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Hamas-linked terror org CAIR condemns Charlie Hebdo jihad murders, claims to support free speech

Jan 7, 2015 2:14 pm By Robert Spencer

nihad awad-corey saylorThis is rich. The Hamas-linked terror organization known as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) claims to support the freedom of speech? Hamas-linked CAIR is an inveterate and committed enemy of the freedom of speech, tarring and smearing anyone and everyone who dares to utter a critical word about jihad terror as a “racist,” “bigoted” “Islamophobe” and doing everything it can to make sure that such critics are denied platforms to speak and shunned by all decent people. A report on Islamophobia in the U.S. that the Hamas-linked terror org CAIR produced in conjunction with the Center for Race & Gender at the University of California, Berkeley in 2011 stated:

“It is not appropriate to label all, or even the majority of those, who question Islam and Muslims as Islamophobes. Equally, it is not Islamophobic to denounce crimes committed by individual Muslims or those claiming Islam as a motivation for their actions. ‘A critical study of Islam or Muslims is not Islamophobic,’ former CAIR Research Director Mohamed Nimer wrote in 2007. ‘Likewise, a disapproving analysis of American history and government is not anti-American… One can disagree with Islam or with what some Muslims do without having to be hateful.’”

But these were empty words. Hamas-linked CAIR offered no examples of what it would consider to be acceptable and legitimate criticism of Islam and jihad, and never has done so anywhere else, either. Nor has any other Leftist or Muslim group. In reality, all who dare to oppose jihad and Islamic supremacism will become a target for a smear campaign. The real agenda of Islamic supremacist groups in the United States is clearly not to distinguish legitimate resistance to jihad from bigotry and hatred, but to stigmatize all resistance to jihad as bigotry and hatred. This will clear away all obstacles to the advance of that jihad.

And anyway, how can Hamas-linked CAIR honestly say it favors free speech when the speech in question would be considered blasphemy according to Islamic law? The penalty for blasphemy in Islamic law is death, and that’s why Islamic jihadists murdered twelve people at Charlie Hebdo today. There is much support in the Qur’an and Sunnah for the death penalty for blasphemy. It can arguably be found in this verse: “Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment.” (5:33)

Also: “Those who annoy Allah and His Messenger – Allah has cursed them in this World and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating Punishment” (33:57)

And: “If they violate their oaths after pledging to keep their covenants, and attack your religion, you may fight the leaders of paganism – you are no longer bound by your covenant with them – that they may refrain” (9:12).

There is more in the hadith. In one, Muhammad asked: “Who is willing to kill Ka’b bin Al-Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His Apostle?” One of the Muslims, Muhammad bin Maslama, answered, “O Allah’s Apostle! Would you like that I kill him?” When Muhammad said that he would, Muhammad bin Maslama said, “Then allow me to say a (false) thing (i.e. to deceive Kab).” Muhammad responded: “You may say it.” Muhammad bin Maslama duly lied to Ka’b, luring him into his trap, and murdered him. (Bukhari 5.59.369)

“A Jewess used to abuse the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and disparage him. A man strangled her till she died. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) declared that no recompense was payable for her blood.” (Sunan Abu-Dawud 38.4349)

“U.S. Muslims Condemn Paris Terror Attack, Defend Free Speech,” Hamas-linked CAIR, January 7, 2015:

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/7/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a shooting attack on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and repeated its defense of freedom of speech.

Twelve people were killed today in the attack by individuals reportedly shouting “God is great” in Arabic. While no one has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack, the magazine has been threatened and attacked in the past because of its derogatory references to Islam and its Prophet Muhammad. The perpetrators remain at large.

In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:

“We strongly condemn this brutal and cowardly attack and reiterate our repudiation of any such assault on freedom of speech, even speech that mocks faiths and religious figures. The proper response to such attacks on the freedoms we hold dear is not to vilify any faith, but instead to marginalize extremists of all backgrounds who seek to stifle freedom and to create or widen societal divisions.

“We offer sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed or injured in this attack. We also call for the swift apprehension of the perpetrators, who should be punished to the full extent of the law.”

France’s Muslim leaders have similarly condemned the attack as “barbaric.” “This extremely grave barbaric action is also an attack against democracy and the freedom of the press,” said the French Muslim Council (CFCM) in a statement.

