Posted on 07/18/2007 5:25:45 AM PDT by period end of story
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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“The chance of being killed in a terrorist attack, he said, is 1 in 80,000 over a lifetime.”
Unless, of course, you’re a suicide bomber dying for Islamic Jihad.
Great post. Saving that to my profile page. Thanks for the ammo.
Large scale terror attacks effect more than just the people who get killed. We lost about a million jobs, billions in stock market market value and had a cold as ice job market for about a year.
If the jihadis pull it again, we should cause them similar disquiet, possibly take reperations in oil or just nuke em glowing.
I blame Islam.
I blame the White House for NOT boosting Islamophobia as much as possible.
Islamophobia should be instilled in ALL westerners.
Islam is an evil cult, not a religion, they are just as dedicated to covnerting us to their insane cult as ever and they are willing to kill as many people as possible to accomplish it.
CAIR should be flushing their Korans in GITMO.
Yeah, I guess you could blame Thomas Jefferson for being the first president that had to deal with the threat of Islam. So it is the fault of the White House.
Never saw that site before, thanks.
Headline = Cair ...LOOK IN THE MIRROR and shut up!
Did he also pound the podium with his shoe while yelling, “WE WILL BURY YOU!”?????
I would say the recent attempted bombings in England and Scotland also boost Islamophobia. What about the various televised threats from Zawkarwi (sp) et al?
Why doesn’t CAIR take a strong stand AGAINST the islamists?
The muslims need look no further than their own noses and they need no help from the whitehouse to boost Islamophobia.
They hate the West. Why are they here ?
“Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Qur’an should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth”
—Omar Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations), San Ramon Valley Herald, July 1998
To paraphrase the movie "Ahmed, you Islamic bastard....I read your book!"
He’s basically calling for a revolution in that statement, and no amount of spinning can alter that fact.
Another 9-11 sized attack on US soil by Islamic fascists will make it very uncomfortable for CAIR as well as rank and file US Muslims. They missed an opportunity about 6 years ago to speak out against such Muslim extremism and more importantly have failed to purge their mosques and schools of those who preach or advocate murderous jihad. A time will come when Muslims both good and bad will suffer equally for this inaction.
How about they stop being uncivilized thugs and get that down to 0 in 80,000.
Nah, that be the right thing to do...
If we want to eradicate terrorism we need to (1) name the enemy that's using this tactic, and then (2) destroy utterly that enemy, its supporters, and its enablers, letting the freaking chips fall where they may... as some fellow in the government suggested about six years ago.
Maybe, but it would be 1 in billion if it wasn't for the f*cking Muslims....
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