CAIR Claims Victory Over AP Stylebook’s Restrictions on Word 'Islamist'

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CAIR Claims Victory Over AP Stylebook’s Restrictions on Word 'Islamist' April 5, 2013 By Elizabeth Harrington

(CNSNews.com) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) praised the Associated Press (AP) for revising its stylebook to forbid the use of the word “Islamist,” if it is used to describe Islamic militants or extremists.

In a press release on Friday, CAIR said revising the term is a "step in the right direction,” and that they helped influence the AP’s decision.

“Late last year, the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) approached AP about modifying the reference, which had been added to its influential Stylebook,” the release said.

“That entry read: ‘Islamist -- Supporter of government in accord with the laws of Islam. Those who view the Quran as a political model encompass a wide range of Muslims, from mainstream politicians to militants known as jihadi.’”

“CAIR suggested that AP change its Stylebook to incorporate language similar to that used in the reference to ‘fundamentalist,’ which states that the label should not be used unless a group applies the term to itself,” they said.

CAIR also encouraged the media to drop the term. "Unfortunately, the term 'Islamist' has become shorthand for 'Muslims we don't like,'” said CAIR. “It is currently used in an almost exclusively pejorative context and is often coupled with the term 'extremist,' giving it an even more negative slant."

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Grover Norquist is thrilled. Most of the radical Islamists in the Obama administration are his associates. He often pairs his ‘non profits’ up with CAIR.

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Yes, that is the same Abdurahman Alamoudi, we told you about, who wrote checks to the right’s favorite lobbyist and guru, Grover Norquist to fund his Islamic Institute.

http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2013/03/do-you-think-gop-will-stop-abusing-you.html

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Obama’s radical Muslim advisors are Grover Norquists friends.

[snip]....On the eve of 9/11, Norquist personally went to the Hill and lobbied to, in his words, ‘get rid of the secret evidence laws which have been used to discriminate against Muslims and Arabs in this country.’...

http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2013/04/obamas-radical-muslim-advisors-are.html