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The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations asked the Internal Revenue Service Tuesday to investigate whether the nonprofit Clarion Fund has violated laws governing its tax-exempt status by distributing in September 28 million DVDs called “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West,” as newspaper advertising supplements and via direct mail.
CAIR, which calls the film anti-Muslim hate speech, said in its letter to the IRS that DVD is an obvious attempt to intervene in the 2008 presidential election in support of Republican John McCain. The Clarion Fund denies any attempt to influence the election and and says the DVD is being distributed to educate Americans about national security.
