Posted on 08/10/2006 5:01:42 PM PDT by mdittmar
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CAIR STATEMENT ON ALLEGED AIRLINE TERROR PLOT
(WASHINGTON D.C., 8/10/06) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today issued the following statement at a news conference in Washington, D.C., in response to the arrests of 21 individuals for allegedly plotting to use liquid explosives on passenger flights traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States. (NOTE: CAIR's news conference was taped for later broadcast by C-SPAN.)
In its statement, CAIR said:
"American Muslims have consistently condemned all acts of terrorism, whether carried out by individuals, groups or states. We repudiate anyone or any group that plans or carries out a terrorist act. We welcome early actions by law enforcement authorities against credible threats to the safety of the traveling public.
"The American Muslim community has always been dedicated to the protection of our national security. It is also important that our fellow Americans understand that Muslims are law-abiding citizens who should not be targeted or singled out because of their faith or national origin.
"We have been contacted by federal law enforcement authorities who are taking steps to ensure that there is no backlash against the American Muslim community. We commend them for their pro-active efforts. We ask local Muslim communities to step up security measures at mosques and other Islamic institutions. We also urge local law enforcement agencies to coordinate with Muslim leaders to deter hate crimes.
"It is important, based on past counterterrorism cases that did not lead to terror convictions, that we withhold judgment until all the facts of this case come to light. We also ask public officials and commentators to avoid using stereotypical and ill-defined terminology when referring to this and similar cases.
"As the largest American Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, it is our religious and civic duty to reach out to all Americans to reaffirm Islam's teachings of peace, justice and tolerance for all."
CAIR, America's largest Muslim civil liberties group, has 32 offices, chapters and affiliates nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.
"The American Muslim community has always been dedicated to the protection of our national security"
Some examples please?
They only want to help us,become muslims, or else!
I consider anything that comes out of the mouth of a CAIR representative to be verbal diahhrea.
Why this terrorist group is allowed to exist is beyond me.
Some have.
Many more haven't.
Round up the CAIR and drop them in the middle of the Sahara.
Wholly, crap.
Oh please. I don't believe one single word of this, not one.
Pound sand, CAIR. Preferably in the Middle East. Hit the road.
What in the HELL does that mean?
Just have your mullahs preach tolerance of other faiths.
Haven't heard a lot of that lately..and it would help your image.
Oh , I hear ya, CAIR, like all those who grab a gun and shoot innocent Jewish women, those who rally in support of Hezbollah in the streets of America and cheer for the destruction of Israel, oh yeah, they are all good upstanding Americans just exercising their right to incite and support violence towards those they are sworn to destroy according to their teachings of their eladers and the Koran,, or should I say, the CAIRan
CAIR. The American Hezbollah.
I musta blinked and missed this...
You can't have peace, justice and tolerance as long as us Infidels can act independently of Islam and Sharia Law. But of course you know that. - tom
It did not take long for this press release to segue into the "we are victims" mode.
If the Koran didn't teach that it is desirable to lie to non-muslims, tax non-muslims if we do not convert, and to murder infidels, then perhaps I might believe CAIR.
Twice as much hand-wringing about backlash as there is about the plot itself.
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