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California: Muslim Congressional candidate denounces Hamas-linked CAIR, says “I am against Sharia”

May 23, 2018 2:21 pm By Robert Spencer

Hamas-linked CAIR is furious; its Bay Area rep Zahra Billoo was fulminating against Qudrat on Twitter not too long ago. But Qudrat is, of course, right about both CAIR and about Sharia, about which he says, It is unconstitutional, period. It has no place in the United States. It has no place anywhere in the world.”

Will Hamas-linked CAIR denounce Qudrat as “Islamophobic”? Will they discount his lived experience as a Muslim and claim he knows nothing about Sharia? Probably.

“Muslim Republican Candidate Omar Qudrat: ‘I Am Against Sharia Law,’” by Joel B. Pollak, Breitbart, May 23, 2018:

Muslim-American Republican Omar Qudrat, who is running for Congress in California’s 52nd congressional district, told Breitbart News Tonight on Tuesday evening that he supports President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration and terrorism.

“Radical Islamic terrorism is a real threat to our nation,” Qudrat said, adding that there was a “multi-component effort to try to undermine and destroy the United States and its allies.”

“That includes organizations that hold themselves out as advocacy groups,” Qudrat said, an evident reference to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

CAIR has been declared a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates and was named by federal prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas-funding operation.

In his comments to Breitbart News Tonight, Qudrat criticized groups “that try to use our own laws against ourselves, and weaponize our Constitution against itself.”

He also said: “I am against sharia law. It is unconstitutional, period. It has no place in the United States. It has no place anywhere in the world.”…

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  1. St. Manuel II Palailogos says

    May 23, 2018 at 2:23 pm

    There goes the mainstream media’s line about how opposition to Sharia is racist.

    • Scott says

      May 24, 2018 at 2:14 am

      Don’t be surprised when his co-religionists come after him physically.

      • mortimer says

        May 24, 2018 at 8:47 am

        35% of Muslims worldwide do NOT want Sharia law.

        • World@70 says

          May 24, 2018 at 9:12 am

          That leaves about a billion who do want Sharia. Ludicrous!

        • gravenimage says

          Jun 3, 2018 at 12:00 am

          Wow–I feel better already…sarc/off

    • Ken says

      May 25, 2018 at 2:11 am

      What we Kafir’s (non-Muslims) need to know about Muslims is that because of their taqiyya, you can never trust them. Taqiyya is the Islamic doctrine to deceive the unbelievers, pretend to be their friends, even deny they are Muslims in order to advance Islam. According to their god and prophet, as per the Quran, once they are numerous or powerful enough to overpower the unbelievers they must convert, enslave or kill them, or the Muslim will go to hell.

      • Barbara says

        May 26, 2018 at 3:10 am

        You ‘re exactly right as they aim to take America down .Canada is giving in to them already.Look what they’re doing in France , Germany and Great Britain .

  2. livingengine says

    May 23, 2018 at 2:33 pm

    Beware

    “Ironically, less than a week ago Qudrat was himself being accused of courting terrorists.

    Posting on combatveteransforcongress.org, Capt. Joseph R. John assailed county GOP Chairman Tony Krvaric for backing Qudrat instead of his group’s choice in the 52nd Congressional District — retired Army Sgt. Daniel Casara.

    Krvaric, John said, promoted the nomination of Qudrat, “who is also being promoted by supporters of the [Muslim Brotherhood] and CAIR.”

    John said Qudrat, an Army Reserve officer, has an office soliciting donations in all 50 states from supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Sunni group often labeled a terror organization.” https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2018/05/04/gop-muslim-for-congress-omar-qudrat-slams-peters-says-cair-led-by-terror-backer/

    • KJW says

      May 23, 2018 at 11:59 pm

      An article on a blog called The State of the Union dated May 22nd titled “BREAKING: Major Meltdown by Muslim Carpetbagger RINO in San Diego” at aschaper1 dot blogspot dot com

      It talks about an interview Omar Qudrat did with Roger Hedgecock and how he was caught lying, moved to San Diego only last year, has never voted in CA, has had CAIR donors, and there’s a list. Apparently Qudrat hasn’t denied that some of his donors are radicals nor said anything about returning donations from CAIR.

      It seems like every Muslim candidate, from the mayor of London to Alaska. has had shady connections, support from jihadist Muslim organizations which are in turn funded by foreign governments or nationals. If he plays the “because I am a Muslim” card, well, that’s the cheap shot card for the politically correct cowards.

      Politicians must speak out against the Muslim Brotherhood as we know what they’re all about, and they are tangled with many Muslim groups, one being the Muslim Students Association who work hard on their university jihad. That our politicians, both Republicans and Democrats don’t, let alone employ them in our government, is criminal and truly anti-America as we’ve known it. Trump backed off designating them as a terrorist organization, but they are, essentially, and their fanatical militias, i.e., followers are obvious in Egypt, etc. The swamp hasn’t been cleaned, in fact, they’re adding to it!

