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The Tragedy of Islam (commentary that led to the firing of WMAL talk show host Michael Graham)
WorldNetDaily ^ | August 22, 2005 | Michael Graham

Posted on 08/22/2005 7:47:32 AM PDT by minerboy

I take no pleasure in saying it. It pains me to think it. I could very well lose my job in talk radio over admitting it. But it is the plain truth: Islam is a terror organization.

For years, I've been trying to give the world's Muslim community the benefit of the doubt, along with the benefit of my typical-American's complete disinterest in their faith. Before 9-11, I knew nothing about Islam except the greeting "asalaam alaikum," taught to me by a Pakistani friend in Chicago.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: islam; michaelgraham; talkradio; wmal
Isn't it great to know we can be fired for speaking the truth?
1 posted on 08/22/2005 7:47:34 AM PDT by minerboy
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To: minerboy

CAIR is doing a good job of keeping Islam safe and Americans at risk. Beyond the pale.


2 posted on 08/22/2005 7:49:39 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: minerboy

Where's the ACLU?


3 posted on 08/22/2005 7:52:08 AM PDT by mwyounce
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To: minerboy

"Isn't it great to know we can be fired for speaking the truth?"

That's nothing new. Tell your female co-worker that dress makes her look hot.


4 posted on 08/22/2005 7:58:59 AM PDT by L98Fiero
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To: minerboy
Keep this on the front burner. It is very indicative of the undercurrent of what the Islamis PR machine is attempting to do in the US. Perhaps, this will get traction when the excessive and unbalanced coverage of Cindy Sheehan finally subsides.
5 posted on 08/22/2005 7:59:33 AM PDT by FOXFANVOX (Freedom is not free.)
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To: minerboy
This poltically correct pandering has got to stop before we are all dead. WMAL and ABC radio would have been right if Mr. Graham had advocated violence. This coming from a group that screams freedom of speech from the highest pedestal in the land is very scary.

I will no longer listen to any ABC radio products including Sean Hannity's show because there is no way Sean or anyone else can truly speak the truth as they see it.

6 posted on 08/22/2005 8:06:09 AM PDT by libill (The first casualty of War is Truth-disputed origin)
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To: minerboy
But Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf admits what CAIR will not. He's called for a jihad against the jihadists. He's putting his life on the line (Islamists have tried to assassinate him three times)in the battle to reclaim Islam and its fundamental decency.

Sorry, pal you're WAY off base on that one. Where is the "fundamental decency" in a creed which demands that you submit, be enslaved or die?

7 posted on 08/22/2005 8:08:20 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?")
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To: libill

i am sending our ipetition to wmal even though it is beating a dead horse. you can see the petition results PDF file on http://www.supportmichaelgraham.com/ under the "what you can do" page

you can sign the petition at
http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/SupportMichaelGraham


8 posted on 08/22/2005 8:10:07 AM PDT by krasdorf (www.secureborders.com)
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To: mwyounce

On the Supreme Court


9 posted on 08/22/2005 8:10:14 AM PDT by SQUID
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To: libill

Sean Hannity filters his remarks himself, so ABC has nothing to worry with him.

Michael Graham is extremely forth right - I did not always agree with him - but he said what he believed with sugar coating it.

I was not aware he got fired and am realy proud of him for standing his ground - on this he is 100% correct.


10 posted on 08/22/2005 8:10:59 AM PDT by Cathy
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To: nutmeg

bttt


11 posted on 08/22/2005 8:13:37 AM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: Cathy

I've said it before and I'll say it again. CAIR is the Islamic BUND. The BUND was outlawed after Pearl and some members were deported as Undesirable Aliens.


12 posted on 08/22/2005 8:14:12 AM PDT by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: massgopguy

Forgive my ignorance, what was (is) BUND?


13 posted on 08/22/2005 8:27:01 AM PDT by Cathy
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To: Cathy
I am very glad that he stood his ground and I an looking forward to his interview tomorrow morning on Darrell Ankarlo's show on KLIF. (KLIF Home Page)

My understanding is that he made his remarks referring to major Islam's silence akin to good men (& women) doing nothing.

14 posted on 08/22/2005 8:33:19 AM PDT by libill (The first casualty of War is Truth-disputed origin)
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To: libill

ABC needs to be shown the error of its ways by a massive boycott.


15 posted on 08/22/2005 8:36:34 AM PDT by ZULU (Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: minerboy
Good article, except for his knee-jerk repetition of the myth of a golden age of Muslim tolerance:

He remembers, I'm sure, that at a time when Western, Christian civilization was on the verge of collapse, the Muslim world was a bastion of rationalism and tolerance. That was a great moment in the history of Islam, a moment that helped save the West.

Say, what? No such period ever existed. Islam never came to the aid of the West. At most, the works of a few classical writers were transmitted to the West via Islam, such as Aristotle at the time of Aquinas, but that was hardly an intentional favor, and it was only necessary because Muslims broke up the ancient civilizations and lines of communication with the past in the first place.

16 posted on 08/22/2005 8:38:51 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: minerboy
I find these remarks fairly mild and well presented, especially compared to the Ann Coulter solution.
17 posted on 08/22/2005 8:42:22 AM PDT by Question_Assumptions (`)
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To: minerboy
If there is one thing Islam can't stand, it's the unvarnished truth about it being told to the world!

ABC should hang it's head in shame for giving into the terrorists of this world and firing Graham!

18 posted on 08/22/2005 8:44:25 AM PDT by Gritty ("The question isn't how dare I call Islam a terror organization, but why more people do not-M Graham)
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To: libill

Someone has to "follew the dollar".

I've heard rumors of ani-semitism at Disney...anyone know if it is true?


19 posted on 08/22/2005 9:35:42 AM PDT by From many - one.
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