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| Zaghra Billoo |
It is a peculiarity of our age that those who claim the mantle of civil rights can so gleefully revel in the suffering of others. Yet here we are, confronted with the grotesque spectacle of Muslima, Zahra Billoo, executive director of the San Francisco branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and a member of California’s Civil Liberties Program, celebrating the cancer diagnosis of former President Joe Biden as “God’s wrath” for his stance on Israel’s war against Hamas.
Don't you love it when people speak for the Creator of the Universe?
Not content with this venomous outburst, Billoo expressed her fervent hope that President Donald Trump’s “time will come too.” One might pause to wonder what sort of moral compass guides a person to pray that Biden’s cancer be “as aggressive” as Israel’s military campaign against a terrorist group. The answer, it seems, is one forged in the crucible of anti-Israel, Jew hatred.
Billoo’s words, dripping with malice, are not an isolated lapse. They reflect a broader pattern of inflammatory rhetoric from CAIR, an organization that has long flirted with sympathies for terrorist causes.
The spotlight now falls on failed Governor Gavin Newsom, whose office appoints members to this increasingly farcical Civil Liberties Program. Appointed in 2018 by Newsom’s predecessor, Jerry Brown, Billoo remains on the panel, despite its apparent dormancy due to a lack of funding. One might ask why Newsom, a man who fancies himself a champion of progressive virtue and a 2028 presidential contender, has not seen fit to distance himself from an organization so steeped in extremism. His administration’s cozy relationship with CAIR raises uncomfortable questions.
Worse still, Newsom’s administration has funneled millions in state grants under an anti-terrorism program to mosques and Islamic groups that have openly cheered Hamas and called for Israel’s annihilation. The Islamic Center of San Diego, linked to two 9/11 hijackers and led by an imam who deemed Hamas’s attack “justified,” received $500,000 of California taxpayers’ money.
The broader anti-Israel chorus has not been shy in joining Billoo’s grim jubilation. Shaun King, once a surrogate for Bernie Sanders, branded Biden a “genocidal monster” and wished for his “final days” to be painful.
Newsom’s silence on Billoo’s remarks is deafening and disturbing.
Billoo’s words, dripping with malice, are not an isolated lapse. They reflect a broader pattern of inflammatory rhetoric from CAIR, an organization that has long flirted with sympathies for terrorist causes.
Last year, Billoo mourned the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, declaring that “his martyrdom is not in vain.” CAIR’s director, Nihad Awad, went further, proclaiming himself “happy to see” Hamas’s barbaric October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which left 1,200 civilians dead.
This is the intellectual company Billoo keeps, and it is under this banner that she serves on a California state panel tasked with providing “insight and expertise in ongoing civil liberties and civil rights issues.” The irony is as thick as it is nauseating.
The spotlight now falls on failed Governor Gavin Newsom, whose office appoints members to this increasingly farcical Civil Liberties Program. Appointed in 2018 by Newsom’s predecessor, Jerry Brown, Billoo remains on the panel, despite its apparent dormancy due to a lack of funding. One might ask why Newsom, a man who fancies himself a champion of progressive virtue and a 2028 presidential contender, has not seen fit to distance himself from an organization so steeped in extremism. His administration’s cozy relationship with CAIR raises uncomfortable questions.
Just days after Hamas’s slaughter of Israeli civilians, Newsom’s office quoted CAIR’s Hussam Ayloush in a press release announcing security grants for houses of worship. In January 2024, Newsom met with Ayloush and other CAIR leaders, mere weeks before calling for an Israeli ceasefire in Gaza. Actions, as ever, speak louder than words.
Worse still, Newsom’s administration has funneled millions in state grants under an anti-terrorism program to mosques and Islamic groups that have openly cheered Hamas and called for Israel’s annihilation. The Islamic Center of San Diego, linked to two 9/11 hijackers and led by an imam who deemed Hamas’s attack “justified,” received $500,000 of California taxpayers’ money.
This is not oversight; it is complicity dressed up as compassion. And Newsom seems to want to run for President in 2028.
The broader anti-Israel chorus has not been shy in joining Billoo’s grim jubilation. Shaun King, once a surrogate for Bernie Sanders, branded Biden a “genocidal monster” and wished for his “final days” to be painful.
Taylor Lorenz, idiot 'reporter' formerly of The Washington Post, offered her own contribution to this festival of spite, hoping Biden “rots in hell and rests in piss.” Such is the state of discourse among those who claim to speak for justice, while doing all they can to get their butts into the spotlight.
Newsom’s silence on Billoo’s remarks is deafening and disturbing.
If he is to maintain any pretense of supporting Israel in its existential fight against Hamas, he must reckon with the company he keeps. To allow individuals like Billoo to hold positions of influence while spewing such venom is to undermine the very principles of civility and reason that California’s Civil Liberties Program claims to uphold.
One wonders how long this charade can persist before the governor is forced to confront the rot within his own administration. For now, the world watches, and the question lingers: what does it say about a society when those tasked with defending its liberties cheer the afflictions of its leaders?
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