    • Asally says

      May 24, 2018 at 8:37 am

      We should vote against Muslims regardless of party affiliation because due to the dictates of their religion we cannot ever trust them. If this man were actually trustworthy he would have to renounce Islam publicly and privately and not practice the “faith”. The Republican Party should be put on notice that if it nominates a Muslim it will lose. I can hardly think of anything that would make me vote for a California Democrat. This would. It isn’t about race, it isn’t about being “exclusive”. It is about self-preservation. Taqqiya means that we will not know the truth about a Muslim. If we allow these people to hold elective office in our country it will inevitably destroy our constitutional republic and our American rights. I hope this man goes down in flames on election day (not literally, of course) and that the takeaway will be that Republicans resist the urge to be “inclusive” when it comes to Islam. There is no room for Islam in America. Ever. Just which of the smorgasbord of Islamic beliefs does this Muslim subscribe to? In what way is he “Muslim” if he does not believe Sharia? How is he Muslim? Does he attack Islamic abuses? How does he stand with regard to Jerusalem? What about the teachings of Mohammed? Can there be such a thing as a “cafeteria” Muslim?

      • Linda says

        May 24, 2018 at 9:10 am

        It isn’t even anything personal. Islam can’t be reformed and therefore, you can’t trust even the most likeable, Westernized Muslim because if and when they change, LOOK OUT!

      • Screeminmeeme says

        May 24, 2018 at 10:11 am

        i agree. Seems to me that trusting any Muslim is problematic because they are permitted, if not encouraged, to lie to non-Muslims in order to gain their trust.

        As for ‘cafeteria’ Muslims: Since most of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims are not Quran compliant…are not waging the obligatory jihad against infidels…..are not avoiding friendships with Christians and Jews…are a largely ‘peaceful’ group……but yet claim to be Muslim, pray 5 times a day, avoid pork, etc….they are clearly picking and choosing which Islamic imperatives they want to follow or disregard.

        The question is: Will the majority of ‘civilized’ secular Muslims cave to the pressure from devout Muslims as Islam gains ground in the US when the Muslim population increases substantially? And if they do, how will we deal with millions of jihadists?

      • Jacqueline says

        May 24, 2018 at 2:33 pm

        You are absolutely right about taqqiya – that is appearing to renounce a part of Islam in order to attain victory in the future. It’s part of Muhammad’s strategy of winning with deceit.

  3. Halal Bacon says

    May 23, 2018 at 2:35 pm

    yah right, until the islamic switch in his head goes off, not buying it, no taqiyya for me

    • Ray Jarman says

      May 23, 2018 at 3:47 pm

      Halal Bacon,

      Can’t agree more and I love your persona. I never forget that Gabriel told Muhammad that perfidy was fine if used to spread the word of islam and the slaughter of the Banu Qaynuqa bears it out. Until a New Testament version of the qar’an with a leader renouncing the evil and preach love to all is brought forward, no muslim can be trusted. Sharia must also be renounced in its entirety before any acceptance of the cult can take place.

      • Flavius Claudius Iulianus says

        May 23, 2018 at 8:18 pm

        That wasn’t the angel Gabriel. As a matter of fact, he never claims to be Gabriel. It’s Mohammad’s sister-in-law that stupidly labels it so.

      • KJW says

        May 24, 2018 at 12:07 am

        Renouncing sharia would be maruna. It would be meaningless. As it is, so-called moderates are not moderates. If they were moderates they would be denouncing half of the Quran, all it’s hatred, global jihad goals, it’s slavery, etc. If they don’t admit that, they’re not moderates and/or want the Muslim votes who they will then be beholden to. If their wives wear hijabs, then forget moderate.

        • Linda says

          May 24, 2018 at 9:44 am

          Islam can’t be reformed and I think it is like Erdogan said…that there is no “moderate” Islam. At the same time, I am so sick of Erdogan and the Iranian mullahs, that I like MbS in Saudi Arabia. MbS talks about bringing in “moderate Islam”. That would be more in step with the 21st century if he could do it, (and if he wasn’t assassinated in a palace coup on April 21st). Would I trust MbS implicitly? Not until he converts to Christianity or Judaism because lying is built right into Islam.

  4. Robert says

    May 23, 2018 at 2:40 pm

    He’s lying….. trying to get voted in, then will change his whole thought process to muslimania…
    DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS LIAR!!!

    • Ken says

      May 24, 2018 at 3:24 am

      Correct, lying is what the muzzies do best. Don’t vote for this whack- job faker. Don’t drink the muslim
      koolaid!! It’s poison.

      • mortimer says

        May 24, 2018 at 8:56 am

        Hold it, guys! I believe he is sincere, because 35% of Muslims worldwide DO NOT WANT SHARIA.

        Even a broken clock is accurate two times a day.

        • gravenimage says

          Jun 3, 2018 at 12:04 am

          Why should we be celebrating if two thirds of Muslims want to impose Shari’ah law on us?

  5. gloria stewart says

    May 23, 2018 at 3:00 pm

    Has anyone considered that Qudrat may be practicing taqqiya in order to win an election? Sharia is part and parcel of Islam. It is difficult if not impossible to be a Muslim and not accept Sharia. Is Qudrat moderate or simply pragmatic? Do we have a Muslim we have made more moderate or does he have a following he has made more accommodating?

    • Bev says

      May 23, 2018 at 3:20 pm

      That is why it is so hard to believe them. You never know what they’re really thinking.

