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In the course of an article about the Muslim Congressional candidate, Keith Ellison of Minnesota, CAIR's Nihad Awad declares his support for Ellison -- and his rejection of Hamas.
"Muslims rally around congressional candidate," from AP, with thanks to Mike:
Republicans are trying to make an issue of a contribution from another Council on American-Islamic Relations official - executive director Nihad Awad, who gave Ellison $2,000.In a fundraising letter last week, state GOP Chairman Ron Carey said Ellison has received "financial support from a self-identified supporter of Hamas."
That was a reference to Awad's 1994 statement that he preferred Hamas to the Palestinian Liberation Organization. In an interview, Awad said that was before the group engaged in suicide bombings and was designated a terrorist organization by the State Department.
Actually, Awad said flatly: "I am in support of the Hamas movement." He said this in 1994. It just so happens that I have preserved the old Hamas website's "glory record" of attacks against Israelis here. Here are some of Hamas' self-described exploits from before 1994:
3. Boureen Operation: The militant Hamdan Hussein Al:najar, a member of Hamas, killed the Israeli settler Ya'coub Berey using a big rock as his weapon. The militant was shot down as a martyr after he had ambushed an Israeli patrol using the dead settler's weapon....6. Bus No. 405 Operation: Militant Ahmed Hussein Shukry, a member of Hamas, was able to lead an Israeli soldier to a secluded place in Tel Aviv where the militant hit the soldier with a chisel and killed him on 8 September 1989. The following day, the militant got on bus No. 405 and stabbed the driver to take over the bus; however, the passengers were able to stop the militant....
12. Keryat Youval Operation: The militant Mohammed Mustafa Abu Jalala stabbed four Israelis and injured another at a bus station in Keryat Youval in Jerusalem before he was arrested by the Israeli forces.
13. Askalan Road Operation: While driving a taxi, the militant Jameel Ismail Al:baz, a member of Hamas, ran over a group of Israelis waiting on this road on 19 July 1991....
15. Shailou Operation: A military group belonging to Al Qassam Brigades attacked an Israeli bus carrying some settlers on their way to Tel Aviv to participate in demonstrations organized by the extremist party Likud against the peace process. The bus was completely destroyed; two Israelis were killed and five more were injured....
17. Eid Al-maskhara Operation: The militant Ra'ed Al:reefy attacked an Israeli crowd in Jaffa on 17 March 1992. He was able to kill 2 and injure 21 Israelis who gathered to celebrate Eid Al:maskhara, also known as Al:boureem.
18. Beit Lahya Operation: On the third anniversary of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin's arrest, a group belonging to Al Qassam Brigades attacked an Israeli settler at Beit Lahya and shot him down then withdrew safely....
21. Carlo Factory Operation: Four militants belonging to Al Qassam Brigades broke into a citrus packing factory (Carlo) near Nahal Oaz at 2:30 p.m. on 25 June 1992. Three militants stabbed two Israelis while the other was guarding....
Suicide bombings? No. Terrorist attacks on civilians? Sure. And there are many, many more on the list dating from before 1994. So are we to understand that Awad supported such operations, and only stopped supporting Hamas later, although these was no change in its ideology and no change in its taste for victimizing civilians?
Now Awad says:
"I don't support Hamas today," Awad said. "My position and CAIR's position is extremely clear - we condemn suicide bombings. We are mainstream American Muslims."
Is that so? It wasn't very long ago that Hamas leader Sheikh Yassin was killed by Israel. CAIR condemned his killing, without ever mentioning that Yassin was the mastermind and director of suicide killings for Hamas. At that time -- March 2004 -- CAIR said:
"We condemn this violation of international law as an act of state terrorism by Ariel Sharon's out-of-control government. Israel's extra-judicial killing of an Islamic religious leader can only serve to perpetuate the cycle of violence throughout the region. The international community must now take concrete steps to help protect the Palestinian people against such wanton Israeli violence."
See also here for more on the CAIR/Hamas ties.
When did CAIR stop supporting Hamas? I searched the CAIR website for "Hamas." There are three possible searches: News Briefs, Action Alerts, and Press Releases. Only News Briefs turned up anything at all: an old article from Haaretz attacking Ariel Sharon.
So if CAIR now condemns Hamas, where is it saying so? Just in the lower paragraphs of articles about other subjects? We can't even get one press release about it? Not one Action Alert calling on Muslims everywhere to condemn Hamas?
