In
Defense of the Constitution
News & Analysis
002/05 January 18, 2005
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CAIR: Invoking the Islamist Double Standard?
On Sunday, 16 January, the Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued a news
brief with an item referring to the tsunami disaster.
In this item, CAIR deployed its full arsenal of
anti-American propaganda:
1. “CAIR called on the Bush administration to
repudiate missionary groups that harm America's international image by
seeking to exploit suffering…”
CAIR has confused the President with a
dictator. While President Bush does have the moral authority to
repudiate any group, there is virtually no chance he will ever censor a
peaceful religious group engaged in lawful activity.
2. "in this heavily Muslim part of the world,
millions have never even heard of Jesus Christ."
In the heavily Christian United States, millions had
never even heard of Mohammed, but that has not stopped CAIR or its
allies from attempting to import their brand of strict, hateful Islam
into the U.S. CAIR can't have it both ways - if CAIR can spread its
hate here, then why can't well meaning missionaries, who seek to
provide aid to poor people who have been variously ignored or oppressed
by their oil-rich Moslem brothers, preach their point of view?
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Also, CAIR’s claim
that Muslims revere Jesus as a “prophet” is disingenuous in the
extreme. Muslims believe Jesus must bow down to
Mohammed. The Muslim claims are, of course, counter to the
Christian view which holds Jesus to be the Son of God.
3. "Just when our nation's image in the
Islamic world was improving as a result of the outpouring of American
aid in the tsunami disaster area, we hear from those who would exploit
the tragedy to advance their own extremist agenda," said CAIR Executive
Director Nihad Awad. "It is inappropriate and immoral for any religious
group, whether Christian, Muslim, Hindu, or Buddhist, to use
badly-needed humanitarian relief as cover for conversion efforts."
Many Christian affiliations require their members to
help spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. But there is no evidence
that any of the missionaries who have gone to provide humanitarian
assistance have made conversion to Christianity as a "quid pro quo" for
humanitarian aid. CAIR constantly demands that Americans “understand”
Islam, but this statement clearly demonstrates that CAIR not only does
not understand Christianity, they have no desire to learn about
Christianity. Where is CAIR' s so-called support for “diversity”
and “acceptance”? …or does this only apply to non-Muslims?
Once again, we see CAIR invoking the Islamist
double-standard.
In light of CAIR’s well
documented pattern of Ameriphobia and strong support for extremist
Islamist positions, …where is the outrage?
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Andrew Whitehead
Director
Anti-CAIR (ACAIR)
ajwhitehead@anti-cair-net.org
www.anti-cair-net.org
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