Our legal team, the preeminent legal team, David Yerushalmi and Robert Muise of AFLC, are fighting jihad and islamization in the American courts:
Big Victory Against CAIR . . . Again!
(Oklahoma—April 23, 2019) On Friday, April 19, and without any prior notice, Raja’ee Fatihah, a board member of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-Oklahoma, filed a motion to dismiss his lawsuit against Chad and Nicole Neal, the owners of an Oklahoma gun range. This lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Oklahoma, has been ongoing for more than three years. Fatihah is represented by lawyers from CAIR, the ACLU, and a large New York law firm. The usual suspects.
The American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) represents the Neal’s.
Story continues below advertisementToday, the lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice.
In his motion, Fatihah claimed that dismissal was necessary due to a “change in circumstances,” namely, that the Neal’s replaced their “Muslim-Free” establishment sign with a “Terrorist-Free” establishment sign and that they do not have a formal policy of discriminating against persons at their gun range based solely upon the person’s religion. But nothing has changed. This lawsuit was a setup from the beginning, and Fatihah and his lawyers knew they were going to lose at the upcoming trial scheduled for July 9, 2019.
Indeed, in a motion filed with the court two years ago (April 28, 2017), the Neal’s stated as follows:
Plaintiff [Fatihah] was not denied use of Defendants’ [the Neal’s] gun range based on any prohibited category or characteristic, including religion, and Defendants do not have a policy of restricting access to the gun range on the basis of religion (or any other prohibited category or characteristic). This dangerous lawsuit, which was contrived to create a controversy and a disturbance at a gun range, was promoted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and its Oklahoma affiliate, CAIR-Oklahoma. While Defendants’ views on Islam—views which are supported by the many and recent deadly attacks committed by self-proclaimed Islamic jihadists—might be considered politically incorrect, these views cannot serve as a basis for civil liability in this case under the First Amendment regardless of how Defendants express them, including on a sign posted at their business. But that is precisely what Plaintiff is seeking to do here: to punish Defendants because they express the view that Islam is an existential threat to our local and national security.
On October 23, 2015, Plaintiff Raja’ee Fatihah, a board member for the Oklahoma chapter of CAIR—an organization that federal, state, and foreign governments acknowledge has ties to terrorism—went to Defendants’ gun range armed with a loaded (round in the chamber) military-issue handgun strapped to his side, a military-style rifle slung over his shoulder, magazines loaded with approximately 140 rounds of 9 mm ammunition, a concealed recording device in his pocket, and a dangerous agenda: to create a controversy with armed individuals at the gun range, hoping that he would not be allowed to fire his weapons so he could file this meritless lawsuit and run to the media with his pre-arranged “Islamophobia” narrative, knowing that the liberal media would willingly serve as an echo chamber for his spurious claim of discrimination.
AFLC Co-Founder and Senior Counsel Robert Muise commented:
“CAIR’s extremely reckless and dangerous attempt to set up a lawsuit to make a political point has failed. They put lives at risk by sending an armed individual into a gun range to create a controversy with our clients, who were also armed. This case has always been about public safety. Nothing has changed. Apparently, CAIR and the ACLU didn’t want to put CAIR’s nefarious ties to terrorism on trial, so they caved in. And in the end, the good guys won . . . yet again.”
This controversy arose when, following the Chattanooga, Tennessee terrorist attack in July 2015, where a Muslim terrorist claimed that he trained on a private gun range prior to going on his deadly shooting spree, the Neal’s posted a “Muslim-Free” establishment sign as a political protest. The Neal’s vowed to never let their range be used to train the next terrorist. The sign did not state a business policy, and CAIR and the ACLU knew that—they just didn’t like the Neal’s equating Islam with terrorism.
In fact, in August 2015, six months prior to Fatihah filing this lawsuit, Nicole Neal made the following “official” statement on Facebook regarding the controversial sign:
No person has ever been turned away from Save Yourself Survival And Tactical Store for discrimination of any kind. People’s (sic) of every race, and religion are welcome at our store so long as our safety rules, and our store policies are observed. Safety of our customers, staff and community is our primary concern . . . Hateful behavior of any kind by anyone will not be tolerated period. . . . Members found guilty of discrimination will be asked to leave the property immediately, their club membership will be revoked (without refund), and they will be banned from our establishment for life. . . . We do stand by, and defend our policy not to allow radical, or extremists persons, groups, or establishments to do business at our establishment. . . .
