Posted on 01/19/2005 5:32:04 AM PST by SJackson
The mentality of radical Islam includes several main components, of which one is Muslim supremacism – believers alone should rule and otherwise enjoy an exalted status over non-Muslims. This outlook dominates the Islamist worldview as much in the elegant streets of Paris as in the rude caves of Afghanistan.
Two recent American criminal cases highlight this attribute. Both involve the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Saudi-funded group whose leadership sometimes announces its goal to Islamize the United States ("Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant").
The first criminal case concerns Dale T. Ehrgott, a non-Muslim insurance broker living in Reno, Nevada. Appalled by CAIR's record of apologizing for terrorism, plus the then-recent arrest on terrorism-related charges of its former employee Ismail Royer, Ehrgott dashed off four angry e-mails to CAIR in mid-2003.
One read: "We accept you [sic] holy war. Looking forward to it very much. We can deal with you easily especially since you are on our soil. You have taught us much about terrorism so get ready to be the receiver."
In another message, some weeks later, he wrote: "You are making a lot of people angry and you idiots are sitting ducks."
"It wasn't a threat, just a nasty e-mail," Ehrgott told The Associated Press. He described CAIR as "an anti-American organization" and points out that at no time did he physically intimidate it. CAIR saw matters differently and forwarded the notes to law enforcement, which came down heavily on Ehrgott, perhaps because the Department of Justice decided to make an example of him.
Describing these e-mails as containing "a threat to injure members" of CAIR, the US attorney for Nevada, Daniel Bogden, convinced a federal grand jury in March 2004 to indict Ehrgott. Bogden then threw the book at Ehrgott, who, if convicted, faced up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
But after his September 2004 trial ended in a hung jury, the feds abruptly lost their taste for prosecuting Ehrgott. They settled with him on Jan. 13, letting him off with a trivial sentence – one year's probation and 50 hours of community service, implicitly acknowledging that he had acted rashly but not dangerously.
The second case concerns Taiser Hosien Okashah, a Muslim food broker (and an illegal immigrant from Syria) living in Miami Beach. On June 3, 2004, Okashah threatened to destroy a Best Buy store in Plantation, Florida, because, according to the store clerk's sworn testimony, he was displeased with a rebate offer on a laptop computer. "I am going to come back and blow up this place if I do not get my money this time," the clerk quotes him saying. On June 29, the authorities arrested Okashah, charged him with threatening to detonate an explosive, and briefly jailed him without bond.
Altaf Ali, executive director of CAIR's Florida office, leapt to Okashah's defense. Muslims, he said, are "very concerned that a very humble member of the community, for asking a question about a rebate, can be put in jail."
Ali attributed Okashah's travails to a miscommunication exacerbated by the negative stereotyping of Muslims. A CAIR press release further specified that the arrest stemmed from "language barriers and over-reactions by store employees and law enforcement officials."
Ali also sought to have the judge in the case removed because he had ordered Okashah to undergo a psychological evaluation. Nonetheless, Okashah is scheduled to go to trial on Feb. 14, for the second-degree felony charge of "threatening to detonate an explosive device."
In Cair's eyes, then, when a non-Muslim broker responds too emotionally to terrorism, he deserves years in jail and financial ruin. But when a Muslim broker threatens a store, he's the innocent victim of "negative stereotyping" who deserves release without any punishment at all.
The Ehrgott and Okashah incidents fit an ugly Islamist pattern of double standards. Although CAIR presents itself as a civil-rights group, it is just the opposite – an organization asserting special privileges for Muslims and derogating the rights of others.
When Western institutions grant legitimacy to Islamist organizations like CAIR they strengthen Islamist supremacism and its drive for Muslim dominance. Those institutions need to get smart and retract that legitimacy, reserving it for Muslims who reject radical Islam.
The writer is director of the Middle East Forum.
To allow continued existence of CAIR is like allowing a filial of the Nazi party to function in America during WWII.
