-
Internet News -
CAIR-OH Revisited,
1999:
*CAIR-OH Rushes To Aid Pre-9/11 Dry-Run Hijackers
The men
repeatedly tried to enter the airplane's cockpit to test the
flight's security. Before the plane landed, the flight's
pilots had
radioed ahead that Al-Qudhaieen and Al-Shalawi had repeatedly tried to
enter the cockpit even after being
warned by the flight crew not to
attempt further entry, kept changing seats, as well as asking the
flight crew strange
questions about the plane and its destination.
Immediately upon the flight's arrival in Columbus the pair was taken
into
custody. CAIR-OH president Ahmad Al-Akhras then lept into
action on the dry-run hijackers' behalf. Al-Akhras immediately
began
making accusations of racial profiling and denouncing the FBI's
investigation into the matter ... CAIR filed a lawsuit
in 2000 against America West on behalf of the two
Al-Qaeda terrorists over the matter, which the judge quickly dismissed.
But the damage by Al-Akhras and his CAIR comrades had been done.
Instead of beefing up airline security, CAIR's
intimidation tactics
were no doubt instrumental in maintaining the status quo in aviation
security, that is, until 9/11 ...
As the 9/11 Commission Report explains, Hamdan al-Shalawi was
in Afghanistan in November 2000 training at an Al-Qaeda
camp learning
to make car bombs and planning to launch “Khobar Tower”-type attacks
against the US in Saudi Arabia,
and Mohammad Al-Qadhaieen was arrested in June 2003 as a material
witness in the 9/11 attacks ... No doubt CAIR-OH,
Ahmad Al-Akhras, Andy Amid and "Arab Americans of
Central Ohio", are proud for helping make the most devastating
terror
attack in American history a reality ...
*Mosques: We Will Not Bury This Muslim
"No, we will
not bury him at Germantown Masjid," said Tariq El Shabazz,
managing director of the mosque. "We don't
want one slight scintilla
hinting that we condone his behavior." ... "We don't tolerate that kind
of behavior," El Shabazz
said. "Their
actions are not from Islam. You don't dress like a woman, you don't rob
people or transgress against them
or commit murder. On all three
grounds, they are dead wrong. "We are not saying that Muslims should
not bury him,
or that he should not have Janaza [funeral prayers]," he added. "He is
a Muslim and he has that right, but we don't want
that here." ... "That boy needs to . . . answer for what he did," ...
"Abdullah is going to deliver a very strong message
about that kind
of behavior, and take the position that the Muslim community has to
stand against something like this,"
said Jabbar, referring to the
killing of a police officer. "You have to be clear and come out against
them, even if they are
in your flock," he added. Asked if the burial service would take
place at the Philadelphia
Masjid, at 47th Street and
Wyalusing Avenue, a source said: "I'm
telling you now. We ain't burying him here."
Wouldn't Muslims Be The Hostages?
*Preparedness Drill Sparks Controversy
The
Council on American-Islamic Relations
is
crying foul over an emergency preparedness drill targeting a
simulated
mosque in the central Illinois commuity of Irving.
Ahmed Rehab of the Chicago chapter of the Council on
American-
Islamic Relations says the exercise wrongly typecast
Islamic houses of worship as security threats. Rehab says he has
no
reason to believe the exercise was meant to be malicious, but it
still perpetuates a stereotype linking all Muslims
to terrorism.
The drill involved simulated explosions, hostages and nerve gas.
Emergency Services and Disaster
Agency director Diana Holmes
says she had not heard of Rehab's complaint. She says the scenario
for the exercise
came from the sheriff's office ...
Armed Jihad Freedom
Of Religion Issue?
*Terrorism Suspect Tries To Quit His Own Trial
An Islamic convert facing
terrorism charges was re-arrested after
trying to walk out of his own trial Tuesday – saying
simply that “I'm
outta here” – after telling the court he wouldn't recognize Canadian
law... A Toronto Muslim preacher
told The Globe that the suspect had been
coming to Friday prayers, saying that he'd rather return to jail than
live in a
non-Islamic household. “He said ‘In jail, I can at least
pray,'” Aly Hindy, imam of the
Salahuddin Islamic Centre in
Scarborough, said in an interview. “I said ‘Don't do this!'”
... A defence legal argument that involvement in armed jihad
was a potential freedom-of-religion issue had also failed ...
