Muslim group seeks federal inquiry into Obsession' DVD

Muslim group seeks federal inquiry into Obsession' DVD

WASHINGTON — The Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission over the distribution of a DVD containing the film Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West.

An estimated 28 million copies of the 60-minute video were delivered as paid advertisements included in newspapers, including The Blade. The ads were paid for by the Clarion Fund.

United Muslim Association of Toledo press conference

CAIR said in a news release that it wants the FEC to investigate whether the nonprofit Clarion Fund's intent was to gain votes for Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

'It appears that the funding for the production, marketing, and distribution of Obsession may have originated from Israel-based Aish HaTorah International,' CAIR said.

Nihad Awad, CAIR's executive director, said that 'American voters deserve to know whether they are the targets of a multi-million-dollar campaign funded and directed by a foreign group seeking to whip up anti-Muslim hysteria as a w

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