Posted by Robert at September 25, 2006 5:41 PM
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How can Mr. Ellison ignore this evidence?
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at September 25, 2006 6:44 PM
If a mohammadian says it, you have to beleive it.
Posted by: KAOSKTRL at September 25, 2006 7:00 PM
21 Israelis who gathered to celebrate Eid Al:maskhara, also known as Al:boureem.
Are these Arabic names for a Jewish holiday?
Which one? Or is it talking about Arab Israelis?
at September 25, 2006 7:01 PM
Yizchak:
"Eid" is just a Feast, a holiday. I suspect that Purim is meant -- "boureem."
Cordially
Robert Spencer
at September 25, 2006 7:02 PM
Once again my new-fangled online Muslim-speak translation engine is pushed into service so we can understand:
I placed what Awad said into the device:
"We are mainstream American Muslims."
And I was shocked to see this lengthy translation come out:
"We have learned that telling you what you want to hear, doing everything in our power to depict Islam as normative within America, and tossing out gratuitous unsubstantiated claims that we're as American as you are, are the best ways for us to bypass your defenses, lure you into a false sense of security, fool you into believing we pose no threat, and eventually annihilating your systems with the all encompassing hatred based belief system of Islam. Allah-ta-la knows best that war is deception, and we are the baddest practitioners of that creed of all time!"
Posted by: jsla at September 25, 2006 7:09 PM
I know exactly whom I would support in that race. The other candidate.
Posted by: Hugh at September 25, 2006 7:11 PM
jsla,
LOL
That certainly is a nifty little device you have there, its accuracy is spot on, it must have been expensive.
Posted by: km
at September 25, 2006 7:13 PM
From CAIR's website: "We condemn this attack and all other attacks on innocent civilians. Illegitimate and counterproductive tactics must not be used in the legitimate struggle to end Israel's brutal occupation."
Notice they can not stop at their first sentence, and are sure to include a jab at Israel - maybe they are taking writing lessons from the Arab Press.
Posted by: Robbyb at September 25, 2006 7:17 PM
I suspect that Purim is meant -- "boureem."
Ah, you're right. And it was in March also. Of course it was Purim. My mind is not working so well today.
Yitz
at September 25, 2006 8:04 PM
Perhaps he thought they said "Hummus movement." I used to support Hummus before I discovered Baba Ghannouge.
Posted by: AnneCrockett at September 25, 2006 8:05 PM
jsla, perhaps you might get that muslim speak translation machine up to the Bush administration, US State Dept. CIA, FBI, etc. you might be onto somethere.. but you know it is a simple solution, when evern a muslim appologist moves their lips it is coming out lies.
Posted by: ZenaWarriorPrincess at September 25, 2006 8:08 PM
No one should be shy or frightened away about discussing Islam on the theory that "a man's religion should not be an issue." If that "religion" is far more than a religion, if it is a complete politico-religio-socio-economico-whateveroyouwanto then it is legitimate, it is incumbent upon (any incumbent or non-incumbent) to raise the question. What are we to make of a candidate who professes to believe in a holy book that includes 9.29 and 9.5 and so much else? What are we to believe of a candidate who believes that Muhammad is the Perfect Man, uswa hasana, al-insan al-kamil? We want to know details. We have to know details. We have a right to know details. What about Asma bint Marwan? What about Aisha? What about the attack on the Khaybar Oasis and the decaptitation of the members of the Banu Qurayza? What about all the rest, all of which is now no longer hidden, but becoming, every day, the common talk of non-Muslims as they begin to find out more about this.
Where does the candidate stand on the Danish cartoons? On "treaties" signed by Israel with Muslim states or polities and the Muslim model for all such treaties, the agreement of Al-Hudaibiyya? And there is so much more to discuss, and any candidate who refrains from asking about this would be doing the electorate a disservice. We need to know. And we need to know, finally, what Mr. Ellison makes of Taqiyya and Kitman, what he makes of Muhammad's statement "war is deception," what he actually knows of the real Islam, and not, possibly, His Own Private Islam.
Sorry. Once upon a time some of this might, in our innocence, have been overlooked. It might still be overlooked by some, who think it infra dig to ask such questions. Our safety, and our lives, depend on the asking, and re-asking, of such questions.
