Awad is a past master at posing as a victim, but this is over the top even for him: the bill, he said, “is a continuation of the series of [actions] attaching terrorism to Islamic societies, the Islamic world and Islamic countries, as well as Islamic personalities, since it aims to demonize Islam… so that things have reached the point of attaching the accusation of terrorism against Saudi Arabia, which is the heart of the Muslim world, and accusing it is an accusation of Muslims all over the world.”
The Saudis have spent billions to spread their virulent and violent understanding of Islam around the world. As far as Awad is concerned, noting their role in jihad terror attacks is demonizing Islam. He usually isn’t so open about what he and his sinister organization is all about. He probably wasn’t expecting his remarks to be translated.
“CAIR’s Awad: Anti-Terror JASTA Bill Part of ‘War on Islam,'” IPT News, September 26, 2016:
It might be one of the few things on which Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton agree: President Obama was wrong Friday when he vetoed the “Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.”
The bill, which passed the U.S. House Sept. 9 after passing the Senate May 17, would allow Americans victimized by foreign terrorist attacks to sue countries responsible. Specifically, 9/11 victims could sue Saudi Arabia, which generated 15 of the 19 hijackers who struck the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Flight 93, which crashed in a Pennsylvania field after passengers fought back.
But in an interview with the Arabic-language Al Sharq Al Awsat, Council on American-Islamic Relations Executive Director Nihad Awad cast the legislation as an anti-Muslim attack.
The bill “is a continuation of the series of [actions] attaching terrorism to Islamic societies, the Islamic world and Islamic countries, as well as Islamic personalities, since it aims to demonize Islam,” an Investigative Project on Terrorism translation of Awad’s remarks said. “… so that things have reached the point of attaching the accusation of terrorism against Saudi Arabia, which is the heart of the Muslim world, and accusing it is an accusation of Muslims all over the world.”
He compared the bill to campaigns against mosque construction in the United States and said it is pushed by the same ideology that “supports the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying that those who voted for the resolution in the Congress are those waging war on Islam and they always vote for wars and conflicts, and are exploiting the families of the victims in this crisis.”
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., co-sponsored and advocated for the bill, which enjoyed bipartisan support. In a statement, he pledged to make this President Obama’s first veto to be over-ridden by Congress.
More importantly, Awad’s description that the bill’s supporters “are those waging war on Islam” is especially dangerous and reckless. That message, that the West is at war against Islam, is considered the most effective at radicalizing Muslims.
CAIR officials used to repeatedly invoke that message, but seemed to have backed away from it in recent years. Awad’s revival was directed at an Arabic-speaking audience.
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, who served as co-chairman of a congressional 9/11 inquiry, has long advocated for the release of 28 pages of his committee’s report focusing on the hijackers’ connections to Saudi government officials. Those pages were released in July. In a New York Times oped earlier this month, Graham said they raise more questions and advocated for the release of more investigative material still deemed classified.His motivation for this campaign, and for supporting JASTA, had nothing to do with Muslims, he explained.
“It can mean justice for the families that have suffered so grievously. It can also mean improving our national security, which has been compromised by the extreme form of Islam that has been promoted by Saudi Arabia,” Graham wrote.
President Obama claims he vetoed the bill out of concern for unintended consequences, that it might open the door to similar litigation against U.S. military and government officials in other countries and “would neither protect Americans from terrorist attacks nor improve the effectiveness of our response to such attacks.”…

Wellington says
In a sane and informed West, which sadly does not exist, there would be a war on Islam considering that Islam is most definitely at war with the West, the only variables within the Islamic camp regarding said war being how fast or slow and how up front or deceptive the jihad actually is.
Angemon says
Indeed.
JIMJFOX says
GREAT NEWS11–
even Obama’s Democratic allies on Capitol Hill voted to override his veto.
The House voted 348-77, well above the two-thirds majority needed. The final vote tally in the Senate was 97-1. Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-.Nev., cast the sole vote against override.
“In our polarized politics of today, this is pretty much close to a miraculous occurrence,” said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. Democrats and Republicans in both chambers have agreed, he said, that the bill “gives the victims of the terrorist attack on our own soil an opportunity to seek the justice they deserve.”
BRIAN MORGAN says
Obama is just like that clown we have as a prim-minister Justin Trudope, the both of these idiots seem to want North America overrun just like Europe with Muslim Terrorists, both of these idiots should be charged with TREASON against their peoples.
