Hamas-linked CAIR’s Adam Soltani asks: “The question that comes to mind is, does he do this to others? Does he ask question to his Christian constituents? His Jewish constituents? If the answer is no, that’s discrimination. There’s no other way to call it.”
All right. However, there have been 30,000 murderous jihad attacks worldwide since 9/11 carried out by Muslims who found impetus and justification for them in the Qur’an and Sunnah. Christians and Jews, meanwhile, are not committing acts of violence and pointing to their holy book to justify it and make recruits among peaceful Christians and Jews. Is John Bennett not allowed to notice that, and decry it?
Soltani also said: “Nobody should be vetted with stupid, Islamophobic, hateful, bigoted questions before they can meet with their representative.”
Well, in reality, if my representative asked me to fill out a questionnaire before he or she would meet with me, I would just fill it out. Soltani says that the questions are “stupid, Islamophobic, hateful, bigoted,” but he doesn’t explain why (and of course “journalist” Mary Ann Georgantopoulos of the establishment propaganda media organ BuzzFeed doesn’t ask him to). There is an important reason for this: Soltani knows full well that the Qur’an tells Muslim men to beat women from whom they fear disobedience (4:34), and that multiple hadiths record that Muhammad married a 6-year-old girl (Aisha) when he was 51 (or thereabouts), and that Bennett’s other questions also have a foundation in actual Islamic teaching and practice.
If Soltani and Hamas-linked CAIR were operating in good faith, they would admit that the Qur’an sanctions wife-beating and that spousal abuse is not just rampant but taken for granted in many areas of the Islamic world, and would detail a genuine program for reform and a determination that women not be beaten. Instead, Soltani dismisses the questions as “Islamophobic” and caims victim status. This is typical, but it doesn’t make the questions go away.
“This Lawmaker Asked Muslims If They Beat Their Wives Before He Would Allow A Meeting,” by Mary Ann Georgantopoulos, BuzzFeed News, March 3, 2017:
Muslims hoping to meet with a Oklahoma lawmaker during a special event had to first fill out a controversial questionnaire about Islam that included inquiries such as “Do you beat your wife?”
Oklahoma Rep. John Bennett asked his constituents taking part in the state’s third annual Muslim Day on Thursday — in which Muslims have the opportunity to interact with state legislators at the capitol — to fill out the questionnaire.
Adam Soltani, executive director of Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) Oklahoma, told BuzzFeed News that high school students from Tulsa’s Peace Academy visited Bennett’s office to either meet with him or schedule a meeting.
The students were met by a legislative assistant, Soltani said, who gave the students a questionnaire, telling them it must be filled out in writing.
The nine-part questionnaire includes questions such as, “The Koran, the sunna of Mohammed and Sharia Law of all schools says that the husband can beat his wife. Do you beat your wife?”
Another question is, “I have heard that, according to accepted Islamic sources, Mohammed, at age of 49, married a 6-year-old girl, and that he had sex with her when he was 52 and she was only 9 years old. Is that really true?”
“I was distraught when [the students] showed me the questionnaire,” Soltani told BuzzFeed News. “I wasn’t completely surprised by it because obviously we have been challenging Bennett’s hate rhetoric for many years.”…
Soltani said he does not know how many people got the questionnaire because more than 200 people attended Muslim Day at the Capitol, adding that all the other legislators were very supportive and welcoming.The questionnaire was written up by anti-Islam group ACT for America — the group’s logo and email address are on the sheet of paper.
“The question that comes to mind is, does he do this to others?” Soltani said. “Does he ask question [sic] to his Christian constituents? His Jewish constituents? If the answer is no, that’s discrimination. There’s no other way to call it.”
Soltani said there shouldn’t be somebody working for the state of Oklahoma who doesn’t represent all citizens.
“Nobody should be vetted with stupid, Islamophobic, hateful, bigoted questions before they can meet with their representative,” Soltani said in a video posted to Facebook Thursday.

