Behavior like that just might have something to do with how they·lost their status. In fact, people might even think they're acting like they have something to hide.
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Nah, only Islamophobes put two and two together and get something other than "5." "CAIR stonewalls after·IRS·revokes status," from·World Net Daily, July 2 (thanks to Kenneth):
In the wake of loss of its tax-exempt status, the Council on American-Islamic Relations is refusing to comply with·IRS·rules requiring public disclosure of its annual tax disclosure forms.
Two news agencies that asked for the forms were brushed off.
The·IRS·states a tax-exempt organization must make available "for public inspection and copying" its exemption application and its annual return, including Form 990.
The nonprofit-organization monitor GuideStar, which provides online access to the annual returns of nonprofits, states under its listing for·CAIR's national organization that the Muslim group's·"exempt status was automatically revoked by the·IRS·for failure to file a Form 990, 990-EZ, 990-N, or 990-PF for 3 consecutive years."
"Further investigation and due diligence are warranted," the GuideStar notice about·CAIR·says.
The Tennessean newspaper's Washington bureau reporter asked for the documentation Tuesday at·CAIR's Washington,·D.C.,·office three blocks from the·U.S.·Capitol.
The reporter was told she should come back the next day, because·CAIR's executive director, Nihad Awad, was in a meeting.
The newspaper did not send its reporter to follow up, explaining it was clear that·CAIR·did not have the documents.
The·D.C.-based Web newssite Politico also tried unsuccessfully to see the annual returns.
Politico said a·CAIR·attorney initially said the organization's appearance on the·IRS·list referred to a defunct arm of the organization, insisting·CAIR·and the·CAIR·Foundation were unaffected.
The GuideStar listing for·CAIR·Foundation Inc., however, states that the group's tax exempt status has been revoked, and the section that lists annual returns is blank.
WND·reported in January 2010 that·CAIR's national office had failed to file financial records since 2007 as required by federal law.
CAIR·told Politico the·IRS·was to blame but could not produce the Form 990 disclosure forms for 2007 through 2010 when requested.
"We are looking into all of these issues and are working with the·IRS·to clear things up," CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper told Politico. "CAIR was clearly not targeted or singled [sic] in any way by the·IRS."
The·IRS·revocation of·CAIR's non-profit status prompted Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., to ask the·IRS·to investigate whether·CAIR·has "illegally received or solicited funds from foreign governments or agents."
Wolf said in a letter to·IRS·Commissioner Douglas Shulman that he wants to resolve the question of whether foreign and potentially hostile governments have funded·CAIR.
The move by the·IRS·followed an expose published by·WND·Books that revealed the violations by·CAIR,·triggering a federal investigation and audit.
CAIR,·which was named an unindicted co-conspirator in a major terror-funding case,·has filed a lawsuit to stop dissemination of internal papers that document its ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and international jihad.
Many of the papers were cited in "Muslim Mafia."
The book recounts how·FBI·wiretap evidence from the terror-finance case showed·CAIR·Executive Director Awad was at an October 1993 meeting of Hamas leaders and activists in Philadelphia that gave birth to·CAIR·as an organization designed to give a "media twinkle" to the Muslim leaders' agenda of supporting violent jihad abroad while slowly institutionalizing Islamic law at home.
Numerous·CAIR·leaders have been prosecuted for terrorism or shown to be connected....
ROBERT SPENCER is the director of Jihad Watch, a program of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and the author of ten books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) (both Regnery). He is coauthor, with Pamela Geller, of The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War On America (Threshold Editions/Simon & Schuster). His next book, Did Muhammad Exist?, is scheduled to be published by ISI Books in Spring 2012.
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