As The 'C.A.I.R.' Turns, Pt. 1

As promised, Holger Awakens starts a series today of expose's on C.A.I.R. No, that isn't the "Council Assault on Inflight Resources" but rather, a cheap and adulterated version of a group of islamists pretending to be a bridge. They are no bridge. They are a raging river of hate and deception.

From the C.A.I.R. website, the Chairman of the National Board of Directors of CAIR is:

Parvez Ahmed/Chairman
Dr. Parvez Ahmed is the Chairman of the Board for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Dr. Ahmed is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. He is an active researcher whose articles have been published in leading finance journals such as The Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Management, Journal of Portfolio Management etc. He recently authored a book on Mutual Funds titled Mutual Funds – Fifty Years of Academic Research.

Now, that all looks pretty respectable and innocent doesn't it?

Let's dig a little deeper into C.A.I.R. Chairman Ahmed....

Here's is Parvez Ahmed's Educational and Work History:

My alma mater:
University of Texas at Arlington 1992-1996 Ph.D. (Finance)

Temple University 1988-1990 M.B.A. (Finance)

Aligarh Muslim University 1982-1987 B.S. (Mechanical Engineering)


Teaching Experience:

University of North Florida
Assistant Professor

Penn State University, The Capital College
Assistant Professor

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Assistant Professor

University of Texas at Arlington
Graduate Teaching Assistant and Assistant Instructor

Managerial Experience:
Kensington Hospital, Philadelphia, PA Assistant Administrator (Finance)

Now, let's point out two "coincidences" involved in Chairman Parvez' past. Remember, this is the top dog in an organization that claims to be only interested in bettering the relations between American muslims and the rest of American society. And although C.A.I.R. has yet to, as an organization, denounce any single act of islamic terrorism in the World, they still claim no ties to terrorism.

Coincidence #1:

Notice that Parvez Ahmed graduated from Aligarh Muslim University and he began attending classes there in 1982. Now, here's one account of what was transpiring at Aligarh Muslim University in India at that time:

Two such groups which the ISI is today using are LeT and HuJI, both have abiding linkages with al Qaida. Of the several Indian groups which the Pakistani agency has tapped, the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), banned in several States, is the most resourceful. Almost all the recent arrested terrorists and their sympathizers have links with SIMI, an organization set up in the late ’70s in Aligarh Muslim University to counter the rising Hindu chauvinism, represented in large measure by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its various off-shoots. SIMI had begun as a student wing of Jamat-e-Islami, a moderate religious organization, but under the influence of Wahabbis (Saudi Arabia, the source of generous funds), the group adopted an extremist ideology and broke away from the parent organization. Today its icon is Osama bin Laden. Before its ban, the group had an active membership of 10,000 in different parts of India, particularly Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Kerala, Gujarat.

Coincidence #2:

Notice that Ahmed's degree coming out of Aligahr Muslim University in India is in Mechanical Engineering. However, when he enrolls the next year at Temple University, his entire Academia changes to "Finance" and thus receives an M.B.A. in Finance. Mechanical engineering one day, Finance the next. Hmmm. Interesting.

Check back to see more of C.A.I.R.'s officials, "up close and personal." Rumor has it a reporter from the Twin Cities by the name of "Doug" is on deck.