Dexter L. Wilson says
Are the ones he is asking Citizens or Legal Residents. If not he can ask them anything and does not have to ask anyone else. Even so, the question is because of the Koran giving explicit instructions as to what to do to unbelievers.
bob says
HI does anyone have a good copy of the Oklahoma questionnaire, if so could you e mail one at e.bk@sympatico.ca
Thanks
Nancy Albert says
I like everything about this except the phrase “equality of religions” in the Declaration of Human Rights. There is no moral equivalence between Islam and Christianity.
cheryl s. says
Sounds like Solatani is suffering from an acute case of, “if the shoe fits, wear it-aphobia.
Guest says
This AfD politician calls it like it is, too: he asks whether various instructions to criminal, violent behaviour in the koran should be taught during religious instructions in schools: https://www.pi-news.net/2017/03/video-gottfried-curio-afd-zu-islam-unterricht/ If you understand German, this is worth watching. If anyone can add subtitles, this really is a useful way for politicians to approach the problem.
Pastor C says
What a shock! Muslims being allergic to, actually, sharing the truth about sharia law!
Just because most lawmakers are ‘useful infidels’ doesn’t mean ALL of them are deaf, blind and stupid!
I was absolutely delighted to see this learned, patriotic legislator is courageous enough to readily confront Islamic ideology and its adherents!
As to the question why are Muslims being asked about the tenets and teachings of their faith; my question is why not? Why are they so ashamed about their history and how they practice their faith in the 21st century?
Truth is, they simply don’t want to be exposed for the anarchists and terrorists they really are, which is what their founder and their book compels them to be!
Why aren’t Christians and Jews being asked about the tenets and teachings of our faith? While I will gladly share mine, anywhere at any time; that is not the real issue. We aren’t the savages who seek total conquest of Western civilization at the point of a sword!!
Tangata says
Not all are Shariah Law. Some are simply commandments of Allah. The Christian God Jesus simply gave 2 commandments: Love God with your whole being, and Love everybody else as you love yourself.
Tommy says
Where is N.O.W.?
john spielman says
-beating up white Christian men as they are too afraid of muslims to say anything against the misogynistic death cult of pedophile muhammed!
mortimer says
John, it’s the ‘feminized’ culture of Sweden. They don’t want real men, but they invited a few hundred thousand RAPISTS.
The Swedish women are SCREWY!
Guest says
Some of the questions are too complex for a single person to answer (eg the United Nations human rights one), but some of the ones that apply to personal decisions and behaviour are appropriate, eg the one re spousal abuse.
And sure, he could just ask those or similar questions of everyone. Either: ‘Do you believe the koran says men can beat their wives?’ or ‘Do you believe men should be allowed to beat their wives?’ or ‘Do you beat your wife?’. Each a very different question.
Arthur says
and, of course, the classic “Have you stopped beating your wife?”
blitz2b says
“I was distraught when [the students] showed me the questionnaire,”
Well that’s rich …. Should you not be distraught that such heinous hate literature exists in your Islamic scriptures?
Muslims live and thrive by double standards supported by our own liberal left who are giving these idiots a backbone to speak this way…
Why should you as a Muslim be upset about facts that exist in Islamic sources?
It’s too bad that Muslims don’t like the skeletons hidden in their faith closet being exposed… but there is no stopping it now. At this point the only obstruction to Islam’s full exposure is the hypocrisy of the liberal left.
john spielman says
beating up white Christian men, they are too afraid to confront muslim men ( and women)
john spielman says
oops that was supposed to be a reply to Tommy
john spielman says
why is there a ‘muslim day” at the Oklahoma state capitol?? is there a Christian day, or Jewish day or atheists day etc??
if not this pandering to the Satanic death cult of allah/muhammed must stop!!!
somehistory says
I seriously doubt that there is a Christian Day or Jewish Day or Hindu Day, etc.
if there were, he could ask them, is it true that God is a God of Love? Is it true that the Bible has what is known as “The Golden Rule”? Do you believe these/
There should be no “moslim day” if he cannot find out what they believe. moslim day itself is *discrimination* if there are not corresponding days for people who believe differently.