      • RichardL says

        May 24, 2018 at 1:39 am

        I think you miss the point: even if he is lying, he has dealt sharia and CAIR a serious blow.

    • KJW says

      May 24, 2018 at 12:36 am

      He’s gotten donations from a bunch of CAIR people and people who support extremist groups. FEC filings show this. He only moved to San Diego last year. San Diego has a large Muslim community and has coddled Muslims, CAIR coerced the San Diego Board of Ed which parents spoke out against re Islam being taught in the schools.

      So, he wasn’t living there and never voted in California. His website had claimed he was a lawyer and owned a business in CA but neither is true and he disn’t deny it. Why bother with someone who lies about simple things like that?

    • mortimer says

      May 24, 2018 at 8:50 am

      Gloria, ISLAM CREATED THE DOCTRINE OF TAQIYYA and it cannot be REFORMED.

      The doctrine of TAQIYYA comes from Allah and Mohammed and cannot be removed.

      Therefore, we must ALWAYS ASSUME that a Muslim is using taqiyya.

  6. John Hawk says

    May 23, 2018 at 3:01 pm

    Is it possible to be Muslim and disavow Islamic law? Seems like a logical absurdity.

    • Savvy Kafir says

      May 23, 2018 at 3:51 pm

      Yeah, I agree. That’s pretty schizophrenic — to denounce Sharia, yet consider yourself a Muslim.

      If he is sincere about this, he’s not much of a Muslim — as more-devote Allah junkies will no doubt point out to him, rather vociferously.

      And this could easily be Taqiyya — that tricky little devil of Islamic theology, which makes it impossible to really trust a Muslim … unless he’s preaching jihad, Sharia, & hatred for infidels, as the Qur’an dictates, and as the Prophet Muhammad put into action.

      • mortimer says

        May 24, 2018 at 8:53 am

        SAVVY, 35% of Muslims do NOT want Sharia, but they are choosing ISLAM-A-LA-CARTE.

        To be safe, we must always assume that Muslims are practicing taqiyya even if they are not.

        We must TEST Muslims, but Muslims use TAQIYYA also against other Muslims, so no now really trusts them… even some Muslims trust Muslims less than they do KAFIRS.

        • Joe says

          May 24, 2018 at 8:11 pm

          Different sects of Islam, while holding to the basic belief in Islam, disagree concerning the dictates of Sharia Law. However, they still believe in Allah, Mohammad and the Koran.

  7. Linda says

    May 23, 2018 at 3:13 pm

    Muslims have done this to themselves. Their reputation proceeds them so that people either think they’re lying now or will change what they’re saying once they get the upper hand.

    • Savvy Kafir says

      May 23, 2018 at 6:37 pm

      Yes, Muslims have done this to themselves, by embracing a religion/ political system that encourages them to lie to non-Muslims in the service of Islam.

      We aren’t being bigots when we refuse to believe those smiling, “moderate” spokesmen for Islam. (Like the vicious rapist Tariq Ramadan, for instance.) Their religion makes it impossible for Islam-savvy people to trust them them.

      • Linda says

        May 23, 2018 at 7:22 pm

        They have about half a dozen different ways of lying for Islam, so it’s no wonder we don’t believe them when they say something that sounds fantastical. They are seasoned liars.

  8. jack cade says

    May 23, 2018 at 3:22 pm

    Devout Muslim barrows know what to do to an apostate.

  9. Carl Goldberg, PhD says

    May 23, 2018 at 3:43 pm

    This sounds fishy. How can a Moslem denounce Shari law which is based on the Koran and the Sunnah? To deny anything in the Koran makes him an apostate.

  10. RonaldB says

    May 23, 2018 at 3:52 pm

    Muslims are a unique phenomenon for our liberal system of religious tolerance and individual freedom to handle. Even the worst of religious cults try, at most, to keep an advantage for themselves. Same for most identity groups: of course, the Mexican nationalist groups infiltrating the US like MEcHA, wish to co-opt part of the US into Mexico.

    Nevertheless, the Muslims play identity politics very effectively.

    So, here is a Muslim who, at best, is an extreme outlier of the Muslims in the US. He is a Muslim and doesn’t believe in Sharia law…at best. To be effective in protecting the US, he would have to vote against Muslim pressure in everything: immigration, education, public security, visas, and protections against identity group political pressure. Any one of these, if the vote went the wrong way, could result in a net loss for the American identity and the security of the country.

    Add to that, the Muslim identity is totally entwined in Sharia law. Sharia law prescribes not only the political structure of a Muslim entity, but the private observations of the individual. So, how does a Muslim decide which aspect of Sharia to observe? You can throw out the whole thing, but then why identify as a Muslim at all? Why pray five times a day if it is you, and not your religion, that specifies the method and frequency? You might as well pray in a church and recite the Anglican prayers, if you’re making up your own rules.

    All in all, I wouldn’t risk voting for him, while conceding he might be sincere. My attitude would be, let him lose the election. Let’s see if, as a non-official, he supports an organization which is devoted to fighting Islamic takeover. I would be interested to see his contributions to Jihad Watch, Atlas Shrugged, Gates of Vienna, or perhaps Ann Corcoran Refugee Watch. If he is in the forefront of fighting against Muslim encroachment for five or 10 years, maybe we can overcome our credulity.

