Arab-American comedian Dean Obeidallah poked fun at the book , writing on October 14 , 2009 , in The Huffington Post that " a ' Muslim Mafia ' does sound cool on some level . Americans love mafia shows , so this ' Muslim Mafia ' could inspire the first show on US TV to star Muslims . Or maybe I like the term ' Muslim Mafia ' so much because my father is Muslim and my mom is Sicilian . With this pedigree , I 'm a for a top position in the ' Muslim Mafia . ' " A highly critical opinion piece in Dubai 's '' Khaleej Times '' opined that the book 's " attack " on Muslim Congressional interns and CAIR was " probably more politically significant " than the Fort Hood shooting . " Bahrain 's '' Gulf Daily News '' called the book " extremely biased " . The '' TPMMuckraker '' also reported on the book and its reception , quoting Suhail Khan , the Fellow for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Institute for Global Engagement , as saying : " Some perfectly well-meaning members &mdash; Myrick , Shadegg , Broun , and Franks , who I 've met and are good people &mdash; have been really duped by this Gaubatz character . " In November 2009 the book received further attention when federal judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered several of the book 's source documents removed from Gaubatz 's website , after CAIR brought a federal civil lawsuit against Gaubatz and his son ( who had obtained the documents as a CAIR intern ) for stealing the documents . U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly concluded that the Gaubatzs " unlawfully obtained access to , and have already caused repeated public disclosure of , material containing CAIR 's proprietary , confidential and privileged information , " which CAIR says included names , addresses , telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of CAIR employees and donors . As a result , the judge ordered Gaubatz to remove certain documents from his website . Judge Kollar-Kotelly also said that CAIR 's employees reported a dramatic increase in the number of threats by email , letter , or phone by since the release of Gaubatz 's book
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