Jasser began criticizing American Muslim organizations including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Islamic Society of North America, the North American Imams Federation, the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America, Muslim Students' Association, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, the Muslim American Society, the Islamic Circle of North America, and the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, because he sees them as Islamist, meaning they support a mixing of Islam and politics.[3] He has been especially critical of CAIR, a Muslim American civil rights group that, according to Jasser, is focused on "victimology" and does not adequately condemn the goals of the terrorist groups.[3][14] A CAIR official has responded, "[W]ith these people, nothing we would do would satisfy them"[14] and going so far as to claim that Zuhdi is "a mere sock puppet for Islam haters."[24]