    The mindset of humans tend to look for corroboration of their views by latching onto the views of someone whose apparent interest is in a different perspective. Thus, people opposed to affirmative action will give large amounts of publicity to a black who opposes affirmative action. This is not really beneficial, as affirmative action is either desirable or it is not, on its own merits. Whether its opposition is black or white doesn’t change the actual logic. Similarly, finding a Muslim who opposes Sharia law neither weakens nor strengthens the case for opposing Sharia and the immigration of Muslims.

    And there is certainly no obligation to bet the farm on a Muslim outlier.

  11. Tony Holmquist says

    May 23, 2018 at 3:54 pm

    In a word: Taqiyya…

  12. Wellington says

    May 23, 2018 at 4:05 pm

    If you’re a Muslim and say that you are against Sharia, then this can mean only one of two things: 1) you are a liar; or 2) you are sincere but ignorant and confused about your own faith.

    Either way, such a person is not to be relied upon.

    • Ray Jarman says

      May 23, 2018 at 4:13 pm

      +1 Wellington. By the way, have you or anyone else read anything from Gravenimage. I hope she is not ill.

      • Linda says

        May 23, 2018 at 4:15 pm

        I was wondering where she is, too. I miss her. Maybe she’s on vacation.

      • Wellington says

        May 23, 2018 at 4:26 pm

        Yes, Ray and Linda, I have wondered about that too. Perhaps gravenimage just needed a break from the constant insanity, burden and intrusion that Islam “provides.”

        So, to gravenimage, my single favorite commenter here at JW, I say to you that I hope you are well. Take good care, my friend.

        • MaryLetty says

          May 23, 2018 at 5:47 pm

          I too have been wondering about Gravenimage and hoping that all is well.

        • CogitoErgoSum says

          May 23, 2018 at 8:16 pm

          She mentioned having computer problems earlier when she was silent for a long time. Maybe it’s taking her a while to get the old computer repaired or to buy a new one. I hope it’s nothing more serious than that.

      • gravenimage says

        Jun 3, 2018 at 12:12 am

        Thank you, Ray, Linda, Wellington, Mary, and CogitoErgoSum.

        I did have a computer problem back in April–then as soon as I was back up and caught up, my keyboard died and I have been out for two weeks getting it repaired.

        Trying to catch up again now. Thanks for your thoughts–it means a lot to me.

    • Indiana Tom says

      May 23, 2018 at 5:20 pm

      …or you are an apostate Muslim, or maybe not really a Muslim?

  13. Jaladhi says

    May 23, 2018 at 4:47 pm

    I guess everyone knows the rule: never ever trust a Muslim!! There is no Muslim who will ever say he is against sharia!!

  14. Indiana Tom says

    May 23, 2018 at 5:18 pm

    But Qudrat is, of course, right about both CAIR and about Sharia, about which he says, It is unconstitutional, period. It has no place in the United States. It has no place anywhere in the world.”
    Just keep going in that direction and maybe a little light will come on stating the same idea about Islam.

  15. Terry Gain says

    May 23, 2018 at 5:21 pm

    Omar Qudrat, Republican candidate for Congress, former Muslim. (Or unconscionable liar).

    Come on Omar. Just come out against the death cult, if you are no longer a member. Or stop lying.

  16. Voytek Gagalka says

    May 23, 2018 at 5:24 pm

    “Will Hamas-linked CAIR denounce Qudrat as islamophobic”? No. They’ll just denounce him and forward the case to the first available Qadi or ayatollah for issuing official fatwa (death sentence against him). Crime: Subversion of authority of Ummah.

  17. Lebel says

    May 23, 2018 at 6:12 pm

    I don’t even have to read the comments to know that 8/10 are calling Taqqiya.

    It’s an amazing system, you can’t lose.

    • CogitoErgoSum says

      May 23, 2018 at 6:23 pm

      Hey, taqqiya was an invention of Islam. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

      • Lebel says

        May 23, 2018 at 7:30 pm

        Not exactly, it was basically a way for Shias to live among Sunnis in safety. That’s all it is. Jews had similar doctrines when they were forced into converting to Christianity or Islam. They hid their true beliefs. It’s the anti-Muslim movement that turned it into the nonsense we see today.

        • CogitoErgoSum says

          May 23, 2018 at 7:53 pm

          Well, lying does work when you want to go on living. However, when people start to associate it with a practice that your religion accepts, your religion gets a bad reputation. Many of the people who comment here are accustomed to a religion in which a man’s word is his bond. You give your word and later break it, your word from then on is really tough to regain. Christ didn’t tell his people to lie for Him, he told them not to be ashamed of Him. He didn’t condemn the liar though, IF the liar repented. He even predicted Peter would lie about being a follower of His. In Christianity lying is a forgivable offense but it’s frowned upon. Christ felt it was better to stand up for the truth so he never encouraged or condoned lying. I admire that. Christ’s religion survived and it never did and still hasn’t coined a word such as taqqiya (meaning lying for your religion). Lying is lying and it’s wrong. Period.

        • Buraq says

          May 24, 2018 at 7:37 am

          @ Lebel

          You’re a clown! Islam has many categories of lying, all of them permissible. Even your prophet said “War is deceit”! So, how may ways are there to lie in Islam?

