Ahmed Rehab of Hamas-linked CAIR won't condemn Hamas, and has accused the government of fabricating jihad terrorists

Surprise, surprise. "CAIR Rep's Right Idea, Wrong Message," from IPT News, November 30:

There's a "pattern" we should be aware of, CAIR-Chicago's Ahmed Rehab told America during a recent appearance on Fox News. It has been Muslims who have helped "foil" recent terror plots and report extremists, he said.
In many cases, that's true. Rehab and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), however, can't take credit for helping encourage this pattern of behavior.

A new IPT memo shows that though Rehab has been vocal about his commitment to fighting extremism, he has:

Refused to wholly condemn Hamas.

Minimized extremist pockets in U.S. society.

Accused the government of fabricating its own terrorists.

Alleged that terrorism prosecutions are not based on evidence, but attempts to silence Muslims and activists for Palestine.

During a 2006 episode of BBC's "Hard Talk" Rehab was asked by the BBC's Stephen Sackur if he could give a "straight forward" condemnation of Hamas. "Do I condemn the hospitals run by Hamas, or the schools that help children learn, in Hamas?" Rehab answered. "No, I don't condemn that. But I do condemn the blowing up of Tel Aviv pizzerias or cafes."

Hamas isn't the only radical group for which Rehab has offered no condemnation or a qualified one. The radical groups Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT) and Revolution Muslim (RM) have both encouraged their followers to kill individuals with whom they disagree. Rehab has minimized their significance.

Just this year, RM has issued death threats against British parliamentarians and the creators of the television cartoon "South Park." Similarly, HuT leaders have encouraged Australian Muslims to kill anyone who might stand in the way of establishing an Islamic super-state. As the IPT recently reported, ideological groups like RM are shifting to a more operational role in terrorism.

After the "South Park" threat, Rehab did say that RM should be "seriously investigated," but he also implied the group might be a set-up. Rehab wrote that "whether true Muslims or agent provocateurs," the guys behind RM, "are five community outcasts."

"Most suspect the group is fraudulent," he added. Rehab hinted at a conspiracy by mentioning that the group's "mysterious leader" converted to Islam after living in Israel. CAIR's national spokesman Ibrahim Hooper amplified Rehab's argument when he claimed that, "most Muslims suspect they [RM] were set up only to make Muslims look bad."...

Rehab does that very well himself. Read it all.

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Wri7913 | November 30, 2010 3:53 PM | Reply

An interesting article I came across that you all should read through.

A Conversation with an Ex-Jihadist

This man was a former member of Hizb ut-Tahrir. We should also take heed of his conclusion...

It is really important that they communicate and debate with who they consider to be their enemy; try to debate with Israelis, Jews, Americans, Danes or whoever you think hates you or is conspiring against you, and you will meet some people who may confirm your prejudices, but you will also meet - and this is the blessing - people who will shatter your prejudices. When you break out of that circle, the circle where you just talk about people without ever meeting them, this is where change is possible. This is the problem with radical groups, the dehumanization of an opponent or antagonist, like how Edward Said spoke of the representation of the Other in his famous book Orientalism. Only when I began to discuss did I realize that the opposition against Islam is not as powerful as it was made out in the inner circle.

This also goes for the people on the other side of the fence, the right-wing groups, because Muslims are diverse and not culturally backward."

when*pigs*fly | November 30, 2010 4:04 PM | Reply

Today, CAIR's (named an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas-funding conviction, banned by the FBI, and with many of its leaders in jail or deported on terror-related charges and a proponent for sharia law in the USA)"American Muslim News Brief carried this story.

LOCAL MUSLIM LEADERS SEE PORTLAND TERROR PLOT ARREST AS POSSIBLE ENTRAPMENT -
http://www.ktvu.com/video/25955864/index.html

That didn't take long , did it? I don't trust a thing they say & neither should anyone else.

And BTW that picture is vomit inducing.

gravenimage replied to comment from Wri7913 | November 30, 2010 4:28 PM | Reply

Wri7913 wrote:

An interesting article I came across that you all should read through...