LB says
While I do think that JT is a dumb useful idiot who blindly follows the PC trend, but that is most definitely NOT the case with Obama. Every decision he ever made as president has been IN FAVOR of islam, which can’t possibly be due to mere stupidity. That’s why I think that he is a Muslim Brotherhood stealth jihadi planted to destabilize the West as much as possible, which he did marvelously: the biggest debt in the history of US, ISIS, “arab springs” in Iraq Libya and Egypt, giving hundreds of BILLIONS of $$$ to Iran, islamic “migration” to western countries…. Those are but a few achievements his administration decorates itself with. There’s no way a common leftist idiot could do all that even if he wanted to.
Bob says
A bag of peanuts to the person who, with a lucky guess, decides that Obama is muslim, in spite of his denials!
jihad3tracker says
****** WARNING — A GRAPHIC BUT APPROPRIATE WORD IS IN THIS POST ******
Are you as fed up with CAIR cocksucker Nihad Awad’s victim riff ?? Would you like shred his gayness parade ??
OK — TRY THIS: A FAX FROM YOU TO THE CAIR WASHINGTON DC HEADQUARTERS MAKES “PUSHBACK” BY ANYONE IMPOSSIBLE. Send it from your own computer, or to be completely safe, use Kinko-FedEx, and don’t INCLUDE an email address in the preliminary transmission page.
Include all the sick facts about Muhammad, Allah, the Qur’an, Hadith, Sira. Also include David Wood’s brilliant video posted today explaining WHY CRAIG CONSIDINE, REZA ASLAN and dickless assholes in EVERY CAIR CHAPTER AROUND THE UNITED STATES is a bunch of pussies, hiding behind “Islamophobia”.
Guest says
‘Justic against sponsors of terrorist act,’ where in this title does this say anti-Islam?
Norger says
So, Mr. Awad, what is the difference between the Islam of Saudi Arabia, “the heart of the Muslim world,” and the Islam of ISIS? The Islam of Saudi Arabia is at war with us; 9/11 was an act of war. Holding the Saudis accountable to pay civil damages in a US court is hardly an act war on the Muslim world.
Caliph says
Exactly. Germany is still paying some reparations for its war time activities – all losing countries are made to pay in one way or another – Japan had limits placed on military spending ( 1% of GDP ) So why not have Saudis pay?
Bob says
Bur remember that the western politicos love the Saudis!
Matthieu Baudin says
“… so that things have reached the point of attaching the accusation of terrorism against Saudi Arabia, which is the heart of the Muslim world, and accusing it is an accusation of Muslims all over the world…”
What an outrageous claim for special status, to say that claims against Saudi Arabian homicidal criminals are ‘off limits’. The World of Islam is a very brittle beast that outsiders are expected to handle ever so delicately. How much longer will we cooperate with this nonsense?
Caliph says
One would think that the harsh environment, the sand and heat and the dust storms would have made Muslims strong, but I guess it made feel weak and helpless, inept and that God hates them – so being like little children in a continuously harsh situation these beat-down-by-the-world muslims dream of being smart, powerful, rich, superior, and God’s chosen people… and over time they have come to believe their dreams, as their dreams are better than reality.
Rob Porter says
Matthieu Baudin, “we” will continue to “cooperate with this nonsense” as long as “we” have by the trainloads cowardly, muddled thinking politicians and ‘leaders’ who cannot bring their feckless little brains to understand that Islam is at war with Western Civilization and meanwhile the pathetic West affords Muslims every opportunity to undermine the West’s way of life. Muslim violence is not met with ruthless violence because Western leadership of the Obama, Justin Trudeau, Theresa May ilk is pure mushy liberal, doesn’t really believe in anything and only pays lip service to the benefits of a free society.
John Marst says
“How much longer will we cooperate with this nonsense?”
I think the answer is that millions of people have already stopped buying this nonsense, and the numbers are growing by the day.
One reason is that many people, who never gave Islam much thought one way or another, have now become sick to death of these fragile-ego crybabies who scream about trivialities but are struck mute when a jihadist knifes innocent women at a shopping mall.
Ed Lee says
So, Nihad Awad is feeling some heat. Poor baby! To quote the most plain speaking U. S. President of the last 100 years, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”.
Beagle says
CAIR gets tens of millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia. Many politicians, political parties, interest groups, journalists, professors, universities, businesses, multinational corporations, and more, get hundreds of millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has bought a supply of influence which rivals its proven reserves of petroleum. While Islam certainly factors in here, CAIR is simply protecting its cash spigot.
linnte says
Just proves how unattached and unAmerican he is. No compassion for the victims or their families. No pride in Being an American and certainly no loyalty to the country he resides in.
