CAIR's influences

Group Advocating for Muslims in U.S. Gets More Scrutiny
Neil MacFarquhar

Critics accuse CAIR [Council on American-Islamic Relations] of pursuing an extreme Islamist political agenda and say at least five figures with ties to the group or its leadership have either been convicted or deported for links to terrorist groups.

Some Muslims, particularly the secular, find CAIR overly influenced by Saudi religious interpretations, criticizing it for stating in news releases, for example, that all Muslim women are required to veil their hair.
(New York Times)