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Unindicted co-conspirators in jihad terror funding case offer Obama advice

Jun 3, 2009 11:56 am By Robert Spencer

And he will probably be glad to oblige. “CAIR to Obama: Address talk radio ‘denigration’: Claims critics create Islamophobia, degrade Muslim religion,” by Aaron Klein for WorldNetDaily, June 3 (thanks to Doc Washburn):

JERUSALEM — President Obama should act against the “denigration” of Islam in newspaper columns, on talk radio and in religious sermons nationwide, the national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, wrote in a letter to the president.

As Obama prepares for his much anticipated address to the Muslim world tomorrow, CAIR offered the president some tips on how to better foster dialogue and understanding with Islam.

“Prior to the 9/11 attacks, Islamophobia of the type we see today was at the margins of public discourse,” wrote CAIR’s Nihad Awad.

“Unfortunately, today it is quite common to see and hear the faith of Islam denigrated in newspaper columns, on talk radio and in religious sermons nationwide. Few in the Muslim world will listen to our calls for openness and reform while the faith they hold dear is being vilified,” he wrote.

Awad announced no plans to teach against the jihad doctrine of Islamic supremacism in order to give these newspaper columns, talk radio hosts and religious sermonizers nothing to talk about.

Awad called for Obama to act on the issue.

“Silence on this growing phenomenon is un-American and betrays the values of inclusiveness and religious tolerance that we all hold dear.”

Awad said nothing about how the Islamic supremacist agenda held by so many Muslims around the world and in the U.S. betrays the values of inclusiveness and religious tolerance, by mandating the subjugation of Jews and Christians as dhimmis.

The CAIR letter also suggested Obama change the U.S. policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“Israel’s wall of separation must come down, humiliating roadblocks must be removed, the illegal settlements must be dismantled, food and other essential supplies must flow freely, Palestinian rights must be restored, and a viable and independent Palestinian state must be created and supported,” wrote Awad.

Sounds like Obama talking points already. But Awad, of course, said nothing about how the “wall” has drastically lowered the number of jihad/martyrdom attacks against Israeli civilians.

Israel’s “wall” is actually mostly a fence. It was constructed starting in 2002 in response to rampant Palestinian terrorism that was initiated two years earlier after Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat turned down an Israeli offer of a state in the West Bank, Gaza and eastern Jerusalem. Instead of proposing a counter offer, Arafat started his intifada, or terrorist war, aimed at “liberating” Palestine by force.

The fence is credited directly with drastically cutting back the number of Palestinian suicide bombers able to infiltrate Jewish population centers. The barrier becomes a wall at select locations where Palestinian gunmen previously routinely fired at Israeli motorists.

Israel allows food and other essential supplies into the Gaza Strip.

The “humiliating” roadblocks referenced by Awad were erected in direct response to Palestinian terrorism and are credited with stopping scores of potential attacks. There were no roadblocks or checkpoints inside the West Bank before the major onslaught of terrorism in the last 15 years.

Israel’s settlement activity is not illegal but is considered disputed according to international law.

Projection Alert:

The CAIR letter states the U.S. must champion “political and religious freedom, human rights, the growth and stabilization of democratic institutions, and respect for the rule of law for everyone, not just those we favor.”

Yet CAIR said nothing about how Sharia is incompatible with universally accepted notions of political and religious freedom, human rights, the growth and stabilization of democratic institutions, and respect for the rule of law for everyone, not just those we favor.

It claims, “for too long, we have claimed to be champions of freedom and democracy, while turning a blind eye to repression, occupation and authoritarian rule. We must hold every nation, even those we regard as allies, to a uniform standard of justice and equality. No other action will do more to restore America’s international reputation.”

And yet if the U.S. really were to “hold every nation, even those we regard as allies, to a uniform standard of justice and equality” and thus insist that Sharia provisions institutionalizing discrimination against women and non-Muslims be set aside in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, CAIR would be the first to howl.

And indeed, CAIR doesn’t really want a “uniform standard of justice and equality,” but ” respect and support for local solutions and indigenous democratic decisions by the local governments” — i.e., Sharia:

On Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, CAIR suggests the U.S. should change its policy to be “based on the reduction of the U.S. intervention and the respect and support for local solutions and indigenous democratic decisions by the local governments.”

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