          Taqiyya, Tawriyah, Kitman, Muruna and Taysir.

          To learn the definition of each one of these ways of lying in Islam, check out the New English Review site:

          http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/64329/Lies-Damned-Lies-and-the-Religion-of-Peace

        • gravenimage says

          Jun 3, 2018 at 12:13 am

          All true, Buraq.

    • Wellington says

      May 23, 2018 at 11:02 pm

      Sura 3:28, Lebel.

    • mortimer says

      May 24, 2018 at 7:53 am

      Lebel is a MUNAFIQ (a Muslim who does not practice ALL of Sharia law), and yet, hypocrite that he is, Lebel PROMOTES SHARIA law.

      BTW, Lebel, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT INDIVIDUAL MUSLIMS SAY OR DO … they do not MAKE THE RULES.

      SHARIA LAW and SHARIA LAW ALONE DEFINES WHAT IS ISLAM … and you, Lebel, do NOT define Sharia.

      Your deception here is to CONFLATE individual Muslims with the AUTHORITY OF ISLAM.

      You are thus a liar and perceived as such.

  18. RCCA says

    May 23, 2018 at 6:47 pm

    I too had the same reaction as Lebel. I wondered how long before the commenters accuse him of taqqiya? The second one? The third for sure.

    This is problematic because it bolsters the argument that this is a hate site promoting Islamophobia against all Muslims.

    I don’t know how the guy squares his beliefs with traditional Islam. He said he supports the Constitution, not sharia, and that’s all he wants to say. He’s not saying they are compatible or there is confusion about what sharia is, etc.

    • Lebel says

      May 23, 2018 at 7:27 pm

      Most Muslims do exactly that, they are “five pillar” Muslims who don’t bother with political ideology.

      This site reduces every Muslim to an Al-Qaeda lieutenant (ie practitioner of “real” Islam)

      • CogitoErgoSum says

        May 23, 2018 at 7:58 pm

        Most here are concerned with what the scriptures SAY and not with what most Muslims DO. Aren’t those Muslims who don’t do what their scriptures say, concerned about that? Do they realize Muhammad called such people hypocrites?

        • mortimer says

          May 24, 2018 at 7:58 am

          IT’S THE IDEOLOGY, STUPID.

          Lebel LIES by CONFLATING uninformed Muslims with AUTHORITY. The individual, uninformed or poorly-informed Muslims ARE NOT authorities about Islam.

          According to Mohammed, original Islam is jihad and Muslims who are not jihadists are ‘RUBBISH’.

          Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
          I heard the Apostle of Allah say: When you enter into the inah transaction (become businessmen), hold the tails of oxen (become cattlemen), are pleased with agriculture (become farmers), and give up conducting jihad, Allah will make disgrace prevail over you, and will not withdraw it until you return to your original religion. – Sunan Abu Dawud Book 23, Number 3455

          Conducting jihad is the ‘original religion’ of Mohammed. Mohammed is the authority on Islam.

          Just as adherence to the U.S. constitution is the litmus test of American identity, so adherence to jihad is Mohammed’s test of loyalty to Islam.

          Muslims HATE KAFIRS ‘for the sake of Allah’ and they make war on them to dominate them under DISCRIMINATORY Sharia law.

        • CogitoErgoSum says

          May 24, 2018 at 10:25 am

          Mortimer, calling a person stupid when you are trying to get him to understand something is not a sign of intelligence on your part. It makes the one you are calling stupid even more resistant to what you are saying. I would think that someone with a higher degree of intelligence than mine would understand that. But then too, I may be conflating knowledge with intelligence.

    • mortimer says

      May 24, 2018 at 8:00 am

      RCCA, Lebel is pulling the wool over your eyes. It’s ALL about the ideology. Individual who are not practicing ALL of Islam do not represent Islam… they are practicing ISLAM-A-LA-CARTE.

      • mortimer says

        May 24, 2018 at 8:02 am

        correction “Individual Muslims who are not practicing ALL of Islam do not represent Islam”.

        Lebel practices ISLAM-A-LA-CARTE and so he is a MUNAFIQ.

  19. Lebel says

    May 23, 2018 at 7:37 pm

    By the way for those few jihadwatchers interested in reading about Muslims risking their lives to stop terrorism:
    https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/23/world/csr-al-qaeda-spy/index.html

    You won’t see this on jihadwatch for obvious reasons..

    For the others (the majority), consider the above story an example of super-taqqiya.

    • CogitoErgoSum says

      May 23, 2018 at 8:41 pm

      Would these lovable risk taking Muslims say that Quran 9:29 should be ignored? Muhammad said to fight, fight, fight. No time limit. Just do what it takes to make the dhimmis pay the Jizya willingly. BTW, just what is the official Islamic definition of Jizya anyway? It’s never defined in the Quran. It seems to be taken for granted that everyone knows what it is.

    • Terry Gain says

      May 23, 2018 at 10:11 pm

      Sure, we should let the actions of a tiny number cause us to ignore the death toll by those who adhere to the evil dogma.

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 3, 2018 at 12:19 am

      More demands from Lebel that we ignore Jihad and the imposition of Shari’ah by Muslims.

