CAIR blames White House for boosting 'Islamophobia'

The Washington Times ^ | July 18, 2007 | Audrey Hudson and Sam A. Carter

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A Muslim civil rights group yesterday blamed the Bush administration for promoting "Islamophobia" and said the "war on terror" won't stop terrorists.

"The new perception is that the United States has entered a war with Islam itself," said Parvez Ahmed, chairman of the national board of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

"Terrorism is a tactic. You cannot eradicate it by declaring a war against it. The war on terror is causing us infinitely more harm than the terrorists could have ever imagined."

Mr. Ahmed, who spoke at a CAIR symposium at the National Press Club, said the war against terrorists is driven by an "irrational" fear that the Bush administration has inculcated in the American public. The chance of being killed in a terrorist attack, he said, is 1 in 80,000 over a lifetime.

"It is important to bear in mind that terrorists cannot destroy America," he said, appearing on a panel discussing the symposium theme, "Attacking Islam: Implications for Social Cohesion and U.S. Relations with the Muslim World." The U.S., he said, is too powerful and too resourceful for terrorists to defeat.

The Bush administration's policies in Iraq have driven a deep wedge between Muslims and non-Muslims in the United States, he said.

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"It is important to bear in mind that terrorists cannot destroy America," he said, appearing on a panel discussing the symposium theme, "Attacking Islam: Implications for Social Cohesion and U.S. Relations with the Muslim World." The U.S., he said, is too powerful and too resourceful for terrorists to defeat.

This guy is a dangerous liar.

[darkwing104]

The Bush administration's policies in Iraq have driven a deep wedge between Muslims and non-Muslims in the United States, he said.

9-11 did that...

[Rummyfan]

"The new perception is that the United States has entered a war with Islam itself," said Parvez Ahmed

About damn time!

[rightwingextremist1776]

If he thinks it is bad now, just wait for the next time we are hit..Bye Bye Mussie scum......

[HoosierHawk]

He must moonlight as an editorial writer at the New York Times.

[PeterPrinciple]

The chance of being killed in a terrorist attack, he said, is 1 in 80,000 over a lifetime.

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Not sure I like those odds.............

[econjack]

Mr. Ahmed, who spoke at a CAIR symposium at the National Press Club, said the war against terrorists is driven by an "irrational" fear that the Bush administration has inculcated in the American public. The chance of being killed in a terrorist attack, he said, is 1 in 80,000 over a lifetime.

So...given 300 million US citizens, over a lifetime I should expect 3,750,000 US citizens to be killed by Islamic terrorists? Listen, a$$hole, it should be zero! Take your phony religion of peace and go live in the middle ages somewhere else.

[gbaker]

If he thinks it is bad now, just wait for the next time we are hit..Bye Bye Mussie scum......

You're kidding right? If we're hit again practicality everybody will be blaming it on Bush

[LIConFem]

"The war on terror is causing us infinitely more harm than the terrorists could have ever imagined."

Wuddya mean "us", Mr. Ahmed? You ain't one of us, you're one of them! You chose sides, now you'll have to live with the choice.

[Hacklehead]

IMO, second to Al Qaeda, CAIR is the organization most responsible for boosting Islamophobia.

[HoustonTech]

It seems to me that it is CAIR that’s acting fearful. The CAIR spokesman said that irrationality is the product of fear. Saying that the “war against terrorists is driven by an ‘irrational’ fear” is itself an irrational statement. So what is CAIR afraid of?

[divine_moment_of_facts]

America does indeed have terrorist sympathizing cells within.. CAIR comes to mind... and that is not a phobia.. it’s fact.

[muawiyah]

If the chance is 1 in 80,000 of being killed by a terrorist then it’s necessary to eradicate all the terrorists.

Might be a good idea to start with their enablers.

We need to drive down the chance of being killed to ZERO.

[doodad]

He should be glad I am not the President. He would be ranting from Gitmo.

[dakine]

Math whiz...?

[VR-21]

No muslim will ever be my countryman. I will never trust one of them.

[tx_eggman]

So...given 300 million US citizens, over a lifetime I should expect 3,750,000 US citizens to be killed by Islamic terrorists? Listen, a$$hole, it should be zero! Take your phony religion of peace and go live in the middle ages somewhere else.

I think you need to shift your decimal point 3 places to the left.

That being said, 3,750 is totally unacceptable as well.

[Beckwith]

“Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth.”

Omar M. Ahmad, Chairman of the Board, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Islamic Conference in Freemont, California, July 1998 — San Ramon Valley Herald, July 1998

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“I wouldn’t want to create the impression that I wouldn’t like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future...But I’m not going to do anything violent to promote that. I’m going to do it through education.”

Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR Spokesperson — ihooper@cair.com

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“Once we are here, our mission in this country is to change it ... There is no way for Muslims to be violent in America, no way. We have other means to do it If we are outside this country, we can say, ‘Oh, Allah, destroy America.’”

Abdulrahman Alamoudi, 1996, at an Islamic conference in Chicago

Abdulrahman Alamoudi served in the 1990s as State’s goodwill ambassador to Muslim countries

(In 2004 Alamoudi was sentenced to a 23-year prison sentence for violating anti-terrorism sanctions, including a plot to kill the Saudi ruler.)

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Nihad Awad, founder of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said, “I’m in support of the Hamas movement.”

This is not in dispute. It was was captured live on videotape as he uttered those words at Barry University in Florida in 1994

Nihad Awad, founder of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), also said “ The United States should and will be ruled by Sharia Law “.

[Issaquahking]

Your too kind. I thought he might be the first one we get, after the nest attack.

[Northern Yankee]

"Terrorism is a tactic. You cannot eradicate it by declaring a war against it. The war on terror is causing us infinitely more harm than the terrorists could have ever imagined."

Translation... our brother terrorists didn't expect to be killed by American Forces.

When can we start deporting these people?