A controversial Muslim lobby group tied to a major terrorist-financing scheme is attempting to file a third amended complaint in its lawsuit against a father and son who documented the group’s links to worldwide jihad through a six-month undercover operation.
The new proposed complaint asks federal Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to add as a defendant lawyer David Yerushalmi, a prominent advocate of efforts to curb the influence of Islamic law in the U.S.
In the latest proposed complaint, CAIR argues Yerushalmi and his group, Society of Americans for National Existence, should be included in the suit based on the discovery of new information. The Islamic group contends Yerushalmi guided the Gaubatzes efforts to get inside information from CAIR, entering into written agreements “that evince a conspiracy to commit fraud and misappropriation.
CAIR’s Minnesota chapter declared victory Monday when a Minnesota lawmaker dropped an anti-Shariah bill based on legislative language crafted by Yerushalmi. The proposal was dropped after CAIR held a news conference earlier in the day to “challenge the threat to religious freedom posed by the bill.” CAIR’s national office released a “community toolkit” last week that includes background on Yerushalmi.
CAIR Minnesota’s news release called Yerushalmi “the anti-Islam extremist who authored the template for the anti-Sharia bills.”
Yerushalmi’s attorney, Robert Muise, told WND that CAIR will “have an uphill battle to amend the pleadings for yet a third time” and add Yerushalmi’s name.
“These claims are without merit, and we’re going to continue to fight them, including fighting their effort to even name David as a defendant in this case,” Muise said.
Muise noted he already has a pending motion to dismiss filed with Judge Kollar-Kotelly, “and we’re not to far off from filing a motion for summary judgment as well.”
Already named in the complaint along with the Gaubatzes are the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Security Policy and three of its employees, Christine Brim, Adam Savit and Sarah Pavlis. Continue reading.  h/t Avram.