Quoth Honest Ibe, "I think it's subject to misinterpretation," true to the perennial pattern of claims that the source of any controversy involving Islam or Muslims has been "taken out of context."
Really, if one looks at CAIR's track record on things like expecting bizarre accommodations from the TSA and its unindicted co-conspirator status in a terrorism financing case, one might instead be tempted to read things like "a wall of resistance" as a rare bit of forthrightness.
"American Muslims Told to Resist the Feds," from Fox News, January 13 (thanks to Twostellas):
The Council on American Islamic Relations said they will remove a poster from their website promoting an upcoming conference that encourages people not to talk to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The poster, which appeared on the website of CAIR's California chapter, features a sinister looking FBI agent with the headlines, "Build a Wall of Resistance," and "Don't Talk to the FBI."
"I think it's subject to misinterpretation," spokesman Ibrahim Hooper told Fox News Radio. "We decided out of extreme caution to take it down."
War is deception:
"Who you gonna believe me or your lying eyes?"
This is in direct conflict with DHS's slogan "See something? Say something."
Ibrahim Hooper told Fox News Radio. "We decided out of extreme caution to take it down."
That is so passive-agressive, but what does "we decided out of extreme caution" even mean?
Is he trying to say 'we decided to be extremely cautious (and to obfuscate our intent), so we took it down'?
Totally busted.
Good going, Dougie.
or is it....
Muslim outreach at work?
How in hell can anyone misinterpret "don't talk to the FBI" ? By the way, it fully validates Rep. Peter King's recent concerns, does it not?
LOL "Extreme caution". Whatever happened to "moderate caution"? The poster itself was a total insult. How kind of Honest Ibe to withdraw it. Maybe he's terrified of Californian mobs sending death threats, rioting with black flag burnings, and consulates in California being fire-bombed. Not! Ibe, consider us even on the Mo cartoons, and we don't ever want to hear from you about "freedom of expression" again. Ever.
We've had something similar in the UK, except that it was a South London gang attempting to intimidate local residents to deter cooperation with enquiries by Metropolitan Police Officers of "Operation Trident" (a campaign against black-on-black gun and knife crime).
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3351061/Dad-of-Damilola-Taylor-blasts-dont-snitch-poster.html
Misinterpretation! By whom pray tell? And WHY no less.
Through a limited understanding of the Western mind he opens wide the gates of his own ruin. For lack of deeper inquiry do the gates swing slowly closed.
@flowerknife..."Through a limited understanding of the Western mind he opens wide the gates of his own ruin. For lack of deeper inquiry do the gates swing slowly closed."
Amazing line....used it on my facebook page, gave you credit...hope you don't mind..
They're obviously not in a hurry to remove it as it was still there an hour ago
"We decided out of extreme caution to take it down."
what does that mean?
Well, it's 12:25 am PST and it's still up at
http://ca.cair.com/sfba/event/know_your_rights_and_defend_our_communities_from_grand_juries
4:40am EST - It's still there.....
They are complaing on that page about how 'Palestinian Community Organizers" were having their houses raided by the FBI. Hmmm, I wonder what they were organizing?
I meant to type -> They are complaining ....
"The wicked flee when no man pursueth" - Proverbs 28:1
At first glance, CAIR's action looks appears to be taking the advice of the MSM and the left/liberal establishment to adopt a more "civil tongue" as Islam insinuates itself into American political culture. After all, a series of slamming doors is a pretty "violent" statement. Depicting the FBI as a sinister cartoon figure is unarguably "caustic."
But on the other hand, perhaps "Dishonest Abe" and his executive committee were advised that the poster might "incite" Muslims to disobey legitimate queries by lawful authorities into the matter of criminal activities, such as jihadist plots that would entail employing "violence
8:17 a.m. central and it's still up.
One wonders if the islamic countries bother with such niceties as grand juries and warrants, and what the results would be should Copts, for example, adopt the same strategy.
Tom, you bring up and interesting point that I missed. This is just as much about keeping Muslims in line as it is about uniting the Muslim community against the infidel. Intimidate and admonish, all at the same time.
This should go out to everyone we know.
LIARS! If we believe this lie it
is just another nail in our coffin!
"I think it's subject to misinterpretation," spokesman Ibrahim Hooper told Fox News Radio. "We decided out of extreme caution to take it down."
I don't blame hoople--after all, people might think the poster actually means "Don't Talk to the FBI" instead of: "Islam is a religion of peace, and it was only the rare extremists who kill you folks."
Daniel Greenfield of Sultan Knish has it nailed in his recent blog about The Muslim Terrorist as Eternal Victim.
http://tinyurl.com/46k74h6
It's a great article.
Ahhhhh, context.