When asked about the sign by an ACLU lawyer during her sworn deposition, Nicole Neal testified as follows:
Q: What does the sign mean in terms of who may use your business?
A: It does not.
Q: I’m not understanding the answer. What does the sign mean in terms of who may use your business?
A: It does not.
Q: It does not mean anything?
A: It does not mean who can use my business.
Q: Okay. So this sign—does this sign mean that no Muslims are allowed in the business?
A: No, it does not.
Q: What was the purpose of posting it?
A: This sign is a political protest to the Chattanooga attacks.
Q: What do you think customers—what did you anticipate customers would think when they saw that sign?
A: I do not know what customers would think.
* * *
Q: So did you intend the sign to convey a business policy to the public?
A: No.
In fact, the record revealed that no one has ever been denied service at the Neal’s gun range based solely on his or her religion or any other characteristic prohibited by law. The Operating Agreement for the gun range and the gun range’s official rules state as follows:
It is and always has been the policy of Save Yourself Survival And Tactical Gear And Gun Club, LLC (hereinafter “Gun Club”) to comply with all federal, state, and local laws, including such laws that prohibit unlawful discrimination.
But the policy also states:
However, because the Gun Club is engaged in an inherently dangerous business—the use of firearms—the safety of its customers, its employees, and the community is paramount. The Gun Club firmly resolves that it will not arm, equip, or train anyone it believes to be a threat to public safety. The Gun Club has that right, and it intends to exercise that right for the good of public safety. Consistent with this policy, the Gun Club will not serve:
(a) Anyone who is either directly or indirectly associated with terrorism in any way;
(b) Anyone associated in any way with an organization that is associated with terrorism;
(c) Anyone who causes, or seeks to cause, any disturbance whatsoever at the Gun Club;
(d) Anyone who is not permitted to purchase or possess a firearm under any local, state, or federal guideline;
(e) Anyone who seeks to do harm to the interests of the United States;
(f) Anyone, in the sole judgment of the Gun Club, its owners, its employees, or its volunteers, who may pose a threat to public safety based on the person’s behavior, comments, history, dress, background, or other such indicia indicating that the person may be a threat to public safety. This judgment will not be based solely upon a person’s race, color, religion, or sex.
Consequently, the Neal’s official business policy of protecting public safety from potential threats of violence, including terrorism, was codified in their rules and in their official Operating Agreement for the business years ago. This policy is publicly posted in plain view to all who seek to use their gun range. Customers are required to read the policy and agree with it prior to using the range.
When AFLC Senior Counsel Robert Muise questioned Fatihah during his deposition about this policy, Fatihah had to admit that this was a legitimate policy. In fact, he admitted that it was the “responsible” thing to do:
Q: Do you have any objection to a gun range adopting a safety-conscious policy like that as indicated in Exhibit No. 18 [the gun range rules] that you just read?
HENDERSON: Objection.
A: Being a Muslim and understanding the current climate with regard to Islam, I think it’s problematic that the language on association with terrorism and I would question how they make the determination as to who is associated with terrorism and—
Q: Let me pause you. What if they relied on the government, the U.S. government, would that be appropriate?
HENDERSON: Objection.
A: If the United States government determined an organization was a terrorist organization, I think it would be responsible of them to follow that guidance.
Q: And how about if the government determined that they have ties to terrorist organizations?
HENDERSON: Objection.
A: If the government determined that an organization has ties to a terrorist organization, I think it would also be a responsible thing.
Q: To not allow them to shoot at the range?
A: Yes.
“Mr. Henderson” is one of the ACLU lawyers representing Fatihah in this lawsuit, and you can see by his constant “objections” to the questions that he saw this case unraveling.
As testified to by the Neal’s in response to a discovery request regarding how they enforce their “no terrorist” policy, the Neal’s stated:
“To enforce these provisions of our Gun Range Rules, we rely principally on information found in the public domain. This includes information from news sources, television, radio, and the Internet. With regard to Mr. Fatihah’s association with terrorist organizations, we learned from the Internet that he is a board member of CAIR-Oklahoma. We have produced, and included in our summary judgment filings, numerous documents from the public record connecting CAIR with terrorists, including documents from the Holy Land Foundation criminal trial where the presiding judge stated in his written opinion that the United States government ‘produced ample evidence to establish the associations of CAIR, ISNA and NAIT with HLF, the Islamic Association for Palestine (“IAP”), and with Hamas.’ We incorporate all these documents and exhibits into this response. Hamas is officially designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government. The United Arab Emirates, a U.S. ally, has officially designated CAIR a terrorist organization. We also produced information about a recent resolution from the Arkansas House of Representatives setting forth CAIR’s ties to terrorists.”