Raja says
Linnte,
His loyalty lies in Islam and the its holy prophet (pbuh) whom he is simply imitating. He belongs to a fascinating would be world with 72 voluptuous virgins etc for doing some of the most bizarre and stupid/superstitious things the world has seen.The blood thirsty Satan and that an immoral one (like practicing taqqiya etc) can only propagate the same immorality through his faithful, here the cair scum.
Alas, the world cannot shame him as there is hardly any leader worth the salt to stand up to this kind of nonsense and shameless bully
Michael Copeland says
“the Quran directly commands us to commit terrorism, so why are we afraid of it?”
Ragab Hilal Hamida MP, in Egyptian Parliament, 2006
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/06/nonie_darwish_an_arab_for_isra
J-pal says
…”demonizing islam…” – unfortunately they do it themselves, quite effectively! Besides that – islam is “anti-christ” despite its putting Jesus christ on a pedestal “beside” their champion, Mr. M. In the Quran – their “holy book” – we find what is called “Docetism”. This kind of “testing” about Christ first of all requires Christ. The point is in this teaching to degrade Christ to something else, or just deny that Jesus of Nazareth, the same person being born by Maria, judged by the Jewish leaders, killed by some kind of concession of Pilate, and buried – so far, so safe – but Resurrected from the Dead… that is, if true, a lot greater achievement than any other Human Being ever could show up – and the (only) gist of the Christian faith. Against this we find Docetism. In fact, even if we don’t really like it – No Jesus Christ of Nazareth, no Cross, no Resrrection, no Christianity, and surprisingly but self evident – NO DOCETISM. Among the most prominent organs for the same Docetism, which existed hundreds of years before the invention of the book and islam, we find in the so called islam of today, as well – they are not allowed to consider the meaning of this. As a result – islam, IF they insist on this Docetism view, they are “antichrist” – so are all other “religions”… Christianity is no claim of the Story about Jesus Christ – it is a witness to be believed or rejected. The so called islam is a “claim” – of your soul, brain, money, lifetime, etc… But, even though the temping “Paradise” with the 17 virgins (what reward is there for devote women i Paradise?) is only a sexist myth… What are you really hiding in the so called islam? Please tell me…
Jay Boo says
But — Nihad Awad supports Free Speech
BTW over in the UK, Anjem Choudary did not get prison time for advocating killing non-Muslims since Moderate Muslims could care less about that. He was making Islam’s filth too obvious so that moderate Muslims had no choice but to give the dhimmi Brit politicians and officials (Muslim Permission) to lock Anjem up in a cell.
Jay Boo says
The ever evil Puppeteer (‘Nit Wad’) is hoping one of his favorite Muppets, ‘Miss Piggy’ Hillary will become President.
But,
Donald Trump is waving a pair of string cutting scissors.
Florida Jim says
If some follows Islam should they not be deported period? Isn’t is just a matter of time until enough of them take over a town, a County, a state, and a nation? Are we not fooling ourselves to think otherwise?
GreytigerTX says
Nihad Asswad. At it again.
David says
“The war against islam”?
We (the sane humans of this planet) can only wish that there was an actual WAR AGAINST ISLAM !
Instead, we have our political “leaders” (Ass-Wipes ALL) working overtime trying desperately to convince as many as possible that: “Islam is a religion of PEACE)
What a huge crock of pig excrement that line is !
I would like all sane people of this world to band together, and totally destroy militant islam, wipe it from the face of the Earth and ERASE its very evil memory from the very pages of History.
Aussie Infidel says
So Nihad Awad thinks that the Anti-terror bill was part of a “war on Islam?” We should be so lucky! Awad is a master manipulator of Islamic propaganda (Taqiyya – or lying to advance the cause of Allah). He is ‘Mr Victim’ himself – always ready to blame infidels for initiating jihadist atrocities – never the poor long suffering Muslims, or the ideology which drives them. Unfortunately our ignorant leaders have fallen for his ruse that Islam is a ‘religion of peace’ and must be protected like a sacred cow. However, Islam is more a criminal political ideology masquerading as a religion, and protected by the myth of ‘Islamophobia’ – and it should be banned in civilized societies.
WE SHOULD BE AT WAR WITH ISLAM – but because of ignorance and political correctness, we aren’t. There is no doubt that ISLAM IS AT WAR WITH US, but our leaders have fallen for the Muslim propaganda that “jihadists have nothing to do with Islam” – that they are “following some ‘perverted’ interpretation of the faith”, instead of laying the blame fairly and squarely where it belongs – with orthodox Islam itself and the verses of violence in the Qur’an, Hadith and Sharia.