Jack' says
John: Why is there a “Muslim Day” ? Because there are many well financed alphabet Islamic organizations in America today that are working closely together to further Islam, they know what it takes to get the many Traitorous politicians on their side, I did say, Well Financed, it seems like the whole Democrat party is on board with this considering their appointment of MN. congressman Keith Ellison, Ellison is a big supporter of the most dangerous terrorist organization in the world which is the Muslim Brotherhood, this is Not mentioned much in America but it’s been said in many other countries, even in Egypt, this just proves the MB’s influence in America today. Another highly important short term goal of these alphabet Muslim organizations is to get our lawmakers to pass a law that would make it a hate crime to criticize Islam, the politicians especially the Democrats agree with Muslims that it will stop violence, or does Well Funded have anything to do with it?
A Lee says
I asked a similar question on another website, about why only Muslims were recognized and not other belief systems. A troll called me a moron and said it was “because Hindu and Jewish countries were not being bombed.” He also made equally nasty remarks to several other people on the page. What scares me the most is that there are so many crazies like this guy, and they often seem to be attracted to Islamist groups.
gravenimage says
Good question, John and A Lee.
Eric Jones says
Hear Hear.
Eric
jd says
Didn’t the Canadian affiliate of carn lose their charity status because of terror related organizations?
gravenimage says
Yes–CAIR-Can is now the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM). Here’s some background:
“Terrorists in our midst”
Various groups in Canada have unholy ties with extremists
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/Terrorists-in-our-midst-258920951.html
jim conch says
You do have to admit he made a good point when he said anybody working for the government should represent all the people. With that in mind, why did he not go after Obama for not representing all the people, or Clinton for only representing only her special interest groups? The cair group is so hypocritical they only call people names and make wild accusations.
jd says
The same dude wouldn’t answer the question about removing sari-law; debated Tarek Fatah, a Canadian press. (CBS I think)
Edgar Allen says
I have read this questionaire, and I approve it’s message.
Lee says
Most of us would and do. Soltani doesn’t because he is afraid that some of his Muslims might wake up just why they are regarded so negatively.
gravenimage says
+1
Frank Courtney says
+ another
ermom says
+ X 100!
Guest says
The buzzfeed comments are as expected: endless quotes from the Old Testament and abuse statistics of Oklahoma.
Like me, most commentators are atheists. Unlike me, they don’t seem to think the koran now deserves the same criticism as the bible has long had. And they don’t seem to think islam deserves the same criticism as any ideology that promotes domestic violence has long had.
They believe that as the Old Testament has horrible stories in it which most christians don’t use for guidance, therefore muslims don’t use the koran for guidance.
And in between people keep claiming that the the koran does not even say ‘beat your wife’ and that 4.34 cannot possibly be accurately translated into English.
Guest says
There are fairer comments on Moroccan World News than on the western sites. Some Moroccans or people interested in Morocco have more of a clue.
Terry Gain says
The belief that Islam can be reformed to make it compatible with Western Democracies is delusional. The only solution is to exclude Muslims from our civilization before they destroy it and the sooner we accept this reality the less painful it will be. Muslims who are already here will enjoy the benefit of the rule of law.
Jeanette says
Muslims who are already here will breed at a rate many times that of western civilizations, until they can OUTVOTE us and install their primitive, violent culture as the new law of the land.
So they need to go, too.
Angemon says
I’m with Soltani on this one – I’m all for giving that exact quiz to people of other religions, or lack thereof. Everyone, regardless of their religion, should learn, to read from a few questions, that muhammad allowed for wife-beating, made mandatory punishment for leaving islam, killed pagans, Jews and Christians for not agreeing with him, etc., and say whether they agree with that or not. Oh, that’s not what Soltani meant when he talked about asking questions to Christians or Jews? Too bad – technically, that’s giving what he wants: same quiz for everyone, no discrimination whatsoever.
Wellington says
Seconded, Angemon.
gravenimage says
Spot on, Angemon.
Mark Swan says
That is all he needs to do Angemon, put it out there for everyone to consider,
this may be the result of this, lt us hope.
dave read says
I would go one better, send it out worldwide!! the result to be the banning of the book of hate!! and the removal of any person that agrees with any of it as a danger to the nation they are in!! pack them off to saudi arabia where the rulers there will teach them what islam is really all about!! it is time now to get tough and strong against this filthy ideology!! and ignore the labels!!
Wellington says
You didn’t go one better. The Koran does not need to be banned anymore than does Mein Kampf or the Communist Manifesto. What is needed is for it be read, highly preferably with common sense and moral intelligence in tact.
