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Its Michigan state director still considers a Detroit imam who preached jihad and violence against law enforcement to be a peaceful man. The FBI doesn't consider the organization to be an appropriate liaison partner because of documented links between its founders and the terrorist group Hamas.
But a Department of Homeland Security program Thursday in Dearborn, "Countering Violent Extremism," prominently featured the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
"We welcome opportunities to engage the Department of Homeland Security to discuss ways to make America safer while addressing concerns about 'profiling' of American Muslims," CAIR-MI Executive Director Dawud Walid said in a statement. "We believe that such working groups should be comprehensive in scope at the community level to address all potential extremist threats to our nation."