Palestinians Called 'Filthy Animals' on MSNBC's 'Imus'; CAIR Calls For Apology

usnewswire ^ | 11/18/04

[finnman69]

To: National Desk

Contact: Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726 or ihooper@cair-net.org, Rabiah Ahmed, 202-488-8787 or 202-439-1441 or rahmed@cair-net.org, both of the Council on American-Islamic Relations

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called for an apology from the MSNBC cable television network over comments on its "Imus in the Morning" program that referred to Palestinians as "filthy animals" and suggested that they all be killed.

The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) also urged that the program's host, Don Imus, be reprimanded for failing to challenge his colleagues' inflammatory remarks. CAIR, which says it received numerous complaints about the comments, quoted a transcript of Imus' November 12th program in which he and his on-air colleagues engaged in the following discussion about live coverage of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's funeral:

DON IMUS: They're (the Palestinians) eating dirt and that fat pig wife of his is living in Paris.

COLLEAGUE: They're all brainwashed, though. That's what it is. And they're stupid, to begin with, but they're brainwashed now. Stinking animals. They ought to drop the bomb right there, kill 'em all right now...

IMUS: Well, the problem is we have (reporter) Andrea (Mitchell) there; we don't want anything to happen to her.

COLLEAGUE: Oh, she's got to get out. Andrea, get out and then drop the bomb and kill everybody...

COLLEAGUE: Look at this. Animals. Animals!

In a letter to MSNBC President Neal Shapiro, CAIR stated: "We are firm defenders of the First Amendment, but these hate-filled and racist remarks can only serve to legitimize anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bigotry in our society and could lead to further discrimination against members of the Islamic and Arab-American communities." (CAIR also filed a complaint with the FCC because "Imus in the Morning" is a nationally-syndicated radio program.)

This is not the first time Imus has been involved in a controversy over anti-Arab and Islamophobic remarks. As early as 1985, he was forced to apologize for referring to Arabs as "goat- humping weasels." (Sunday Mail, 4/21/85) He has also been criticized for using the derogatory term "raghead." (Accuracy in Media) In a reference to the crash of an Iranian airliner earlier this year that killed 43 passengers, Imus said, "When I hear stories like that, I think who cares." He then stated: "Too bad it wasn't full of Saudi Arabians." (National Iranian American Council)

Earlier this year, CAIR announced a campaign called "Hate Hurts America" designed to counter hate speech on talk radio. SEE: http://www.cair-net.org/hatehurtsamerica/

CAIR, America's largest Muslim civil liberties group, is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has 29 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

NOTE: CAIR offers an e-mail list designed to be a journalist's window to the American Muslim community. To SUBSCRIBE to ISLAM- INFONET, go to: http://cair.biglist.com/islam-infonet/

[finnman69]

hat tip to LGF http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=13652_CAIR_Goes_After_Don_Imus

[finnman69]

and he did it again..LOL, that's what you get for supporting Kerry.

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=39989

MSNBC 'Imus' Segment Refers to 'Raghead Cadaver';Islamic Advocacy Group Renews Demand for Apology, Reprimand

11/19/2004 12:28:00 PM

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To: National Desk

Contact: Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair-net.org, Rabiah Ahmed, 202-488-8787 or 202-439-1441, rahmed@cair-net.org, both of the Council on American-Islamic Relations

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Council on American- Islamic Relations (CAIR) is once again demanding an apology from the MSNBC cable television network for anti-Arab/anti-Muslim remarks made on its "Imus in the Morning" program.

In a segment today commenting on the apparent execution of a wounded Iraqi in Fallujah by a U.S. Marine, a fictitious "Senior Military Affairs Advisor" to the program justified the killing by referring to a "booby-trapped raghead cadaver." The fictitious advisor also said the killing provided an "Al-Jazeera moment" causing the "Muslim masses to respond with their routine pack of rabid sheep mentality."

Yesterday, CAIR issued a similar call for an apology for a Nov. 12th "Imus" program that referred to Palestinians as "stinking animals" and suggested that they all be killed.

SEE: Palestinians Called 'Stinking Animals' on MSNBC's 'Imus' http://www.cair-net.org/asp/article.asp?id=1331&page=NR

"We thank all those who already contacted the network to express their concerns about the racist remarks and ask that they keep up the pressure until those concerns are properly addressed," said CAIR executive director Nihad Awad.

Don Imus, the program's host, has a long history of controversy over anti-Arab and Islamophobic remarks. As early as 1985, he was forced to apologize for referring to Arabs as "goat-humping weasels." (Sunday Mail, 4/21/85) He has also been criticized for using the derogatory term "raghead." (Accuracy in Media) In a reference to the crash of an Iranian airliner earlier this year that killed 43 passengers, Imus said, "When I hear stories like that, I think who cares." He then stated: "Too bad it wasn't full of Saudi Arabians." (National Iranian American Council)

Earlier this year, CAIR announced a "Hate Hurts America" campaign designed to counter hate speech on talk radio.

SEE: http://www.cair-net.org/hatehurtsamerica/

CAIR, America's largest Muslim civil liberties group, is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has 29 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

NOTE: CAIR offers an e-mail list designed to be a journalist's window to the American Muslim community. To SUBSCRIBE to ISLAM- INFONET, go to: http://cair.biglist.com/islam-infonet/

[pissant]

You don't spout stuff like this on the air, if you want to keep your license.

[Kerfuffle]

So who exactly is the "colleague" who actually said this?

[odoso]

I can't believe I'm going to say this... MSNBC, don't retract a single letter!

To the islamic activists: Get the F out of my country!

[finnman69]

Of all the things to nail Imus on, it's sort of sad they go after him for this.

[rogue yam]

Wait till PETA hears about this! Ol' Imus is gonna be trapped in a vise!

[LizardQueen]

I watched that broadcast, and I'll admit to laughing my head off. The crowning comment was when his sidekick referred to Arafat as "Stinky Pete". Imus also said once that "it looks like they're burying him in a junkyard".

LQ

[js1138]

Imus seems to be a stopped clock.

[Moleman]

"Goat humping weasels" ROFLOL!

[Legion04]

First Amendment= no apology required.

[TexasTaysor]

serve to legitimize anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bigotry in our society and could lead to further discrimination against members of the Islamic and Arab-American communities

Too late

[MrLee]

I agree with you!!

[RolandBurnam]

sounds pretty true to me... suicide bombing children, they are worse than animals.

[BigSkyFreeper]

With the way Imus derides people just to get ratings, you expect Imus to say things like that on the radio.

[AirForceMom]

I guess I'm not too charitable...........I think this is hilarious. Sorry I missed it live.

[thoughtomator]

Muslims, especially CAIR types, call Jews pigs and monkeys all the time. Where's the CAIR demand for an apology for that?

[Tempest]

Poor taste on Imus's part, and he should issue an apology as a public speaker. But then again there is that annoying little freedom of speech thing. . .

[Brad's Gramma]

"You don't spout stuff like this on the air, if you want to keep your license."


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1284028/posts

Unless you're putting Condi down, that is.....

[KC_Conspirator]

I don't think he needs to apologize at all.

[ClintonBeGone]

Was the COLLEAGUE Sid?

[BillyCrockett]

He's just living up to his name of "I'm Ass" in the Morning.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Already posted

[ClintonBeGone]

You don't spout stuff like this on the air, if you want to keep your license.

Imus will just pick up and move to Sirrus/XM radio like Stern.

[JackRyanCIA]

[KevinDavis]

Well he should apologize to the animals..

[RichInOC]

Truth is an absolute defense against the charge of libel.

[SF Republican]

They should apologize, the statement is totally unfair to animals

[CaptainAwesome2]

good point. calling the palestinians animals is an insult to animals. PETA should get involved.

[ClintonBeGone]

Imus also said once that "it looks like they're burying him in a junkyard".

That follows his determination to prove that Arafat was really Red Foxx of Sanford & Son.

[Dalite]

Sounds like Benard; at his best

[Looking4Truth]

Hey CAIR, STFU! You've got more to worry about than someone exercising thier GOD given First Amendment rights.

This 'infidel' will kill any muslim scum that does some of their cowardly, hiding-behind-women-and-children violence in my town. Count on it.

Get your goat-humping cult out of my country!

[Our man in washington]

I'm thinking of starting an organization to encourage discrimination against the Islamicists. I'm thinking of call it "Islamicist Discrimination is Okay Now. They Cheered After Innocents were Roasted." (I.D.O.N.T.C.A.I.R.)

[small_l_libertarian]

I laughed like crazy at that show, too. Some high points:

1) Stinky Pete

2) (As the coffin is being removed from the helicopter), Imus says, "And what we're all hoping is that the crowd grabs it."

3) The whole "Animals" exchange

4) Imus tells Brian Williams (who is broadcasting from a room where the crowd is visible in the background - Williams was saying that people were climbing across electrical wires to get to the building) that it would be great if while BW was broadcasting, somebody jumped on him and BW had to wrestle him to the ground. It was just so random that it cracked me up.

5) Imus called Suha, "Arafat's fat pig of a wife."

[jslade]

Was the COLLEAGUE Sid?

I saw it. IIRC it was Bernard McGuirk.

[bmwcyle]

Note to self: I always looked like I needed a bath.

[SolutionsOnly]

I really don't care for Imus much, but I hope he doesn't apologize.

CAIR is silent on terrorism and beheadings, but call them a name and they go nuts!

Let them have their hissy-fit.

[pissant]

I'd prefer if Imus fell back into an alcoholic stupor for the next 10 years.

[broadsword]

To the islamic activists: Get the F out of my country!

So right you are, but I would go a step further: DEPORT ALL MUSLIMS FROM AMERICA!

Let's get the Islamic terminology straight, once and for all:

Mosque = Terrorist Barracks

Red Crescent Ambulance = Munitions Supply Truck

Radical Muslim = REAL Muslim who follows the Koran

Moderate Muslim = A Trojan horse who quietly smiles and nods his head at the terrorists

Koran = a call to terror, murder, oppression, slavery, misogyny and backward culture. THE SOURCE OF ALL TERROR!

Infidel = all non Muslims and Muslims who are not on jihad (all doomed to die)

Holy Lands = all lands unfortunate enough to be or ever have been under the heavy yoke of Muslim terror, murder, oppression, slavery, misogyny

Islamic Pride = an insanely jealous hatred for every other culture that has left Islam groveling in its own seventh-century dust.

CAIR = Crying Arabic Islamic Retrogrades

Minaret = Satan's Jukebox - or - Howling Hell Tower

Burkha = Misogynistic Mobile Women's Prison

Muslim Chaplin (U.S. Armed Forces) = Turncoat Brigade Recruiter

Rape = something the guys get to do, especially to those hottie infidel chicks! (nudge, nudge, wink, wink)

Modern Technology = "Huh? Oh yes, that stuff the evil infidels make and maintain for us to use for to kill them."

Allah = the Moon God, whose most important representative here on earth is that meteorite worshiped in Mecca

Little Boys = a man's pleasure machines

Paradise = a giant rape orgy for you - if you die while ruthlessly murdering innocent unsuspecting infidel women and children

U.S. Armed Forces = things to run away from or kill with booby-traps, unless you can take a cheap shot at them and then hide behind women and children or hide in a Mosque.

Christian Church = firewood

Synagogue = firewood

Buddhist Temple = firewood

Hindu Temple = firewood

Confucian Church = firewood

Jewish Restaurant = Bomb Demolition Depot

Holy site = anything Muslim, unlike those giant Buddhist statues in Afghanistan that were precious to Buddhists. “We blew those up real good! Heh, heh!”

Truce = a chance to regroup and kill more infidels later

Liberalism = the societal AIDS virus that stops the infidels from fighting Islam off

The American Democratic Party = The Islamonazi’s best hope to destroy America, the great Satan!

[Necrovore]

Would be funny if he actually apoligised. To the animals.

[Necrovore]

Wouldn't be funny if he actually apoligised. To the animals.

[ClintonBeGone]

I think Imus puts on a fun show. Of course if you take him more seriously than he takes himself, you'll not get it. But he's funny and usually has good guests.

[Dave S]

So who exactly is the "colleague" who actually said this?

Probably Bernard, one of two conservatives on the show. He is very un PC. He was very pro impeachment.

What is all the fuss about. Anybody who say the film of Arafat's funeral knows that what he said was true. Let em take it to court. To defame someone, what you say has to be untrue.

[Lobbyist]

"I'm thinking of starting an organization to encourage discrimination against the Islamicists. I'm thinking of call it "Islamicist Discrimination is Okay Now. They Cheered After Innocents were Roasted." (I.D.O.N.T.C.A.I.R.)"


Where can I sign up and how much are the dues?

[finnman69]

Somehow im surprised "filthy animals" did not show up in the FR search I did before posting this.

[Delbert]

Ok Ok OK.....The Palestinians are filthy animals and we're sorry.

[American in Israel]

Filthy animals is a good description of Mass Murderers that dance in the streets at the death of children.

If CAIR really "cared" about Muslim honor, they would be trying to apologise for the killings done in Islams name, and doing their best to show the "true" Islam. But, it seems they just don't see it that way.

Those who pretend to be outraged at an insult, and fight for the honor of killers, while not giving a damn about murder are best described as rattle snakes.

There, did that clear it up?

[conservativecorner]

Add the Saudis to the list!

11/19/04

Twenty-six important Saudi university scholars and teachers issue first public anti-US statement on Iraq war, among them Sheikhs Ahmad al-Khudeiri and Salman al-Odeh. They urge Baath guerrillas to carry on war against Americans even if they are defeated in Fallujah. Pro-US collaborators are termed heretics.

[finnman69]

you forgot

Beheading = Islamist Baseball