  20. Troybeam says

    May 23, 2018 at 9:12 pm

    Say what is needed to succeeded and then switch gears once in office: Muslim tool that works too often.

  21. Granddaddy says

    May 23, 2018 at 9:23 pm

    “I am against Sharia”

    Yeah, right. As long as he calls himself a Muslim, he accepts Sharia. If a Jew said he rejects the Ten Commandments, would you think much of his being a Jew? If a Christian said he rejects the Sermon on the Mount, would you think much of his being a Christian? This guy is a fake. They’re all fake. The Quran tells them to fake. Let him convert to another religion, let him deny Muhammad publically. Then I’ll believe him. Maybe. They’re allowed to lie about that too.

    • infidel says

      May 24, 2018 at 2:41 am

      Just like Obama lied about being a Christian.. whereas he is a closet Wahhabi

    • Lebel says

      May 24, 2018 at 3:18 am

      “They’re allowed to lie about that too.”

      Exactly! this is the logical conclusion of the taqqiya concept as defined by the anti-Muslim movement.

      This means, once a Muslim always a Muslim.

      Some ex-muslims will be tolerated as useful idiots for a while but they will always be under suspicion.

      • mortimer says

        May 24, 2018 at 8:05 am

        Lebel, now you are lying by OVERGENERALIZATION.

        Your deceits are through fallacious thinking.

        Do you think you are cleverer than those of us who know the Islamic texts thoroughly?

      • gravenimage says

        Jun 3, 2018 at 12:22 am

        I see that Lebel is now claiming that Muslim apostates are under threat from the filthy Infidels–when in reality, they are under threat from pious Muslims.

  22. Matthieu Baudin says

    May 23, 2018 at 10:24 pm

    People such as Omar who are brought up in Muslim households and are willing to speak out in support of fundamental breaks with Traditional Islamic customs and beliefs of the past are extremely important in spearheading the movement for change to put the Jihad imperative into the dustbin of history.

    • Peter says

      May 24, 2018 at 12:40 am

      Agreed
      But how can you tell if they are genuine.

  23. KJW says

    May 23, 2018 at 10:52 pm

    I wouldn’t trust him. It could be a good cop, bad cop tactic while they make incursions into the GOP since, of course, voting for legislation on both sides. Sad, but you just can’t trust Muslim politicians, and that’s their own fault. Our politicians should be denouncing and marginalizing CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood people and all their offshoot groups, let alone The heavily Saudi funded ISNA.

    Are our politicians going to let the oil countries walk all over us and sell out our country? They need our business anyway. It’s time good people plow through the political correctness and Islamophobic or racist accusations and stand up for freedom. We didn’t become successful by any association with Islam. If someone is called Islamophobic, then there have been Islamophobic for 1400 years…as they were getting their heads chopped off, subjugated, taken captives, priests’ throats slit on the altar…

    Our Congress are traitors aiding and abetting the enemy all because of economics and whatever other hate-brained destructive ideas.

    Auto fill typed hate-brained when it should have been hare-brained, but both apply.

  24. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    May 24, 2018 at 1:06 am

    If It true that this idiot denounced CAIR for supporting Sharia and Hamas freedom fighters against fascist evîl zionist state of Israel, he has automatically denounced Islam. Sharia means Islam itself.

    • don vito says

      May 24, 2018 at 3:10 pm

      itace, “sharia means islam itself.” Well put saracen. +0.0010

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 3, 2018 at 12:24 am

      Well, Ibrahim itace muhammed certainly makes no bones about wanting to impose brutal Shari’ah on us…

  25. PGuud says

    May 24, 2018 at 2:01 am

    CAUTION: Trust Muslims at your peril.

    Without sharia, Islam is feeble and purposeless.

    If it weren’t true, I’d find it unbelievable that a Muslim would even be allowed to entertain the idea of running for office in its enemy’s government. Freedom doesn’t mean that we are free to be suicidal, self-destructive fools.

    Islam: where freedom ends and slavery begins.

  26. infidel says

    May 24, 2018 at 2:39 am

    BELIEVE ME FOLKS BELIEVE… THIS IS HIGH TREASON TAQIYYA IN ACTION… CAIR IS JUST TRYING TO INFILTRATE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WITH THIS WORM CALLED QUDRAT… HE IS THE CLASSIC DOUBLE AGENT FOR ISLAM… CAIR WILL USE HIM TO COMPLETELY INFILTRATE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND BRING IT DOWN FROM THE INSIDE.. THIS FELLOW NEEDS TO BE VETTED FOR A VERY LONG TIME B4 HE IS GIVEN A PARTY TICKET.. U HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

    • mortimer says

      May 24, 2018 at 8:05 am

      Inf, I disagree. There are 35% of Muslims who DO NOT WANT SHARIA LAW.

  27. infidel says

    May 24, 2018 at 3:22 am

    Animal Muslim gets DEATH SENTENCE for murdering Hindu 12 year old Child..

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/death-for-fired-staffer-who-kidnapped-killed-bizmans-12-yr-old-son/articleshow/64296174.cms

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 3, 2018 at 12:25 am

      Poor little girl.

  28. Lebel says

    May 24, 2018 at 3:31 am

    @CogitoErgoSum
    You said: “Well, lying does work when you want to go on living. However, when people start to associate it with a practice that your religion accepts, your religion gets a bad reputation.”

