[Bob J]

CAIR, ANSWER and it’s leaders suck but we have to demand truth in advertising here on Free Republic. The hezbollah flag the ADL claims this guy is “standing next to” while giving a speech is being hand held and waved by some idiot behind him. The title and article suggest the flag was part a permanent fixture of this rally, that the CAIR leader knew it and purposefully stood under it to give this speech and in effect was an endorsement.

That possibly the CAIR spokesman and the leader of some mosque next to him are anti-semetic is real surprise too. Who’d a thunk?

Now, The CAIR guy probably is anti-semetic and might support hezbollah, but the picture itself is not proof of this, as the story would like you to believe. With all the juicy evidence of CAIR’s shady affiliations and disguised intentions out there, I don’t see the need to reach like this on a photo that seems indeterminate.

Before the knee jerks start calling me a hezby lover, I think we all should value truth on FR above blind devotion to any cause. If I'm wrong about this, please point it out.

[sandbox]

I am glad to see the ADL is starting to take an intrest in CAIR.

I myself think a US policy of legally deporting and denying entry to those who are jihad supports or sharia law advocates is where we should be going.

[sandbox]

I am glad to see the ADL is starting to take an intrest in CAIR.

I myself think a US policy of legally deporting and denying entry to those who are jihad supports or sharia law advocates is where we should be going.

[W04Man]

BOB J, YOU ARE WRONG, IMHO. "waved by some idiot behind him"
The flag is being held by the person next to him, NOT BEHIND HIM!!! The CAIR guy even seems to be recognizing that person by looking at him. WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU BOB?

[PRePublic]

CAIR, ANSWER and it’s leaders suck

I just don't grasp libs. What do they think the "plans" Islamists have for them?
After all an infidel is ... just an infidel.

[dervish]

Below is a photo of Awad speaking on April 20, 2002 in Washington, D.C. on a stage bearing the flag of Hezbollah.

And who is Parvez Ahmed? Ahmed was a prominent supporter of Sami Al-Arian, the convicted terrorist financier and head of the North American branch of the terrorist Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/015594.php

April 20, 2002: Nihad Awad, CAIR’s national executive director, spoke at a large rally organized by the ANSWER Coalition in Washington D.C. He was standing next to a large Hezbollah flag that was displayed on stage. Many of the speakers at the rally called for Israel to be dismantled and many of the protesters held signs comparing Zionism and Israel to Nazi Germany or chanted violent and anti-Semitic slogans.

http://www.adl.org/Israel/cair.asp