Put another way, hate and totalitarian ideas do not need to be banned. Rather, they need to be exposed. Besides, what’s the point of defending freedom while helping to eliminate it by the banning of books?
Reconsider since sunlight on evil is the best disinfectant of all.
dave read says
the problem is already self evident i think it already isnt banned and freely available worldwide now and this is WHY we are facing anhilation in the west from islam!! they have no capacity for reasoned argumen,t as they have been brainwashed from birth. to believe that the west needs to be converted or killed!! they have no other purpose they do not think like you!! they have no western morality. to them, world peace is ONLY POSSIBLE WHEN THE ENTIRE WORLD is islam!! THEY WILL ACCEPT NOTHING LESS!!
until the west wakes up to these realities the stealth invasion will continue and it will be much harder and many more innocents will be slaughtered before the west wakes up!! that is the cold hard facts. THEIR IDEOLOGY FROM BIRTH IS ALIEN TO US!! THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF ASSIMILATION TO THEM . Muslims can lie and use deceit when dealing with ‘Infidels” as long as it’s beneficial to Islam are you familiar with any of these terms:? 1.Darura: Deceit through necessity. 2. Kitman: Deceit by omission. 3. Muruna: Deceit by temporary suspension of Sharia Law. 4.Taqiyya: Deceit for the purpose of spreading Islam. 5.Tawriya: Deceit by ambiguity.6. Taysir; Deceit through facilitation. SEE?? NO “REASONABLE DIALOGUE” IS POSSIBLE OR DESIRED BY ISLAM!! THE KORAN STATES, ” ALLAH IS THE GREATEST OF DECEIVERS!!” HIS FOLLOWERS ARE THE SAME!! WAAAAAKE UUUUUUPPPP!!
Lee says
Yes, it needs to be read, but most of the folks in this country are quite unable to really read and understand almost anything. It is no secret that a majority of the justices on our Supreme Court are quite unable to understand the concept of “equal protection of the law” which is why they approve of welfare systems which rob one set of citizens for the benefit of others and affirmative discrimination which does the same.
Wellington says
I agree with you, dave read, on the woeful incapacity of Muslims to reason but not banning the Koran as the reason why we In the West are faced with the rot that we are is not the reason we are faced with the rot that we are. Rather, it is PRECISELY because the Western elites have not taken the time to intelligently study what is in the Koran (and the hadiths and sira) that we are in said rot. If said elites had, they would have no more welcomed Muslims into their midst than they would have Nazis and other totalitarian adherents.
Again, reconsider since the solution is wrapped up not with banning but rather with proper understanding.
gravenimage says
If the Qur’an were banned, it would be people like us, I’m afraid, who would run afoul of the law for owning them. Muslims would not care…
Mark Swan says
Dave I hear what your saying, don’t disagree, but how can the west wake-up
without the Quran being exposed. The popular thing right now is to pretend
these bad cases are not following Islam, but the Quran says they are, those
pretenders would not have a leg to stand on if the general public new what
was in the Quran. It must be shown for what it is.
Jeanette says
It would be a lot simpler to re-label Islam as a cult, and remove their cover of “religion.”
Do a little research on what qualifies a group as a cult, and it quickly becomes obvious that Islam meets all of the qualifications, including one that most cults do not meet – human sacrifice.
(Why is it human sacrifice for Satanists to call to Lucifer to witness and approve the murder of a human being, but it’s not human sacrifice for Muslims to call to Allah to witness and approve the murder of a human being? We’ve been bamboozled by the pro-Muslims or we would have recognized that decades ago!)
We must remove “religion” as their excuse for the savages.
Meanwhile, why don’t we raffle off a ticket to, for instance, Mosul, and see how many of these Muslim lovers buy a raffle ticket?
John A. Marre says
That questionnaire should be given all Muslims who want to come into the country. Many would lie, but it’s a start.
Kay says
I agree
Jeanette says
They will simply lie.
We need to stop bringing in people who follow a “sacred” text which instructs them to kill us.
Milo says
The one thing I have in common with jihadis is that I truly believe in God; the difference is that my God is the Beloved Triune God of the Bible that a part of which became man, taught us to love even our enemies, and was sacrificed for the sins of all mankind, who accept Him. Their god is Satan in disguise.
