CAIR Urges Obama to Include Muslim Women in Upcoming Events (Buy more popcorn alert)

PR Newswire ^ | June 18, 2008 | Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR Nat'l Comm. Director

[2ndDivisionVet]

Request comes after two Muslims kept from campaign photo op over hijab

WASHINGTON, June 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today urged Sen. Barack Obama to invite two Muslim women, who were barred from sitting behind the podium at a Michigan rally, to an upcoming campaign event.

Media reports indicate the women were kept from the podium area because campaign volunteers did not want the candidate associated with the women's Islamic scarves, or hijabs. Campaign officials later apologized to the women.

SEE: Muslims Barred from Picture at Obama Event (Politico.com)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11168.html

SEE ALSO: Obama Campaign Apologizes for Excluding Women in Hijab (Detroit News)

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806180427

SEE ALSO: Head Scarves Led to Decision; Democrat's Campaign Apologizes (Detroit Free Press)

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080618/NEWS07/8061804 3/1008/NEWS06

"We welcome the campaign's apology and urge candidates of all parties not to give in to pressure from the vocal minority of Islamophobes in our society that seeks to stigmatize Islam and marginalize American Muslims," said CAIR National Legislative Director Corey Saylor. "All presidential campaigns need to clearly answer the question: Should American Muslims be marginalized from their country's political process simply because of their faith?"

He said CAIR encourages American Muslims to take part in the political process through initiatives such as voter registration drives and get out the vote campaigns.

SEE: Welcome to CAIR 2008 Elections Website

http://www.cair2008election.com/news.php

Saylor added that Obama, to his credit, is the only current presidential candidate known to have met one-on-one with an American Muslim leader during the campaign.

SEE: Local Muslim Leader Met Privately with Obama (Detroit Free Press)

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080515/NEWS05/8051509 6/1007/NEWS

Obama has repeatedly been forced to refute false rumors that he is a Muslim. A poll taken earlier this year indicated that one in ten Americans believes the senator is Muslim.

SEE: Who Thinks Obama is Muslim?

http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1277

CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, has 35 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

CONTACT: Corey P. Saylor, National Legislative Director, +1-202-384-8857, csaylor@cair.com; Ibrahim Hooper, National Communications Director, +1-202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; or Amina Rubin, Communications Coordinator, +1-202-488-8787, arubin@cair.com, all of CAIR.

SOURCE Council on American-Islamic Relations

[2ndDivisionVet]

TOO FUNNY! Hopefully this will have legs...

[eureka!]

LOL is right. Osama, er, Obama’s staff will be hitting the bong pretty hard tonight and trying to figure out how to placate the Muslims while trying not to be associated with them. Identity politics cuts both ways it seems...

[givemELL]

Demands for administrative posts, cabinet positions will be next.

[Born In America]

He could no more disown those two muslim women than the muslim community as a whole....

[vietvet67]

Just have them wear Pelosi masks..

[ought-six]

“Demands for administrative posts, cabinet positions will be next.”

You know that’s coming.

[Sacajaweau]

Speaks to “I’m a closet Muslim”.

[LomanBill]

C.A.I.R.?

 

Read the CAIR supporter's T-Shirt:

 

[EagleandLiberty]

CAIR - The Council on Anti-American Islamic (Terrorism) Relations.

The CAIR people will be selling BURKA's. The Stores will be called '72 Virgin Secrets'.

[ApplegateRanch]

For once I sort of agree with C.A.I.R.:

Surround him with hijabs, nikabs, unkempt beards and Pali headbands for every photo-op, so everyone can see who his friends are.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Looks like the tail is gonna wag the dog on this one.

[blam]

Already in the British newspapers.

Muslim Barack Obama Fans Told To Hide From Televesion Cameras

[Coffee200am]

[bpjam]

You mean CAIR isn’t jumping on the Obama isn’t a Muslim bandwagon??? Didn’t they get the memo??

Obama is exclusing observant Muslims. If McCain did it, there would be protests in the streets and huge demands for apologies and riots in the raghead world.

Does the Muslim community admit that their Lord and Saviour candidate for President is ashamed to be seen with them? Are they going to just let Obama push them into the closet and continue to cheer for him and continue to belief that Obama really is a closet muslim????

Interesting cognitive dissonance going on here.

[TribalPrincess2U]

http://www.theobamafile.com/
http://www.exposeobama.com/calls.html
http://www.exposeobama.com/emails.html

[rbmillerjr]

funny stuff...love that picture

[dforest]

Tell them to dress like liberal women. I think there is an old picture of Hillary out there to use as a model.

[Bigg Red]

...Obama’s staff will be hitting the bong pretty hard tonight and trying to figure out how to placate the Muslims while trying not to be associated with them.

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Uh-huh. Gotta love watching the squirming.