CAIR Leader Arrested in Major Child Sex Trafficking Ring Bust

 

by  Mark Tapso

“These are very dangerous people and they are after our children." 

WND.com reports that more than 100 people, including the Orlando leader of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), were arrested in a two-county Florida sex-sting operation, many of whom were allegedly trying to have sex with children.

“These are very dangerous people and they are after our children,” said Grady Judd of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. The Office  released the following in a statement:

The first week of the operation targeted adults who were looking for sex with a child. During this phase, the detectives posed as either a child or a parent of a child as they were solicited by those interested in sexual activity with the child. As this phase progressed, 22 individuals were arrested after traveling to the location to have sex with who they believed to be a child, two of whom were already registered sex offenders. The age range for the target child was 10-14 years old in these cases.

Among those 22 arrested was Ahmad Saleem, a Muslim youth coordinator and the Orlando coordinator for CAIR. “He’s well-known as a community outreach leader interacting with teens in and around the Orlando area,” said Judd. The car Saleem traveled in had a license plate that said, “Invest in children."

Saleem is the founder of the Saleem Academy, an organization “empowering Muslim youth globally.” A note posted at the Academy website Tuesday read, “Closed. May God bless you, guide you, and illuminate the right path for you, and keep you firm on it. Keep me in your prayers.”
In addition to the 22 arrested, 79 others were arrested on charges connected to prostitution. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office statement continued:

 During the second week of the operation, detectives targeted those involved in crimes related to prostitution. As this portion of the operation progressed, 79 individuals were arrested on charges related to prostitution. Some of those arrested in this phase were also in possession of drugs and were therefore charged accordingly.”

Many of those arrested had jobs working with children, WND.com noted, including theme-park workers at Universal Orlando and SeaWorld, and a former Walt Disney World cast member who left the job before his arrest. SeaWorld said the men charged were no longer employed at the theme park.

 H/t Pamela Geller