The problem I have with fellow, so-called, Christians is their unbelief, for if they truly believed could they have interfaith services with non-Christians without the intent of sharing the Gospels of Christ with them and not have a desire to listen to their false teachings. Too often I hear so-called Christians say God accepts all faiths of good people but that’s not what Yahushua said or meant when He said “No one comes unto the Father but through me”.
Maybe it would be a good idea to give Christians a test as well to see how much they actually know of their own God; I was once Catholic and I’d bet ten to one most of them would fail, I would have had I not actually read the four Gospels.
Interfaith worship without the intent to teach God’s truth is equivalent to the Moose & Elks Clubs getting together for softball and a barbecue.
Jack says
I’m certain that Mr. Soltani would be more than happy to answer any of these questions: Mr. Spltani: How often do you beat your wife? Mr. Soltani:.Are the beatings that you inflict upon your wife get more severe for repeat violations of the same offense;? Mr. Soltani: Are there limits set on the number of beatings or the severity of the beatings you are allowed to inflict upon your wife so to prevent permanent injury or death to her? Mr. Soltani: Is it true that Muslims can lie and use deceit when dealing with ‘Infidels” as long as it’s beneficial to Islam? Mr. Soltani are you familiar with any of these terms:? 1.Darura: Deceit through necessity. 2. Kitman: Deceit by omission. 3. Muruna: Deceit by temporary suspension of Sharia Law. 4.Taqiyya: Deceit for the purpose of spreading Islam. 5.Tawriya: Deceit by ambiguity.6. Taysir; Deceit through facilitation.
Crusades Were Right! says
CAIR is enraged?
I couldn’t CAIR less!
; ¬)
avi15 says
You have to remember that Muslims have been maddened by Islam. In other words, it is a cult that renders its victims functionally insane in certain respects. The ‘distraught’ reaction is a good example of this. There is no reason or reasoning involved. This is why Muslims are potentially capable of far greater cruelty than most other people.
Jeanette says
Or, perhaps they are simply evil.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
This questionnaire is good constituent service, although it plays favorites with the legislator’s Muslim constituents. And some of the questions need refinement, such as the assumption — in the question “Do you beat your wife?” — that the respondent is male (or at least a married lesbian) and of legal age. And one question asserts “The Koran has over 90 verses that say Muhammad is the perfect example for Muslims to follow.” Where is this list? I doubt it has more than a dozen such verses. And I don’t recall that “uswa hasana, al-insan al-kamil” is to be emulated only by Muslims.
I’d be more interested in a survey of Muslim high-schoolers that asked about how thoroughly they have been instructed in Islam. Questions like: What did the imam preach in last Friday’s khutbah at your mosque? What have you been taught about isbaal? About jinns? About following Muhammad’s example for post-defecation wiping and for outdoor urination?
Crusades Were Right! says
Imagine – vetting someone just because he belongs to a supremacist organisation with a long history of violence!
Shameful!
; ¬)
Salome says
I don’t see the point of asking the third question.
gravenimage says
Well, sure, they might just lie–but it is important to point out that Muslims are indeed instructed to lie to the Infidels.
mortimer says
This QUESTIONNAIRE is the right course: USING ISLAM’S CORE DOCTRINES TO REVEAL HOW MUCH Muslims HATE the US constitution!
Of course, a REAL, PRACTICING Muslim must DESPISE the US constitution, because it is man-made and calls for many things that are ANTITHETICAL TO Sharia law, such as : 1) abolition of slavery 2) equality of all people 3) freedom to criticize religions, Islam and anything else 4) habeas corpus 5) pluralism 6) right to retain counsel and trial by jury 7) separation of church (mosque) from the state 8) freedom of assembly 9) freedom of conscience. None of the above are guaranteed under Sharia, therefore, Muslims who endorse them are rejecting Islam.
gravenimage says
How *dare* Congressman John Bennett believe that he can ask Muslims whether they are civilized Americans, or else barbarians who seek our destruction in the name of their violent creed.