    That’s exactly right. I firmly believe that the anti-Muslim movement is responsible for that association.

    HOWEVER – I also acknowledge that jihadi groups use deception as a tactic of war (like any military today) but this is completely different. It means for example dressing up as law enforcement to facilitate a terrorist operation.

    There are also plenty of hadiths condemning lying.

    I believe that taqqiya is used as a concept today to treat all Muslims as one single menace (i.e. they are all the same). This is extremely dangerous and prepares the intellectual groundwork for random violence and worse. I believe that very similar processes are at work among jihadi groups.

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 3, 2018 at 12:27 am

      What rot–it is not the “filthy Infidels” who came up the idea of Taqiyya and other forms of sacralized lying in Islam–it is a key part of Islam itself.

  29. Terra Nova says

    May 24, 2018 at 3:45 am

    Most people don’t believe any muslim any more, may be for the next 1.400 years at least. They blew it,
    they made their own bed and have to lay in it now.
    And your Qur’an was given by Mohammed, but your clergymen and sheiks and ayatollahs have rewritten it for their own purposes, their own gain for power, and money, to keep you in that insane box. It happened to the Bible too, only we left the violent parts out, because we could think for ourselves and knew it was not right, but as you can’t think for yourselves, you keep to it.
    You really put your prophet to shame, and what is written in your Qur’an are the vile things your imams, etc. wrote to keep you under complete controle. People have made their own islam. Watch who you follow,
    the end goes about the LOVE IN YOUR OWN HEART. May be you forgot you had one !!!
    With every crime you put in more action and the reaction will be firmer, but your ugly plans and sharia will not succeed !!!

    • Ibrahim itace muhammed says

      May 24, 2018 at 7:23 am

      Terra Nova, you mean muslims must denounce Islam and accept your obnoxious mithraist pagan christianity inspired by the Satan (holy spirit) for you to trust them ? mithraist christianity is fit for beasts only, not for rational human beings. When and how did jesus become Godman and begotten son of God ?

      • mortimer says

        May 24, 2018 at 8:06 am

        Ibrahim, your soul is in danger.

        Mark 3:28-30: “Truly I tell you, all sins and blasphemes will be forgiven for the sons of men. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin. He said this because they [the Pharisees] were saying, ‘He has an evil spirit’.”

        • Ibrahim itace muhammed says

          May 24, 2018 at 5:19 pm

          mortimer, true jesus never taught that there is an entity representing breath or voice of God. It is a pagan idea inserted in Mark 3:28-30 inspired by the Satan Who falsely claims to be God. True God is not líke created beings Who require spirit of life to function. He created all, including spirits of life or souls which he attaches to all living things to breath or function.

      • don vito says

        May 24, 2018 at 3:21 pm

        itace, your last sentence is a good question, I too asked myself that very same question. So, I set out to try and find the answer, hint, I did find the answer, but not in the cayron. Asking a question and seeking the answer is the first step toward freedom. saracen continue on this path and you will soon become a hypocrite or apostate, the next stage of your transformation. I am looking foreword to your evolving understanding, Mazel Tov.+1

      • gravenimage says

        Jun 3, 2018 at 12:30 am

        I see that Ibrahim itace muhammed believes that if you do not support lying to impose brutal Shari’ah law that you are “fit for beasts only” if you are not raping children and murdering unbelievers.

  30. Angel says

    May 24, 2018 at 3:54 am

    Not certain if he really is what he claims to be. Could be grand-standing, with CAIR’s complicity, to make him look good to conservatives. Check this: http://aschaper1.blogspot.com/search?q=qudrat.

  31. Leah says

    May 24, 2018 at 5:49 am

    Something is fishy about this candidate, including my understanding and experience with the not far-fetched possibility of taqiyya and the other categories of Islamic lies and dissimulation. His across the board check off list of anti-Islamist pronouncements seems just a little too pat.

    He is a carpetbagger to San Diego. According to an article from 2017, he was still voting in Los Angeles just a year ago. etc.http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-omar-candidate-20170518-story.html

    At Project Votesmart he has no track record on which to judge him. There has left blank the sections on opinions on any issues about which they poll. He has has left blank his funders, he has left blank what organizations he belongs to, etc., etc. He claims San Diego as his hometown, but that is very short-lived at best. https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/179434/omar-qudrat#

    We don’t know what kind of job he did at any of the government jobs he says he held.

  32. mortimer says

    May 24, 2018 at 7:30 am

    Muslim Republican Candidate Omar Qudrat realizes that SHARIA LAW was created HUNDREDS of YEARS after Mohammed… as if the scholars were saying, ‘WE UNDERSTAND ISLAM BETTER THAN MOHAMMED’.

    35% of Muslims worldwide DO NOT WANT Sharia law.

  33. Charlie says

    May 24, 2018 at 8:13 am

    The next step in an Arab renaissance is to express the value and interest in all the pre-Islamic cultures of their own ancestors, including Greek, Assyrian, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Roman, Nabatean, Egyptian, Achadian, Phoenician etc……………..The hegemony of Islam will fall aside and we will find more in common. Its okay to know the Islamic past, but the bellicose ideological imperatives are untenable. I support a new approach.

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 3, 2018 at 12:39 am

      Good luck…

  34. mortimer says

    May 24, 2018 at 8:28 am

    LEBEL IS LYING by IMPLYING that Sharia law can be 1) REFORMED, 2) MODERNIZED or 3) simply IGNORED by Muslims if THEY FEEL LIKE IT.

    All three are false.

    Lebel is SLY, but if you know Sharia law is NOT NEGOTIABLE by individual Muslims, then you know that LEBEL is a BIG TAQIYYA ARTIST.

    Repeat: Sharia law is NOT negotiable.

  35. Politicianophobia says

    May 24, 2018 at 10:14 am

    Nihad Awad–“Give scholarships, in 5 years you will have an army of lawyers, POLITICIANS, journalists, teachers who go to schools, universities, who can educate people about the history of Islam-The true Islam.” Politics is our weapon, no do not vote for any Muslim PLEASE.

  36. Politicianophobia says

    May 24, 2018 at 10:21 am

    Nihad Awad said, “Give scholarships, in five years you will have an army of lawyers, POLITICIANS, journalists, teachers who will go to schools, universities who can educate people about the history of Islam–The True Islam.” “Politics is a weapon.” NO, do not vote for any Muslim, PLEASE.

  37. Politicianophobia says

    May 24, 2018 at 10:23 am

    What could me more clear “SABOTAGING ITS MISERABLE HOUSE FROM WITHIN.”

  38. danny says

    May 24, 2018 at 11:14 am

    All I see is a Republican version of Obama. Relationship Etiquette 101: Never trust a Muslim.

    Most Nigerian Christians that had been killed in Northern Nigeria was a product of unholy friendship with an Islamic Fulani or Hausa friend. Qur’an 5:51 code will forever be activated when circumstances calls for it.

  39. Politicianophobia says

    May 24, 2018 at 12:40 pm

    I know a “moderate Muslim” who lied in court but told me it was “ok” because he did not swear on his book. “They did not ask me to swear on the Quran”, he said with a laugh. Do not vote for a Muslim period.

  40. JOHN says

    May 24, 2018 at 2:17 pm

    He’s not even in office and he’s already practicing Taqiyya on the “stupid people”. (And, of course, the idiot “voters” who believe in him are too stupid to realize they’re being scammed.)

  41. Politicianophobia says

    May 24, 2018 at 6:52 pm

    Iqra Khalid, born in Pakistan, moved to Canada, was the leader of the Muslim Students Assoc / Muslim Brotherhood, at York University, ran for office as a Liberal, was elected and represents Erin Mills-Mississuaga. As a back bencher she introduced M-103. Days later she was at Palestine House and the men congratulated “Sister Khalid” on her achievement.

    Omar Alghabra ran as a Liberal in Mississauga Center, won and on the night of his win he said “This is a win for Islam”

    There are 11 Muslim, Federal, members of parliament in Canada now, before the last election, there were 4. Baby steps.

    Ikhwanweb warns Brotherhood members who were looking for fast results to be patient.

  42. Alexander Gofen says

    May 24, 2018 at 9:06 pm

    Dear Mr. Spencer! You copied this posts here.

    a) Qudrat (“American muslim”!) said “Radical Islamic terrorism is a real threat to our nation”

    b) Qudrat (“American muslim”!) said that he is against sharia (yet muslim)!

    These quotes beg for explanations – especially posted at the site like yours.

    1) Does it mean that some non-radical islamic terrorism (sic!) exists and is acceptable?

    2) Which sense does it have to be a muslim but not to accept sharia – or to not accept anything in koran?

    3) Which sense does it have the expression “muslim American” if muslim by definition means an adherent of koran, and koran is antithetic to American constitution?

  43. Jacqui says

    May 26, 2018 at 8:12 pm

    I do not see how you can call yourself a Muslim & NOT believe in Sharia. Surely if you don’t believe in Sharia you are not, by definition, a Muslim?

  44. Debi Brand says

    May 26, 2018 at 10:49 pm

    “Muslim Republican Candidate Omar Qudrat: ‘I Am Against Sharia Law,’”

    Mr. Qudrat, if you are indeed against Shariah, then you, Sir, are no Muslim—openly declare your apostasy.

    Who are you trying fool, Sir? Yourself? Foolish and/or unread on Islam non-Muslims?

    As stated, Sir, if you are indeed against Shariah, then you, Sir, are no Muslim—openly declare your apostasy.

    http://www.debibrand.org/chapter-one-of-khalid-masood-no-muslim-mere-muslim-or-one-among-those-who-believe/

  45. gravenimage says

    Jun 2, 2018 at 11:54 pm

    California: Muslim Congressional candidate denounces Hamas-linked CAIR, says “I am against Sharia”
    ……………………….

    Yeah–maybe…

    By the way, we also have a candidate named “Shahid” running against Nancy Pelosi…

  46. gravenimage says

    Jun 3, 2018 at 12:44 am

    So much for this:

    “Anti-Sharia Muslim candidate Omar Qudrat accused of getting support from Muslims tied to CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood”

    https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/05/anti-sharia-muslim-candidate-omar-qudrat-accused-of-getting-support-from-muslims-tied-to-cair-and-muslim-brotherhood

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