*School Accused Of Favoring Muslim Students
A suburban Chicago school
district has put cultural diversity on its meeting agenda after a
complaint that Muslim
students received preferential treatment. The principal at Prairie View
Middle School allowed a group of Muslim
students to have a separate lunch table to accommodate religious
observances during the month of Ramadan, but
rejected a similar request by Catholic students for Lent, ... "It's not
just about the table," said Jennifer Cimaglia, a
Tinley Park mother of three. "It appears that there is preferential
treatment for Muslim students." Principal Joe Martin
said he never intended to set a double standard for students,
particularly along religious lines. Rather, Martin said
he rejected the request of Catholic students because they failed to
make it before the Lenten season began. "Do I
want to accommodate those students? Yes,"... "We're going to look at
accommodations for kids at Lent next year."
The school board will discuss cultural diversity in the district at
Thursday night's committee meeting.
*Iraq
Sunnis Urge Arabs To Act
Against 'Iranian Occupation'
An Iraqi
Sunni delegation on a visit to Cairo on Wednesday urged
Arab countries to act against what it called the
"Iranian occupation"
of Iraq."We would like a common Arab position to save Iraq and its
people ...(in the face of)
the Iranian occupation," ... "Such an Arab position, led by Egypt, is
necessary to weaken Iran's
role in Iraq, because
if Tehran occupies this country, it will occupy
other Arab countries too," ... The delegation also called on Arab
countries to re-open their missions in Baghdad "so that the territory
is not left to Iran." Suleiman said that all Iraqis,
whether from north or south, "are ready to guarantee Arab diplomats'
security." ...
Jumping Ship Or Infiltration?
*The Mystery At CAIR-Tampa
Ross Silvers, disability rights
coordinator for the city of Tampa and its liaison to the Human Rights
Council, said he
received a curious answer when he called the CAIR chapter office
Tuesday inquiring about Bedier's status. "They
said they think he's still with CAIR in some capacity" but didn't know
what that was. In addition to his high-profile
media role, Bedier was becoming a fixture at CAIR fundraising events
throughout the country. Whatever may have
prompted Bedier to leave his post at CAIR, Tampa newspapers aren't
saying. That's odd, since he's been the go-to
source for quotes on everything from Al-Arian to any episode of alleged
anti-Muslim bias ... So Bedier is speaking
for the "Muslim community" in his capacity as
president of a local government-sanctioned council? If he no longer
works for a Muslim organization - let alone one that purports to speak
for all American Muslims despite well-documented
ties to terrorists and
extremist positions - reporters should ask just whom he does speak for
before quoting him again ...
Slaps Up Terror-Front CAIR & Jawad
With The Facts ... Again
*Debbie Schlussel: How Not to Disprove Your Support
For Hezbollah
& Other Mistakes By Ali Jawad
Yesterday, Ali Jawad and his
close friend, Osama Siblani, Editor and Publisher of the Arab American
News held a
press conference to claim that everything I've written about Jawad is
"untrue" and "rumor and innuendo" and that
he doesn't support Hezbollah. But Jawad would not specifically denounce
or condemn Hezbollah at his press
conference. And having Siblani--who repeatedly, openly praises
Hezbollah in mainstream media sources--as the
host of the event, doesn't exactly help Jawad's case. It just bolsters
the very strong and iron-clad case I've made ...
At yesterday's press conference, neither Jawad nor Siblani would
respond to any of the specific charges I've made
about Jawad. That's
because everything I've written about Jawad is absolutely solid, and he
knows it. He can't refute
it, so that's why he issued a general, false
"It's not true" claim ... Nor did I make up the fact that in another
trip that
year, Jawad
traveled to Hezbollah strongholds to meet with key Hezbollah officials,
accompanied by indicted Saddam
Hussein spy Muthanna Al-Hanooti. That
was published in a newsletter by Jawad's buddy, the FBI award revokee
and "former" Islamic terrorist Imad Hamad, who orchestrated the trip
with him. Did Hamad lie to his own newsletter? ...
One media report quotes CAIR-Michigan executive director Dawud
Walid--another guy who won't condemn Hezbollah
or HAMAS and says they
aren't terrorist groups--as urging Jawad to sue me. (You know when an
organization, CAIR,
which the government has identified as an
unindicted co-conspirator, attacks you, you're on the right side.
CAIR's
not in a position to distinguish between terrorists and
non-terrorists.) ... And just so you know, there are plenty of
Arabs and Muslims who've
contacted me--who are very happy I enlightened the McCain campaign and
got them
to dump Jawad ...