And note that Adam Soltani does not actually address any of these questions himself, even though they all refer to orthodox Ilsam–instead, he just hope the witless Mary Ann Georgantopoulos and all of her BuzzFeed readers will consider it ridiculously “Islamophobic” to even ask…
Mirren10 says
Well done, Mr. Bennet !
The word is getting out.
Mirren10 says
Any Jihad Watchers here from Oklahoma ? You should be writing to Mr Bennet, **congratulating** him.
gravenimage says
Here’s more on the troubling Adam Soltani:
“CAIR Oklahoma Calls Muslim Terrorist ‘Gentleman,’ Jihad Attack ‘Unfortunate Incident’”
He also slammed Rep. John Bennett for pointing out that the Koran justifies killing non-Muslims. Just days after Bennett noted this, a Muslim convert in Oklahoma beheaded his non-Muslim coworker.
gravenimage says
For some reason I could not post the link. You can find it by Googling the headline I provided and “Got News”.
Terry says
I think (as a Jew)-if i wanted to meet my rep., and he asked me a few questions ( regarding violent items from The Torah (aka The Old Testament ) I would be willing to answer, as best I could.
But, here is a difference.
There are three major branches of Judaism, and a fourth branch ( names follow)-and all have slight or somewhat different interpretations of certain things. (Main branches-Orthodox-most observant; then Conservative-more liberal in observance; then Reform-most liberal in observance; and minor branch-Reconstructionist- the few that I have known that follow this take parts of each).
Also, while Jewish law calls for stoning adulterers, there were ( even in Biblical times) few times -if any, it was ever done.
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As for the statement- someone who works for the state of OK.- he is an elected official; it is true he is a state representative- but he also has to serve his constituents, and do his best to keep them safe.
——————————————————————————————————————————————— Last point, in 2008 (not sure about 2012) I read THAT NO COUNTY IN OK. GAVE OBAMA A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES–IE. HE DID NOT CARRY EVEN ONE COUNTY, IN THE STATE.
Wrong place-my view-for CAIR pick a fight.
Guest says
Maybe christian and jewish believers should actually write how they deal with some of those nasty Old Testament stories and instructions (the kind the buzzfeed commentators gloat about).
They could clearly demonstrate that none of that stuff is seen as guidance today. Then they can turn to CAIR and say, “Right, your turn: how do you deal with sura 4:34” etc.
gravenimage says
Jews and Christians do not follow any of these barbarities today–the whys and wherefores are less important that that essential fact.
Guest says
Right, but showing muslims how others have left the barbarities behind would be helpful and it might help shut up the ‘bible is just as bad’ brigade.
Jeanette says
“Showing” anything reasonable to people who believe that mutilation of girls and women should be forced worldwide (Huma Abedin’s mother publishes books on this subject) is very likely a waste of time.
Get them out of America, and KEEP them out, or America is toast.
gravenimage says
But Guest, in Islam you very specifically cannot change any part of the faith, and you always have to follow the model of the foul “Prophet”.
There is nothing intrinsically violent about Judaism and Christianity, and certainly Jesus is not a violent figure like Muhammed.
I don’t believe it is possible to reform Islam.
terry says
I am aware that Jews in the 21st century ( and the 20th) DO NOT DO any of those items mentioned–(stoning, etc).
A story is told, ( this was either BC, or shortly thereafter-a court FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 70 YEARS imposed a death sentence. The (modern term) APPEALS COURT COMPLAINED- THE COURT IS WAY TO STRICT, and lessened the sentence.
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From 1945- onward, if there was a group that could have claimed a reason to bomb civilians (in Germany, especially, and a few other countries), it was Jews. Yet, there were none.
Over 20+ years ago, a Jewish man, who really was (or is, no idea if he is alive or dead) decided that he wanted to bomb Islamic places in Florida. His mother-in-law called the FBI. As bestIi recall (this was early-pre July 1994-but after 1990) he had zero experience in making bombs, no materials and was under medications for mental issues.
Terry says
A few years ago, a Muslim (male) beheaded a co-worker ( female) in OK.
I cannot recall seeing a similar story about a Jewish man or a Christian, Hindu or Buddhist man doing the same, in the last 5 or more years.