Our leaders look on in bewilderment, while the Muslims continue covertly fighting a guerilla war – hiding behind their religious facade while continuing to LEGITIMATELY INFILTRATE OUR SOCIETIES. And these foxes will continue to invade our henhouse as long as we continue to avoid doing what must be done – BAN ISLAM AS A CRIMINAL IDEOLOGY – AND BAN ISLAMIC IMMIGRATION.
Of course Awad would still regard infidels as legitimate targets anyway.
“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,” (Quran 5:33). NB: To Muslims, ‘corruption’ means rejecting Islam.
“Indeed, those who do not believe in the verses of Allah – Allah will not guide them, and for them is a painful punishment.” (Quran 16:104).
“That is because they [disbelievers] preferred the worldly life over the Hereafter and that Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.” (Quran 16:107).
“Fight them until there is no [more] fitnah (discord) and [until] worship is [acknowledged to be] for Allah. But if they cease, then there is to be no aggression except against the oppressors (those who continue to oppose Islam).” (Q2:193 SI). NB: To Muslims, the word ‘oppressors’ doesn’t mean those who are trying to force Islam on the people, but those who are opposing that imposition.
When Muslims aren’t fighting us, they continue to fight each other, because all Muslim sects regard each other as heretics or unbelievers – which explains Awad’s spat with the Saudis.
“So let not their wealth or their children impress you. Allah only intends to punish them through them in worldly life and that their souls should depart [at death] while they are disbelievers.” (Quran 9:55 SI).
Under the Sharia, unbelief or apostasy is punishable by death.
“When a person who has reached puberty and is sane voluntarily apostatizes from Islam, he deserves to be killed.” (Reliance of the Traveller, 08.1).
Obama might not be a Muslim, but he sure is a Muslim sympathiser. If Trump wins the Presidency, he should reverse Obama’s veto – but I doubt that Hillary would. Let justice prevail.
gravenimage says
Hamas-linked CAIR top dog Awad: Anti-terror bill vetoed by Obama part of “war on Islam”
………………………….
Because if you object to Muslims murdering us you are waging “war on Islam”.
And what is the penalty for waging war on Islam? Why, death, of course…
And, horrifyingly, the current occupant of the White House appears to agree…
Patrick A Ludwick says
He is truly a lying piece of shit, so typical of his origin. The asshole just can’t control himslelf as many arabs and muslims can’t. They are just natural born liars
balam says
If the AMERICANS had BRAINS,they would have NEVER put a BLACK MUSLIM in the WHITE HOUSE. As you sow,so shall you reap. Obama is a defender of Islam and enemy with.May God save America-A GREAT COUNTRY.
Sam says
Unfortunately we are not at war with Islam.
We must start full force to eliminate this evil cult now.
We all know at JW that if Hillary wins enemy will get bigger and stronger. We will see an explosion of Muslimas in garbage bag covering their faces and an explosion of law suits to protect Muslims from Islamophobia. So this will not be America but today’s Europe
Here I go. I am depressed again this morning.
Raul Rodriguez says
Whether Obama is a useful idiot or a Muslims the end result is the same, the annihilation of the USA as a independent sovereign Country, and the gang of criminals running the Country right now are getting the result they want, I believe he is an agent of the devil in others words the devil advocate.
MarkR says
The law makers have seen the light for who Mr. Obama is and defending!
Barack Hussain defeated!
Read our president’s own words … then YOU decide where his loyalties lie:
“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
“The Audacity of Hope”, page 261.
~B. Hussein Obama
“I ceased to advertise my mother’s race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites”.
“Dreams of My Father”
~B. Hussein Obama
“I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother’s race”.
“Dreams of My Father”
~B. Hussein Obama
“I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn’t speak to my own. It was into my father’s image, the black man, a Muslim, son of Africa , that I’d packed all the attributes I sought in myself , the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela”.
(Did you get that? Malcolm X, racist muslim who despises white people, is his hero.)
“Dreams of My Father”
~B. Hussein Obama
Documented quotes from Barrack HUSSEIN Obama while serving as president of The United States …. Any question where his loyalties lie?
*1. “The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer”
*2. “We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world — including in my own country.”
*3. “Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.”
*4. “Islam has always been part of America”
*5. “As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam.”
*6. “we will encourage more Americans to study in Muslim communities”
*7. “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam”
*8. “These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings.”
*9. “America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.”
*10. “I made it clear that America is not – and will never be – at war with Islam.”
*11. “Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism – it is an important part of promoting peace.”
*12. “In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.”
*13. “Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.”
*14. “So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed”