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U.S. Muslim Group Calls for Plan Within Community to Fight Terrorism
AP ^ | May 28, 2004

Posted on 05/28/2004 8:19:23 PM PDT by nuconvert

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To: nuconvert

This was done this Friday? Shoulda been done 9/12. And that might make me respect them about 1% more than I would've otherwise.

At this point, it's useless.


21 posted on 05/28/2004 10:23:53 PM PDT by Monty22
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To: MEG33
This is a good beginning..now CAIR should also encourage the same sort of cooperation.

As soon as they kick Ibrahim Hooper out of their organization and tell him to
never darken their door...maybe I'll listen to CAIR.

(Hooper admitted that he hoped that the USA would eventually be under Shari'a
law...this I heard with my own ears.)
22 posted on 05/28/2004 10:28:06 PM PDT by VOA
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To: MarineDad

Protect there faith?
I-S-L-A-M The So called Religion of Peace? the faith that permits the abuse of women, the religion that wants to destroy Israel that denys the divinity of Jesus, a religion that believes suicide bombers are rewarded with a harem of virgins? Sure they can be trusted....


23 posted on 05/28/2004 10:28:58 PM PDT by missyme
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To: no dems
Who are the Arab-Americans

Those would be Arab-Americans who are "Christian Arab-Americans".

In other words, Christians who have left the Middle East with hopes of escaping
the monsters who have either killed or subjgated them since the first
Crusade, er, Jihad by the Muslims to take the Holy Land.
24 posted on 05/28/2004 10:30:31 PM PDT by VOA
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To: nuconvert
Well, contrary to the inflamatory rhetoric of some, it looks like not ALL Muslims support terrorism.
25 posted on 05/28/2004 10:33:25 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: nuconvert
"We have so much at stake ... protecting our faith and our country," he [Maher Mathout, senior adviser to the Muslim Public Affairs Council] said.

"God forbid something terrible happens in America, the number one losers will be the Muslims."

Translation:

It won't be 'Duck Season' OR 'Rabbit Season.'

26 posted on 05/28/2004 10:35:12 PM PDT by F16Fighter
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To: Jorge

The point is there faith ISLAM is leading them like sheep running to the end of the cliff and then falling off.


27 posted on 05/28/2004 10:38:29 PM PDT by missyme
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To: TheLion

They raise their buttocks heavenward..


28 posted on 05/29/2004 12:21:52 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: nuconvert

Thanks for this encouraging post, nuconvert.


29 posted on 05/29/2004 4:22:12 AM PDT by solzhenitsyn ("Live Not By Lies")
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To: MarineDad

This "community" has a LOT of catching up to do, as far as I'm concerned.

You're right to be skeptical, but you should also inform yourself.
(no flame intended)

July/August 1999
http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0799/9907021.html
Special Report

Dispute Between Kabbani Followers and Hosts Disrupts Forum at Islamic Center of Southern California

A landmark meeting at the Islamic Center of Southern California that featured a State Department ambassador-at-large speaking on international religious freedom ended on a sour note June 8 when members of the Islamic Supreme Council of America disrupted closing comments of Dr. Maher Hathout, the center’s spokesman.

More than 200 Muslims and representatives of the Christian and Jewish communities stared in disbelief as the ISCA dissenters shouted “dictator” at Dr. Hathout. They noisily refused to leave but did sit down when security officers asked them to.
(snip)
The controversy centers around Sheikh Hisham Kabbani, a Lebanon-born religious leader who has been in the U.S. for the past nine years championing his international Naqshbandi order of Sufism. The Los Angeles Times published a lengthy profile on Kabbani on April 15 stating he has converted hundreds of inner city African Americans to his fold. Other reported supporters include his uncle, the grand mufti of Lebanon, the president of Chechnya, the Sultan of Brunei (one of the wealthiest men in the world), and O.J. Simpson.

To all appearances, the 54-year-old Sheikh Kabbani sees himself as the catalyst for making his brand of Islam the dominant Muslim force in the U.S. However, most American Muslim organizations see dangerous divisiveness in his message. Kabbani gained the enmity of nearly every Muslim group in the U.S. on Jan. 7 when he delivered a speech to a State Department open forum.

In essence, the white-bearded Sufi charged that the “ideology of extremism has been spread to 80 percent of the [American] Muslim population.” He claimed the foremost Muslim student organization was directed by extremists and hinted that alleged terrorist Osama bin Laden was buying nuclear devices from the Russian mafia which could then fall into the hands of radical Muslim students in the U.S.


30 posted on 05/29/2004 8:19:52 AM PDT by Valin (Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)
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To: Valin

Thanks for the interesting sidenote, friend, but if it's all the same to you, I'll hold on to my "health skepticism" for just a while longer.


31 posted on 05/29/2004 8:24:11 AM PDT by MarineDad (So what's the big deal? Allah wears panties on his head, too...but you don't hear HIM complaining.)
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To: MarineDad

Nothing wrong with "healthy skepticism". The problem I(and some others here) have is so many people have given in to an unhealthy skepticism. Anything good/positive about fighting the terrorists/radicals is flamed as a lie. Then the same people complain that there are no Muslims that fight against the terrorists/radicals.


Re your tagline: I think I hurt myself laughing.


32 posted on 05/29/2004 9:38:29 AM PDT by Valin (Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)
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To: Monty22

You complain when muslims Don't speak out against terrorism....you complain when they Do.


33 posted on 05/29/2004 9:45:25 AM PDT by nuconvert ("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
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To: Gator113

Just another shell game. Played for over a thousand years in the east, but just introduced to the west.


34 posted on 05/29/2004 9:47:45 AM PDT by Iberian
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To: Major_Risktaker

This is garbage, just a shell game. The only solutions to dealing with these scumm bags is to have Oracle build a huge data base to track all their movements, if need be body movements as well.

One thing is for sure, they will never tell the truth.


35 posted on 05/29/2004 9:53:13 AM PDT by Iberian
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Well I'm sure you will all hate this post but that's ok. Your bigotry is showing. These people are trying to do something worthwhile to fight the war on terror. Perhaps you should consider giving them some praise for doing the right thing instead of beating them up because some are the enemy. What is the difference between your attitude toward them and the attitude that all American soldiers are bad because a few were guilty of misteating prisoners. After you get finished condeming these people for trying to fight the war on terror, tonight when you look that fellow in the mirror ask him what he did today to fight the war on terror.


36 posted on 05/29/2004 10:33:58 AM PDT by armymarinedad (Proud father of death from above)
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To: nuconvert

You're right. I hate mooselimbs.


37 posted on 05/29/2004 11:47:01 AM PDT by Monty22
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