Kay says
Right. Before Mohammedens became so prevalent in our societies, our only reference for beheading was the Queen of Hearts.
gravenimage says
Exactly, Kay–that, or a reference to Henry VIII or the French Revolution. It just wasn’t something we really thought of as a current phenomenon. Ah…our innocence before we were having our noses rubbed in the savagery of Islam all the time.
Jeanette says
And before that, a Muslim in Buffalo, N.Y. beheaded his wife.
Funny how the news media never followed up on that story. We still don’t know if he was tried, and if so, if he was found guilty, and if so, what punishment he was given.
The truth is, we don’t know how many Muslims in America have beheaded people, or shot their daughters because they wore western clothing, etc., because the liberal media has been covering for Muslims for decades.
gravenimage says
That story was covered, Jeanette–although you may have found it difficult to find.
Murderer Mo Hassan has his own Wikipedia page:
“Muzzammil Hassan”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzzammil_Hassan
He will be incarcerated until at least 2033, when he comes up for a parole hearing. Hopefully it will be denied.
terry says
If the case in Buffalo was the man who had a cable television show, I think that he was tried, found guilty and not sure if life or the death penalty ( which is rarely ever given in NY, and when given by the court, rarely ever done-ie. few if any executions).
If it was not the cable person, no idea.
Pong says
The last question with reference to the “Golden Rule” mistakenly implies to Christianity and Judaism. In judaism the “Golden Rule” is different from one in christianity: “Do not do others what you don’t want to be done to you”. It has very different meaning. “GR” in christianity is open to interpretations and some of those interpretations can be very questionable.
Milo says
I suppose one could interpret the Christian Golden Rule, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, in a sick sort of manner if you were Sadomasacistic (sic) but that would go against all of the Messiah’s other teachings.
gravenimage says
Pong, what do you find “questionable” about the Golden Rule in Christianity?
Artus says
Great questions. Let’s wait for answers
afrostreetwise says
I sort of like that questionnaire very much. Can they introduce it every where. I don’t understand why a good muslim who is ready t kill for his/her religion should feel offended when given a chance to expound on hiss believes..
No Fear says
If those questions are Islamophobic or even just plain misguided then it should be easy to respond to the questions and quickly explain the truth. A lot of those questions can be refuted by claiming “incorrect context”. But I would like to see the responses so that those responses are “on the record”.
Linnte says
I think the most important thing here is the public exposure this will receive. If this questionaire gets posted in a news paper or on TV, non Muslims will get to read it! Naturally, it will encourage people to ask MORE questions. Including the “why do we have a Muslim day, and not a Jew, Christian, Hindu, Buddah day.” And that is a very important question.
Debi Brand says
“Bennett’s hate rhetoric”: “the Qur’an tells Muslim men to beat women from whom they fear disobedience (4:34)”; “multiple hadiths record that Muhammad married a 6-year-old girl (Aisha) when he was 51 (or thereabouts)”
Both factual statements.
“Nobody should be vetted with stupid, Islamophobic, hateful, bigoted questions before they can meet with their representative” translated means, no Muslim— understood by the book they regard as sacred, as being one who submits in full to the author of that book, “Allah,” the god of Muhammad—for the said meeting, should be questioned on the tenets of their faith.
Of course they should not be, not then, not ever—just because they hold the tenets of their faith sacred does not mean we have a right to hold the tenets of their faith as meaningful and sacred to them.
Joe says
It seems that Soltani is attacking Islam and the prophet. Those questions are at the core of Islam. Without them, Islam wouldn’t exist.
gravenimage says
But you don’t want the “filthy Infidels” to know–not until Muslims are in positions of power, at least.
Raymond R Martin says
Did anyone truthfully reply to the questions? And, if so what were the answers?
Purushottam Deshmukh says
The Executive Director (CAIR) Mr. Soltani looks to be shedding crocodile tears. The questionnaire bears simple and straight questions. While all of these questions are about Islam and its adherents Muslims, should one ask a Jew, or Christian or Hindu whether he beats his wife. No Christian, Jew or Hindu God is a pedophile. If Mohammed wasn’t, a Muslim must declare no from his roof-top. It’s a very tragedy that Muslims do not speak out aesthetic values from their roof-tops, but throw gays down. Doing this is ‘compassion’ in the eyes of Allah. How morbid!
