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Dingell Condemns Remarks Attacking Islam by Rep. Tancredo
John Dingell Press Release ^ | 7/23/2005

Posted on 07/23/2005 6:13:24 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak

Congressman John D. Dingell (MI-15), the Dean of the House of Representatives, condemned the recent comments made by Representative Tom Tancredo (CO-06) as “ignorant” and “inexcusable” for a Member of Congress. During a recent interview on Tampa radio station WFLA-AM, Mr. Tancredo said that the US might “take out (Muslim) holy sites” in response to another terrorist attack on the US. When asked if he meant Mecca, Congressman Tancredo responded “yeah.”

Said Dingell, “First of all, suggesting the bombing of a holy site of any religion is simply inexcusable for an elected official in the United States Congress and an anathema to the millions of people of faith across our nation. To even suggest an attack on Mecca shows Congressman Tancredo has no understanding of the true nature of Islam and the peaceful Muslims living in the Arab world. The holy sites of all religions – Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and all others – are the most sacred and hallowed places for their respective followers and to suggest that any one of these sites be bombed is clearly an attack on that religion and its followers. Mr. Tancredo’s reprehensible attack on Islam is ignorant and offensive.

“We must stand united and strong against terrorism, but these are exactly the kind of careless comments that Muslim extremists feed off of and use to recruit new terrorists. To suggest that we hold an entire religion responsible for the actions of a minority of religious extremists - in effect declare a holy war against Islam - is outrageous and plays right into the hands of those very radicals. There is no better motivation to get someone to fight an apparent enemy than to threaten what they love most and are willing to defend at any cost – whether it is their family, homeland, or their holy land. I only hope that his statement won’t be used on extremist websites as justification for a ‘holy war’ against the United States and our allies.

“America was founded by people who believed strongly both in God and in the free expression of religion; that solid foundation remains and is part of what makes us the greatest nation in the world. Mr. Tancredo’s comments --while he has the absolute right to make such remarks-- are contradictory to freedom and the values of this nation. I call on the Republican Leadership in Congress and the President to condemn these comments and make clear that this is an action that the United States would never lower itself to.”


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado; US: Michigan; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 109th; appeaser; dingell; islamophobes; johndingell; nukemecca; tancredo; tancreepo; votetancredo2008
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1 posted on 07/23/2005 6:13:24 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak
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Dingell has no understanding of the true nature of Islam.


2 posted on 07/23/2005 6:15:01 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak (Stop the open borders death cult)
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He has no understanding of hardly anything.


3 posted on 07/23/2005 6:16:08 PM PDT by tomahawk (Proud to be an enemy of Islam (check out www.prophetofdoom.net))
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More Democrat groveling and appeasement.


4 posted on 07/23/2005 6:17:12 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To even suggest an attack on Mecca shows Congressman Tancredo has no understanding of the true nature of Islam and the peaceful Muslims living in the Arab world.

ROFLMAO

5 posted on 07/23/2005 6:17:26 PM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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John who? Is he a republican or a democrat?

If he is making statements that stupid, I seriously hope he's not one of us.


6 posted on 07/23/2005 6:17:28 PM PDT by RoyalsFan (Freepmail me if you want on my Kansas City Royals ping list)
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I wonder if anyone has a link to Congressman Dingell's remarks when the Moslems took over and trashed a Christian holy site last year? Was that Bethlehem? I can't recall, but they holed up inside and tore it completely up...


7 posted on 07/23/2005 6:17:50 PM PDT by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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But Islam understands Dingell, quite well.


8 posted on 07/23/2005 6:18:22 PM PDT by thoughtomator (How many liberties shall we give up to maintain the pretense that we are not at war with Islam?)
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Dingell is a dhimmi.


9 posted on 07/23/2005 6:18:32 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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Maybe congressman dingleberry should take a stroll down the streets of Baghdad, Beirut, or any muslim coutry for that matter. They will show him exactly how much tolerance they have for him. They will cut his throat just as soon as look at him.


10 posted on 07/23/2005 6:19:04 PM PDT by JarheadFromFlorida
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Mr. Dingell is correct. All that Mr. Tancredo is doing is carrying water for Al Qaeda with his foolish bluster and bravado.
11 posted on 07/23/2005 6:19:12 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: Judith Anne

Palestinian terrorists hid inside and vandalized the Church of the Nativity.


12 posted on 07/23/2005 6:21:04 PM PDT by Better Dead Than Red (Davis College Republicans (Best Party on Campus))
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You mean the same vast majority of Muslims who are living, fighting, aiding, and dying with our American troops?
13 posted on 07/23/2005 6:21:09 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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I don't think Tancredo's comments were very smart either. But trying to make political hay out of them as Dingell is doing is even worse.


14 posted on 07/23/2005 6:21:40 PM PDT by XJarhead
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Dingell is still calling Islam a religion? Dingell is some ignorant!


15 posted on 07/23/2005 6:22:05 PM PDT by abclily
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Dingell...


16 posted on 07/23/2005 6:23:17 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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"to suggest that any one of these sites be bombed is clearly an attack on that religion and its followers."

Hey Dingell, you're pretty sharp.

17 posted on 07/23/2005 6:23:30 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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Dingell and his slack-jawed constituency are contemporary examples of why great civilizations collapse and become buried under the sands of history.


18 posted on 07/23/2005 6:23:48 PM PDT by Viking2002
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It's becoming more and more difficult to refrain from posting outright vulgar language concerning what these idiot rat traitors blather on about.


19 posted on 07/23/2005 6:23:49 PM PDT by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)
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To: Cultural Jihad
All that Mr. Tancredo is doing is carrying water for Al Qaeda with his foolish bluster and bravado.

I'm sure you'll have more people agree with you at DU.

20 posted on 07/23/2005 6:23:56 PM PDT by RoyalsFan (Freepmail me if you want on my Kansas City Royals ping list)
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