As the “Muslim-free” sign and the public memory of the Chattanooga terrorist attack faded with time, the Neal’s removed the “Muslim-free” sign on December 21, 2018. They replaced the original sign on occasion because it fades in the sun, and they kept it up and replaced it on occasion because Fatihah sued them. When asked about this decision in a discovery request, the Neal’s responded as follows:
“We believe that part of the agenda driving this lawsuit is to silence our right to free speech because Mr. Fatihah, CAIR, and the ACLU dislike our views on Islam. We refuse to be gagged, so we did not remove [the “Muslim-free” sign] while this case was proceeding to summary judgment. Our plan was to keep it up past a ruling on summary judgment, and then take it down on our terms, which we did.”
As we reported previously, on December 19, 2018, the presiding federal judge denied summary judgment, sending this case to trial.
In March of this year, following the New Zealand attack, the Neal’s posted the following two signs. This information was promptly provided to Fatihah’s lawyers. The first sign states:
THIS PRIVATELY OWNED BUSINESS IS A
TERRORIST FREE
ESTABLISHMENT!!!
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE FOR SAFETY!!!
THANK YOU!
The second sign states:
In case you were wondering (or had questions), “terrorist” includes the following:
al Qaeda
Antifa
CAIR
Hamas
Hezbollah
HLF
IAP
ISIS
ISNA
KKK
Muslim Brotherhood
NAIT
Neo-Nazis
Taliban
White Supremacist
If you support or are associated with any of these organizations, do not enter these doors!
Consequently, as was true in July 2015 as it is today, the Neal’s do not want their range to be used to train the next terrorist. As a result, the Neal’s will not permit anyone associated with terrorism, including anyone associated with CAIR, which includes Fatihah, to use their range. Nothing has changed.
AFLC Co-Founder and Senior Counsel David Yerushalmi commented:
“The law does not require a gun shop or gun range owner—owners of an inherently dangerous business—to equip or train the next jihadist. CAIR is a Muslim Brotherhood-Hamas front group, an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation criminal trial—the largest terrorism financing trial prosecuted to date—the FBI has severed all ties with CAIR, and the UAE has declared CAIR a terrorist organization. Consequently, our clients’ public safety concerns were entirely justified. Not only do our clients have a right to refuse to serve someone they believe to be a public safety risk, they have an obligation to their other customers, employees, and the community to do so. This type of litigation by CAIR and the ACLU weakens our local and national security. People should be outraged by their filing of this lawsuit.”
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That’s good news!
BRAVO YERUSHALMI AND MUISE
Sarrazin’s book “Hostile Takeover” is as green as the Prophet’s flag. The title is a
term from economic life. A hostile takeover is absolutely friendly. Someone takes
over the majority of a company on the stock market, replaces the supervisory board,
the supervisory board replaces the management board, after all, the company does
what the new owner wants. If it happens against the will of the company that it is taken
over, it is called a hostile takeover.This is exactly how political Islam proceeds in the West.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_Takeover:_How_Islam_Impedes_Progress_and_Threatens_Society
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeover#Hostile
Good. It’s way past time that the TERRORIST organization “CAIR” declared as such. AND, that Omar, Tlaib and Ocasio-Cortez be placed on the TERROR watch list right along with the rest of them.
Watch list my rear, mail their sorry anus home.
The USA does not need the first muslim.
Well, we had the first Muslim when LCLI voted in the Marxist Muslim “O”. However, I agree 100%. They should ALL be dropped out of an airplane over the ME somewhere. If they want a parachute, they can pack it themselves.
I don’t see this as a victory. All Muslims are a threat. Islam itself is the threat.
This is more lying to the public by government and litigation professionals, not a victory. Islam is criminal behavior–or maybe women and children literally mean NOTHING to our government and legal profession.
Got that right Tamara. And there is no such thing as a ‘moderate’ muslim.
You can still win battles while losing the war.
Islam is not a religion, it is a political system that regardless where it exists, spreads death and destruction to all infidels and dhimmis.
Islam is a 7th century death cult and will never be anything but that!
Appears sons of Hamas have studied well, Radical Left’s subversive play-book. Adopted successful civilian battle tactics: Learn from the seditious enemy of your enemy.
Nice avatar. You know Alex Steinweiss? I didn’t know it until now: “The
man who made the music world more colorful. Records were sold in
cardboard sleeves until 1940. Then the American Alex Steinweiss
had the idea of the century to illustrate the unadorned cardboard
boxes.” He had the idea of for Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon”
cover when he designed it for Beethoven’s 5th Piano Concerto in 1942.
https://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21288
https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/kultur/pop-und-jazz/der-mann-der-die-musikwelt-farbiger-machte/story/22031830
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Steinweiss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Thorgerson
Mazel Tov.
GOOD JOB……..
The planet earth should be a Muslim free zone.
What about Black Lives Matter? I didnt see them on the list.
CAIR needs to be banned ASAP. We have allowed them to work against American interests long enough.
It isn’t just CAIR.
The muz bro’hood and its affiliated front groups (so far known)
The identified MB fronts and the other, as-yet-unknown groups share an inherent enmity for the United States and the West. It follows that when any friendly entity – to include federal, state and local law enforcement or intelligence units in the United States, other public officials, media organizations and religious institutions – works with individuals representing a self-described “Muslim” group, there is the probability those with whom such outreach is being conducted and the group with whom it is being undertaken, are actually hostile to the United States.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s own Explanatory Memorandum identifies the following groups under the heading “a list of our organizations and the organizations of our friends”:
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)
Muslim Student Association (MSA)
The Muslim Communities Association (MCA)
The Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS)
The Association of Muslim Scientists and Engineers (AMSE)
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)*
The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)*
U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO)* – new in 2016
Islamic Medical Association (IMA)
Islamic Teaching Center (ITC)
North American Islamic Trust (NAIT)
Foundation for International Development (FID)
Islamic Housing Cooperative (IHC)
Islamic Centers Division (ICD)
American Trust Publications (ATP)
Audio-Visual Center (AVC)
Islamic Book Service (IBS)
Muslim Businessmen Association (MBA)
Muslim Youth of North America (MYNA)
ISNA Fiqh Committee (IFC)
ISNA Political Awareness Committee (IPAC)
Islamic Education Department (IED)
Muslim Arab Youth Association (MAYA)
Malasian (sic) Islamic Study Group (MISG)
Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP)
United Association for Studies and Research (UASR)
Occupied Land Fund (OLF)
Mercy International Association (MIA)
Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA)
Baitul Mal Inc (BMI)
International Institute for Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Islamic Information Center (IIC)
* Not established at that time in 1991 when the “Explanatory Memorandum” was adopted by the Muslim Brotherhood
To Know the Front Groups is to Know the Networks
The Team B report shows that the ties of such groups to the Muslim Brotherhood can nonetheless be readily established by the involvement in their founding and/or operations of individuals associated with other Ikhwan fronts.
In order to be considered by the Muslim Brotherhood to be one of “our organizations” or an “organization of our friends,” all of these entities had to have embraced the aforementioned Ikhwan creed: “Allah is our goal; the Messenger is our guide: the Koran is our law; Jihad is our means; and martyrdom in the way of Allah is our inspiration.”
As we have seen, the actualization of the Muslim Brotherhood creed demands the triumph of shariah globally and the re-establishing the caliphate on a global basis. This end-state will entail subordinating to shariah the governing system of non-Islamic nations like ours (and Muslim nations not currently adhering to Islamic law) and, in due course, the destruction of such alternatives.
*************************************************************************************
The above information taken from:
“Sharia: The Threat to America – Report of Team B II”
Produce by the Center for Security Policy
A short course – Part 16: Mapping the Muslim Brotherhood in America
Why didn’t the Oklahoma daily newspaper run this?
Crickets…
The Neal’s second sign listing terrorist groups – including CAIR – is glorious.
And yet, Fatihah and CAIR are still backing out of the lawsuit against the
Neal’s and their gun range. Plus notice that Fatihah makes no mention of that
second sign – when he gloats the Neal’s changed the first sign ‘Muslim Free
Zone’ to ‘Terrorist Free Zone’.
The Neal’s current two signs should be hung in every gun range in America.