This man was a former member of Hizb ut-Tahrir. We should also take heed of his conclusion...

This also goes for the people on the other side of the fence, the right-wing groups, because Muslims are diverse and not culturally backward."
........................

Good grief. First, note the moral equivalency accorded violent Jihadists and the "right-wing groups"—I suppose that would include Jihad Watch—that want to defend against Jihad.

Who cares if Muslims "are diverse"? I have to confess it makes little difference to me whether someone is a Sunni or a Shi'a or has a superficial gloss of 'culture" if their aim is Jihad violence and the imposition of Shari'ah.

Ahmed Rehab may wear "fashionable" blue sunglasses, but that tells us nothing about his ultimate aims. If superficially "Western" CAIR won't condemn Hamas and other hard-core Jihadists, then they are as dangerous as any ranting, bearded Imam in a cave—perhaps more so.

Haid Dasalami | November 30, 2010 6:02 PM | Reply

Robert gets more death threats than Salman Rushdie--and not just from jihadi nut balls, either. Now he's getting them from loyal supporters who simply cannot abide the photo any longer.

Someone please, for the love of God, Photoshop a blouse onto that boy and give him some proper girlie makeup. Make of the pic something we can all enjoy, even if we're not bent as nine-bob bits.

Send the Photoshopped Ahmed to Robert.

If someone could create a graphic as amusing to Robert as this photo of Brave Ahmed, perhaps he (that is, Robert, not the femme fatale) would put us out of our misery and retire The Photo for good.

As Emily said, ah, if I had but skills enough and time.

Lokar3791 | November 30, 2010 9:12 PM | Reply

As regards the photo:

Why? Why? Why? Why?

Again I would like to ask, did he just get back from a swimming pool? What's with the lip gloss? Why does he have sunglasses on indoors?

Whatever we did to deserve this punishment, surely we may be forgiven?

logdon replied to comment from Lokar3791 | December 1, 2010 2:31 AM | Reply

If I may, I'd suggest that the picture is perfect. The macho islamic male homoerotisism stares you in the face.

What Rehab imagined as an image of masculinity has the reverse effect of overcompensating into the kind of parody witnessed on gay parades. Or on the cover of Attitude.

In similar vein to Gamal's twitter observations on the delights of physical violence, what is intended as self proclaiming butch maleness reveals only an insecurity of what it actually means to be man.

Islamic misogynism is well known, it only takes a few steps to complete the process which removes women from the equation completely.

Think of Ahmedinaejad's ludicrousness in proclaiming, there are no homosexuals in Islam and the confirmation of absurd denial is complete.

Of course the repeated use of this unfortunate picture will burrow into Rehab's psyche as it dawns upon him what was artfully posed as masculine affirmation has completely inverted that purpose.

What an idiot!

Reluctant Infidel | December 1, 2010 3:27 AM | Reply

Gees, this dapper chap gives gays a bad name!

Just think of the bar scene out of Star Wars. Funny music playing... Picture Rehab there, mixing with all types of aliens?

Oh Boy, Fair Crack of the Whip!

PS. Rehab, what's the brand of lippie you're wearing? It'll be a hit here in Sydney at the MG Parade.

Buraq | December 1, 2010 4:12 AM | Reply

"Most suspect the group is fraudulent," he added.(Rehab)

So, they're 'kosher' mozzies, then. Islam is founded on a lie, promotes lying to advance Islam; and so a 'fraudulent' group fits Islamic criteria perfectly.

Vsch47 | December 1, 2010 8:42 AM | Reply

When will the U.S. government indict CAIR under the R.I.C.O. statute? The proof and facts support this indictment, yet the Obama regime sits on their thumbs. The government had NO problem going after the KKK and this is the same situation.

CateLaurel | October 4, 2011 7:11 PM | Reply

Is he wearing lipstick? And do I detect some eyeshadow, or is that just his blue-tinted glasses? Also, I thought that muslims were supposed to dress modestly. Being shirtless, I wonder if he has anything else on! What a fruit!

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