Katherine Teissere says
Sharia law does not work with our Constitution. If those who are offended by this questionaire might consider moving back to the Middle East where Sharia law is embraced.
Anon says
Seriously, considering some of the questions are e.g. “do you beat your wife”, I can see how some Muslims would feel insulted. I think it is legitimate to raise the issues in the questionnaire, but I think some of them are asked in an insulting way.
gravenimage says
Why?
Here’s Qur’an 4:34:
“Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband’s] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance – [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them…”
Are you saying that Muslims should be ashamed of their own holy text? How “Islamophobic” of you.
Guest says
This topic is probably closed, but I just would like anyone interested in how people begin to question and eventually leave a cruel religion to research the recent Tuam horrors, and especially read the comments, by Irish people, eg the ones below this article:
http://www.thejournal.ie/pj-haverty-tuam-mother-and-baby-home-3270398-Mar2017/
Note that people are quite prepared to roundly blame the Irish catholic church for the way unwed mothers were put into forced labour homes, separated from their babies, the babies died far more often than national averages of the times, and if they were fostered out, they could still not overcome the stigma of ‘illegitimacy’. And similarly MUSLIMS need to get angry at the bad aspects of islam, instead of denying them.
Note that people are are quite prepared to call the homes ‘concentration camps’ and draw parallels to Nazi death camps. And similarly MUSLIMS need to compare violent sharia law to other barbarities of history.
Note that many people blame the whole society for allowing such control of the church, for the horror of these mother and baby homes, for the fact that pregnant girls had not other alternative. And similarly MUSLIMS need to get angry at how islam controls their societies.
And statistics show that Irish have been leaving the church in large numbers, because it has ruled so cruelly in Ireland. And MUSLIMS need to leave islam in large numbers, because islam rules cruelly wherever it has power.
Btw, I’m of Irish stock and am glad my family left Ireland and catholicism – since this is how it ruled. Atheists need to unite: people who left (or whose families earlier left) religion for very good reasons.
And any catholics, before you get offended by this, here is a really interesting comment under that article: “I remember a social anthropologist making an interesting remark about Irish men and Roman Catholicism. She observed that in most countries, men tend to pay a polite and superficial lip service to Roman Catholicism but in Ireland, for historical reasons, men take Roman Catholicism very, very seriously. She believed that this was why Roman Catholicism was so toxic in its effects in Ireland.”
Guest says
http://atheist.ie/campaigns/leaving-religion/ There’s a good, strong Irish atheist society. All for secularism. MUSLIMS need the same option.
Pong says
A question about FGM should be included. After all it is a direct commandment in koran.
Angela says
There’s no guarantee that they will tell the truth, after all Islam preaches taqiya (deception) and lying.
Kerry says
They are all valid questions, the problem is that they are allowed to lie to decieve, so what difference does it make if they answer them or not? Taqyah baby!
Brenda Romano says
Religious discrimination consists of treating a person or group differently because of what they believe in. Specifically, it is when adherents of different religions (or denominations) are treated unequally (Muslims are not being treated unequally, they are allowed to build their mosques), either before the law (Muslims are allowed to worship freely) or in institutional settings such as employment or housing (Muslims are not being denied employment, education, housing, etc). The laws against discrimination because of religion or belief does not cover political beliefs unless they are also philosophical beliefs, however, they do not proved protections based on philosophical beliefs when they openly advocate sedition, seditious behavior, subversion or criminal behavior. A call for the implementation of Sharia Law and the over-throw of Constitutional law is clearly seditious behavior, inciting violence. Beating your wife, raping non-Muslims and marrying underage girls is against the law. This has nothing to do with religious freedom or religious discrimination but religious terrorism.
Islam is a “religion.” One cannot be racist against a religion. Islamophobia is word coined by the Muslim Brotherhood to further their agenda. It is not bigotry to point out tenets of a religion which are dangerous to civilization. It is not bigotry to point out when someone is lying about what they believe, practice and intend.
The Crusades were organized to combat the spread of Islam and to drive it from Christian shores.
I haven’t seen any Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Atheists, Agnostics or anyone else beheading, bombing, murdering, etc people or calling for “Death to America.”