You would be committing TREASON if you train the enemy. Demoncraps always, always, want YOU – the American, to commit treason along with them.
This was a total provocation set up perpetrated by CAIR (Council on American Islamic Rancor). Shooting ranges everywhere, including the one where I am a member here in TX, do NOT allow users to stroll about with a loaded weapon for reasons of safety.
All weapons must be unloaded and unpacked at the firing line prior to beginning your practice session.
We also have an unwritten code of knowing the background of those with whom we associate among the members. I knew one was a convicted felon for drugs, an automatic bar to gun possession or ownership, but he quit showing up before I had a chance to report him.
Be safe, be trained, be alert.
Sure wish AG Barr would reopen the holyland foundation terrorism case!
Islam is not a RELIGION, it is a CULT. It’s no different than Jim Jones, Charles Manson, Adolph Hitler, et al.
It’s not just CAIR.
The muz bro’hood and its affiliated front groups (so far known)
The identified MB fronts and the other, as-yet-unknown groups share an inherent enmity for the United States and the West. It follows that when any friendly entity – to include federal, state and local law enforcement or intelligence units in the United States, other public officials, media organizations and religious institutions – works with individuals representing a self-described “Muslim” group, there is the probability those with whom such outreach is being conducted and the group with whom it is being undertaken, are actually hostile to the United States.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s own Explanatory Memorandum identifies the following groups under the heading “a list of our organizations and the organizations of our friends”:
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)
Muslim Student Association (MSA)
The Muslim Communities Association (MCA)
The Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS)
The Association of Muslim Scientists and Engineers (AMSE)
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)*
The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)*
U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO)* – new in 2016
Islamic Medical Association (IMA)
Islamic Teaching Center (ITC)
North American Islamic Trust (NAIT)
Foundation for International Development (FID)
Islamic Housing Cooperative (IHC)
Islamic Centers Division (ICD)
American Trust Publications (ATP)
Audio-Visual Center (AVC)
Islamic Book Service (IBS)
Muslim Businessmen Association (MBA)
Muslim Youth of North America (MYNA)
ISNA Fiqh Committee (IFC)
ISNA Political Awareness Committee (IPAC)
Islamic Education Department (IED)
Muslim Arab Youth Association (MAYA)
Malasian (sic) Islamic Study Group (MISG)
Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP)
United Association for Studies and Research (UASR)
Occupied Land Fund (OLF)
Mercy International Association (MIA)
Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA)
Baitul Mal Inc (BMI)
International Institute for Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Islamic Information Center (IIC)
* Not established at that time in 1991 when the “Explanatory Memorandum” was adopted by the Muslim Brotherhood
To Know the Front Groups is to Know the Networks
The Team B report shows that the ties of such groups to the Muslim Brotherhood can nonetheless be readily established by the involvement in their founding and/or operations of individuals associated with other Ikhwan fronts.
In order to be considered by the Muslim Brotherhood to be one of “our organizations” or an “organization of our friends,” all of these entities had to have embraced the aforementioned Ikhwan creed: “Allah is our goal; the Messenger is our guide: the Koran is our law; Jihad is our means; and martyrdom in the way of Allah is our inspiration.”
As we have seen, the actualization of the Muslim Brotherhood creed demands the triumph of shariah globally and the re-establishing the caliphate on a global basis. This end-state will entail subordinating to shariah the governing system of non-Islamic nations like ours (and Muslim nations not currently adhering to Islamic law) and, in due course, the destruction of such alternatives.
*************************************************************************************
The above information taken from:
“Sharia: The Threat to America – Report of Team B II”
Produce by the Center for Security Policy
A short course – Part 16: Mapping the Muslim Brotherhood in America
You’re very welcome. Pass it along to all who may not know about the tangled web of the muz bro’hood. Also, this:
From “An Explanatory Memorandum” – Muslim Brotherhood:
“The Ikhwan [Muslim Brotherhood] must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and Allah’s religion is made victorious over all other religions…”
To Pamela and my friends on her site:
I just posted the following on BB because the discussion was about all of us being called Islamaphobes……BB instantly shut me down for monitoring…..they are doing that a lot lately.
“Fear of people who invade, kill, and destroy is actually a sign of real sanity…..it’s called self-preservation….God instilled it in us….that’s why he gave us instant adrenaline when we go into self protection mode…without it, we could not act and defend ourselves quick enough.”
Anyone have a clue why BB stopped this comment?