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July 17, 2007
Putting CAIR Back In It's Box
Topics: Understanding IslamDavid Keene, president of the American Conservative Union, was invited to participate with Parvez Ahmed in a panel discussion. According to CAIR, the panel was to address "the increasing anti-Muslim rhetoric within the conservative movement in the United States, focusing on the negative impact of such views on religious tolerance in America and on relations with the Muslim world."
What David had to say was surely not what CAIR wanted to hear. Here's an example of the comments he made that most definitely put CAIR in it's place:
If CAIR wants respect as representing the best of Islam to the west, it must shun the role of enabler by siding with the enemies of terror and intolerance wherever they are found. The Washington Post reported that CAIR in one of its annual reports on "hate crimes" directed against Muslims listed the US apprehension and imprisonment of Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman as evidence of US bias against Muslims.Scott at Powerline has the whole text of of David Keene's "must read" remarks.The question we have to ask is whether Rahman was acting in furtherance of legitimate Islamic beliefs in plotting to blow up the World Trade Center in 1993 or was he not...if he was, we all have a problem; if he wasn't why would arresting him be an anti-Muslim act?
In a free society it is not essential that everyone agree with one another and, in fact, if they did we would live in a boring world. It is essential that they respect each other's right to disagree on basic as well as tangential issues.
I don't really care if by the tenets of one's religious beliefs, someone believes I will go to Hell. I insist only that he refrain from expediting my arrival there.
Posted by Abdul at July 17, 2007 6:02 PM
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