In 2006, CAIR rejected the sometimes violent response to Danish cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad.

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  1. jay says

    Jan 7, 2015 at 2:26 pm

    They have to keep making all the idiots think they’re on our side afterall. The left will eat it up and plaster this all over the news, not anything else, but that these “poor oppressed Muslims facing hatred from irrational whitey, have come out to stand against terror”. The usual BS crap I’m so sick of.

    This is beyond disturbing and the sad thing is I know nothing will change. All those people out with their candle light vigils and tears will come out for ‘peace’ not to defend themselves or their country or with righteous anger. It’s appalling. Suicidal doormat syndrome is what Europe is stuck under.

    • jihad3tracker says

      Jan 7, 2015 at 2:46 pm

      Spot on the money and well said, jay – – – –

      However, I do find some pleasure by CAIR’s repeatedly being dragged into ridiculously false bullwash at appearances like this, because the ISIS FFMs (Fully Functioning Muslims) show via their actions that they regard pansy-asseed taqiyyists like the clowns pictured above as total cowards.

  2. Champ says

    Jan 7, 2015 at 2:27 pm

    Hamas-linked terror organization known as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) claims to support the freedom of speech?

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Hmm, have they turned over a new leaf with this New Year’s resolution to support the freedom of speech? Nah! Just another smoke screen and lie, courtesy the death cult of liars, and evil slaves of allah. And the unholy quran instructs muslims to lie whenever it suits them; so here we have, one such example, of CAIR caught in a lie–again.

  3. Michael Copeland says

    Jan 7, 2015 at 2:33 pm

    The French Muslim Council said this “extremely grave barbaric action is also an attack against democracy and the freedom of the press”. That is an accurate assessment on all counts, but is not, in fact, a condemnation: it is a description. The act fits neatly with “The Management of Savagery”, the booklet put out by Islamic State, and with Islam’s veto on democracy and press freedom.
    Western readers and listeners will receive it as a condemnation, but it isn’t, is it?

    • Dave J says

      Jan 7, 2015 at 3:26 pm

      Indeed, very perceptive.

      No condemnation and an undercurrent of sympathy, or at least acquiescence.

    • Ha Meshuga says

      Jan 7, 2015 at 3:40 pm

      And dont forget the pallys are relying on France to back them again at the un……

  4. Georg says

    Jan 7, 2015 at 2:37 pm

    Down with CAIR. Down with theocracy. Down with totalitarianism. ENOUGH!

  5. CogitoErgoSum says

    Jan 7, 2015 at 2:43 pm

    My question is, “Can anyone be a Muslim without also being a hateful, religious bigot?” I say, “No.” Those Muslims who say “yes” condemn themselves as either apostates or hypocrites. Come on now. Speak freely.

    • mariam rove says

      Jan 7, 2015 at 2:59 pm

      My question is, “Can anyone be a Muslim without also being a hateful, religious bigot?”
      The answer to your question is yes. I can tell you that as you may by now know I was born and raised a Muslim. That said here is the big problem with those Muslims and my own family included When jihadists commit these horrible crimes, those Muslims will tell you that those killers are not real Muslims! Good Muslims they say do not commit crime this! Thus those peaceful Muslims apparently are reading a different version of the Koran! Not the one that the Jihadists are reading!!! So be clear those Muslims while peaceful are so delusional about Islam and their murderous pedophile prophet that makes someone with homicidal psychosis look sane!! m

      • CogitoErgoSum says

        Jan 7, 2015 at 3:36 pm

        Hi, Mariam. It comes down to what constitutes a “true” Muslim, doesn’t it? That should be easily clarified by how closely a person follows the Quran. I have suggested before that the Quran as it is now organized makes it difficult to determine what a “true” Muslim is. It is difficult to see right off which verses have been replaced or abrogated by other verses which came later. If the verses of the Quran were rearranged into chronological order I believe it would be easier for everyone to see that Allah (Muhammad) changed the focus of Islam once Muhammad had left Mecca for Medina. Of course,this re-organization of the verses could lead to radicalization of even more Muslims from peaceful to violent but at least the ones who believe in religious tolerance would be able to see more easily that what they believe has been abrogated and that “real” Muslims are aggressive and not passive. Tolerant and peaceful Muslims follow a version of Islam that Allah no longer finds pleasing and those who don’t like that need to find another religion more in keeping with their beliefs. Am I wrong about this?

