revving up the outrage engine.
(The Hill) — Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) is planning to screen a controversial film on Capitol Hill about attempts to build an Islamic center near Ground Zero in Manhattan.
The film, “Sacrificed Survivors: The Untold Story of the Ground Zero Mosque,” was produced by the conservative Christian Action Network (CAN) and has begun to garner criticism from groups such as the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR).
The 45-minute film is largely focused around a series of interviews conducted with survivors of the September 11, 2001 attacks and members of their family. The interviews, according to CAN’s website, delve into the feelings they experienced last summer when a group proposed to build an Islamic center blocks away from where the World Trade Center towers once stood.
The CAN group attempted to get permission to show the film in New York City parks over the week leading up to the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, but they were denied out of concern for the content.
West plans to host the event the week Congress returns from recess, on Sept. 8, according to CAN’s website, in the Rayburn House Office Building.