And be wary of attempts to head off such questioning by saying that is "beyond the scope of legitimate debate" and so on and so bloody forth. It isn't. It must not be.
Posted by: Hugh at September 25, 2006 8:12 PM
JSLA
That's a very nifty piece of work. An alternative would be to take a standard dictionary definition such as Meriam-Webster of terms under discussion, such as truth, justice, knowledge, oppression, violence, and then fill in the qualifiers that make it completely Islamic. Truth for instance, means belief in the Allah/Mohammed duo, and in this case, it's directly backed up in the Quran with 8:39 and 2:193. For other terms, Quranic references may be more elusive.
Posted by: Infidel Pride at September 25, 2006 8:15 PM
Sorry, wrong verses - I meant 16:105 - the one that Robert's debating opponent on medved tried to use to prove that Islam forbid lying, when all it says is that Infidels are liars.
Posted by: Infidel Pride at September 25, 2006 8:20 PM
"...we condemn suicide bombings. We are mainstream American Muslims." - Awad
Now, in addition to moderate Muslims and a tiny minority of extreme Muslims, we have "mainstream" Muslims to contend with. Awad is full of taqiyya. CAIR has a record of defending terrorist activity and is no friend to this country. Any candidate who receives CAIR's support should be considered suspect.
Posted by: Kreuzueber Halbmond at September 25, 2006 9:01 PM
There is little or no awareness here in Minnesota that a Moslem is running for the House. Other JW posters correct me if I'm wrong on this, but I haven't heard a peep on this, but we have two virulently Marxist newspapers here that I buy only after a big Twins night and then I throw away every thing but the sports page; I will not read these agitprop rags.
* 33:21 ** 33:21 ** 33:21 ** 33:21 ** 33:21 ** 33:21 ** 33:21 ** 33:21 ** 33:21 ** 33:21 *
No wonder the MSM, which is especially virulent and anti-American in the People's Socialist Republic of Minnesota, has de-emphasized the Afro-American Ellison's conversion to Islam. See for yourself:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/06/22/ellisonprofile
He has built a taxpayer-dollar career predicated on victimism and threat. No wonder he converted. Up here, he'll probably get elected. Slavish igorant politcally correct fearful blue eyes.
Posted by: Alarmed Pig Farmer at September 25, 2006 9:13 PM
I would be putting up signs and advertisements showing that candidate's face with an Arafat headcloth superimposed on the Twin Towers aflame.
The GOP did worse to Max Cleland who deserved better.
Islam destroyed those towers.
at September 25, 2006 9:22 PM
This must be part of CAIR's impossible makeover....Claiming to be mainstream Muslims....A camel doesn't change it's hump.
at September 25, 2006 11:33 PM
APF
I'm not following you - this is 33:21
33:21 Verily in the messenger of Allah ye have a good example for him who looketh unto Allah and the Last Day, and remembereth Allah much.How does that apply to Ellison (who seems to be more an NOI member, given that he hasn't changed his name to Mohammed Ibadullah Hussein al Raqhman. Posted by: Infidel Pride
at September 26, 2006 4:33 AM
CAIR is a blight upon America;
The sooner these fools and charlatans are exposed and laughed off the stage, the better.
This means you, Ibrahim.
Posted by: dgene at September 26, 2006 7:32 AM
I noticed the mention in no. 12 above of the "Keryat Youval Operation": Qiryat Yovel is a working class neighborhood of Jerusalem. Many people live in small apartments built in the 1950s and often poorly constructed. The Muslim mass murderer cited above in the Hamas declaration of its exploits [# 12] came to Jerusalem from Gaza to kill Jews. He was a male nurse in Gaza, for your information, and he came to Jerusalem on the eve of a visit by James Baker, then US secretary of state, a few weeks after the end of the first US Gulf War. Baker's visit was touted as a "peace mission" as these bloody junkets usually are. The Hamas statement above mentions that the "militant. . . stabbed four Israelis" to death. These four Israelis were all women who were waiting for a bus at a bus stop to go to work. The women were good looking. One was very beautiful, although in her thirties. I met her husband a few years later when Rabin was prime minister. We were at a political protest. I spoke with him about the political situation at that moment. But I didn't have the heart to mention his wife. He felt a strong hatred for Rabin and Peres who had made the horrid Oslo accords in 1993. Four women were victims of the bravery of a Hamas militant.
Posted by: Eliyahu at September 26, 2006 4:02 PM
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