  6. Know Thy Enemy says

    Jan 7, 2015 at 2:46 pm

    Why is CAIR, an US organization, all anxious to defend French Muslims? Here is the answer (to any newcomers or others who might be ignorant of how things work in Islam)-

    All Muslims are brothers and sisters in Islam! Why so? Because Islam is not simply a religion but also a state ! The citizens of this state are called Muslims (Alternatively, the members of this nation are called Ummah)!

    A Muslim’s first and foremost loyalty is to the state of Islam. The states, citizenships, and national boundaries as we all know them, are not recognized in Islam.

    Hence whenever any members of ummah are in [potential] trouble anywhere in the world from non-Muslims, a good Muslim must take sides with their brothers and sisters (read fellow citizens in Islam) and do whatever they can to protect them!

    Hence explained! Feel free to ask for any clarifications or further detailed explanations.

    • AnneM says

      Jan 7, 2015 at 3:04 pm

      Just spreading more “tayyqia” while in secret giving each other “high 5’s” over the killings.

  7. PGuud says

    Jan 7, 2015 at 2:54 pm

    The dissemblers dissemble and the savages savage–two sides of the same coin.

    CAIR can shove it. Islam is a plague–nothing is ever going to change that fact.

    Rot, you Muslim bastards. We, free people of the world, love life/freedom more than you love death.

    Islam: where freedom ends and slavery begins.

  8. AnneM says

    Jan 7, 2015 at 3:02 pm

    ….While in secret giving each other “high 5’s” celibrating the killings.

  9. wildjew says

    Jan 7, 2015 at 3:03 pm

    Mr. Spencer, I am sure you know (maybe not) how valuable these posts and the detail you include within them for those of us who post on other site and in our busyness (I run a small business) do not have time to look some of these things up. Steve

    For example, I just posted this on Mediate’s World’s Cartoonists Respond to Charlie Hebdo Attack

    “Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment.” (Qur’an 5:33)

    Also: “Those who annoy Allah and His Messenger – Allah has cursed them in this World and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating Punishment” (33:57)

    And: “If they violate their oaths after pledging to keep their covenants, and attack your religion, you may fight the leaders of paganism – you are no longer bound by your covenant with them – that they may refrain” (9:12)

    • AnneM says

      Jan 7, 2015 at 3:05 pm

      They are serving their god, the devil.

  10. Champ says

    Jan 7, 2015 at 3:07 pm

    CAIR is exploiting this mass murder as an opportunity to present the usual false facade of ‘islam is peace’; but those of us with our eyes open, and our brains still intact, can see right through this shameful, false facade of condemning the “jihad murders” to make islam look peaceful and good (the opposite is true). Here CAIR demonstrates that they are unabashed, opportunistic liars! Wow they are just so disgusting and evil. They have no soul.

  11. dlbrand says

    Jan 7, 2015 at 3:24 pm

    Curiously, I am being blocked from posting here, substantial Islamic evidence showing this mornings slayings nothing but basic Islam.

  12. vlparker says

    Jan 7, 2015 at 3:37 pm

    This would be comical if people weren’t dying.

  13. Edison says

    Jan 7, 2015 at 7:23 pm

    “The proper response to such attacks on the freedoms we hold dear is not to vilify any faith, but instead to marginalize extremists of all backgrounds ”

    Lets see now, extremists of all backgrounds you say. Look again, these attacks are caused by Muslims, not “extremists of all backgrounds”.

  14. Angemon says

    Jan 7, 2015 at 7:33 pm

    In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:

    “We strongly condemn this brutal and cowardly attack and reiterate our repudiation of any such assault on freedom of speech, even speech that mocks faiths and religious figures.

    The Great Oz has spoken. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

  15. Jerry says

    Jan 8, 2015 at 12:16 pm

    No yzidi male beheaded by Muslims have ever drawn Mohamad cartoons.

    No yzidi woman or girl abducted into sex slavery by Muslims have ever drawn Mohamad cartoons.

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