Wrong.It dominates ISLAMIC worldwiew. A Muslim who do not belive in supremacy of Muslims over non-Muslims is not Muslim.
Islamist is a Muslim who speaks about it openly.
Ping!
btttttttt
CAIR does sue people. There are other cases. But the cheapest way fro these cheap bastards to go after someone is to cry hate crime and sic the (retarded) Federal attorney on him. As is depicted here.
Getting the taxpayers to pay for your Jihad on average Americans who just plain don't like you (CAIR)
Vile, how vile and an abuse of the taxpayers money.
(From left to right) Daniel Bogden, US Attorney for NV, Rogelio Guevara, DEA Chief of Operations, and Michelle Leonhart, SAC LAFD present a certificate of appreciation to Nevada Assemblywoman Sharron E. Angle for her continued support of the DEA mission.
i heard a cair representative on kfyi phoenix.
he was very smooth.
he avoided anything that made cair look badly, while focusing the attention on the alleged american failings.
BTTT
Taqiyya at its best...
Read up for yourself so you can remain informed.
www.jihadwatch.org, www.faithfreedom.org, www.dawanet.com and nojihad.com. On the latter, be sure to peruse "islam for the perplexed" section.
PING. Interesting info on CAIR and the concept of "Muslim Supremacy".
VERY interesting...
Radical Islam's 'plan' to take over America - Arab-American author outlines secret 20-year strategy to undermine country
The Islamic States of America?
Misunderstanding the Enemy: the Islamic Threat and the U.S. Media
CAIR: 'Moderate' friends of terror
An Open Letter to Islamic Organizations in America
Islamic terror based on Qu’ran: ex-CIA official
Exploiting the Koran to Terrorize
A Seat at the Table: Islam Makes Inroads in Education
Spreading Islam in American Public Schools
Islamist Threat to Public Schools in Columbia, South Carolina?
Respecting Ramadan, Banning "Christmas" (School District Favors Muslims Over Christians)
--Omar Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations), San Ramon Valley Herald, July 1998
"Nearly three years after 9/11, the war on terror is far from over. In fact, a leading terrorism expert argues that despite the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security, we're not really any safer at all.
Harvey Kushner, a respected adviser to the FBI, the FAA, the INS, and other government agencies, offers frightening new evidence of a unified Islamic terrorist network that is operating inside the United States and planning new opportunities to strike.
Kushner identifies and assesses the violent plans of these Islamic organizations and individuals who take advantage of our reluctance to engage in ethnic profiling. He supports his claims with never-before-seen documents from top-level government sources, exposing a secret network of Arab intelligence agencies, terrorists, university professors, corrupt imams and other religious leaders, and violent criminals.
Some members of this network are recent immigrants; others have been American citizens for years. Some are laundering money from abroad through seemingly innocuous charities and mosques. Some have even infiltrated our military as Arabic translators and Muslim chaplains..."
The problem with CAIR (make that one of the many many problems) is they cry wolf when ever anyone says or does anything against a Muslim.
IMO they use this as a fund raising scheme.
BTTT
One Muslim acquaintance i got to know quite well. First as a client and then as a close friend. He invited me into his home many times. His family was wonderful as a role model for Indian immigrants to the U.S. He took great pains to explain how Muslims considered Jesus to be the greatest prophet after Mohammad. The only message that I received from this family was love.
I believe in my heart that GWB's approach to the 'Muslim issue' is the correct one. We ought to follow the teachings of Jesus and reach out to them with love and understanding.
Freepers here know that I have been one of the most outspoken posters here condemning terrorism. I am happy to reach out with love to Muslims who follow the true teachings of Mohammad. And loudly condemn those who follow fanatic Imams seeking their 72 virgins in Paradise by killing innocents. There is no place in the world for fanatical hatred -- we all live on the same planet, we all breathe the same air, and everyone wants the best for their children.
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