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CAIR criticizes Oklahoma lawmakers for anti-Muslim Facebook comments
Tulsa World ^ | 9/4/2014 | BARBARA HOBEROCK

Posted on 09/04/2014 6:53:30 PM PDT by markomalley

OKLAHOMA CITY — The leader of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on Wednesday called on Republican leaders to repudiate remarks made by state Rep. John Bennett on his private Facebook account.

Adam Soltani, CAIR Oklahoma executive director, is also asking the Republican from Sallisaw to apologize for the remarks.

A Monday Facebook post from Bennett reads: “The Quran clearly states that non Muslims should be killed. Arab is the ethnicity, not Muslim or Islam. Be wary of the individuals who claim to be ‘Muslim American.’ Be especially wary if you are Christian.”

Soltani said Bennett took the phrase out of context. “This is something revealed in the context of them being at war,” Soltani said. “This is when you meet in battle. It doesn’t say just go out and kill people.”

He said elected leaders should not be seeking to instill fear of Islam or Muslims.

“Anti-Muslim bigotry and statements that promote misunderstanding and incite hatred toward a minority group have no place in the Oklahoma Republican Party,” Soltani wrote in a letter to Bennett. “Individuals elected to represent the people of Oklahoma should be held accountable for such extremist, inaccurate and intolerant views.”

Bennett, 40, said he has no intention of apologizing, adding he was referring to Muslims who hold extreme views.

Bennett, who served in the Marines for 21 years, said he was trying to inform and educate Americans as to what is really going on. He said he has been in the Middle East a few times and is aware of the atrocities inflicted by extremists in the name of religion.

“I am not against all Arabs or people who follow the religion of Islam,” he said. “The religion has been changed. It used to be peaceful.”

Dave Weston, Oklahoma Republican Party chairman, called CAIR’s criticism of Bennett disingenuous.

If the United States were ruled by Islam, Christians and Jews would have to pay a tax to practice their faith, Weston said. Those who do not pay are beheaded, Weston said.

“Islam coexists peacefully with nonbelievers only if those skeptics abide by their unalterable stipulations,” Weston said.

“Mr. Weston’s comments are as false and easily disproven as the notion that the Earth is flat,” Soltani said.

“Actual Muslims worldwide including CAIR, have repudiated and condemned ISIS and its heretical assertions about our faith.”

Later in the day, Bennett issued a news release saying the terrorist activities of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria could soon reach the United States. He was critical of how President Obama has handled the situation, saying Obama has ignored confirmed Islamic terrorist movements.


TOPICS: Extended News; US: Oklahoma; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dhimmitude; rop
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To: markomalley

Actually the Koran says that all infidels must convert, die or become slaves. Not much of a choice.


21 posted on 09/04/2014 7:20:36 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: markomalley

Adam Soltani surely cannot justify the killing of Christians and Jews who do not convert to Islam? He surely cannot justify the beheading of journalists because they are from a certain country? If Adam Soltani refuses to condemn THESE killings he should be deported immediately. I am getting quite sick of all of this Arabic religious bullshit.....


22 posted on 09/04/2014 7:21:03 PM PDT by eeriegeno (<p>)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Piss be upon them.
Kill them all.
Kill them now.


23 posted on 09/04/2014 7:25:15 PM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: markomalley

cair hasn’t been in the news for a very long time.


24 posted on 09/04/2014 7:27:07 PM PDT by She_is_my_ hero (The speediest of marine creatures)
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To: markomalley

The people of “CAIR” are the moderate muslims.

They want to kill you. They only refrain themselves because it is their job to funnel money to those that will behead you.

If we had any sense, we would burn down the mosques and ship them to Iraq and then bomb them into the Stone Age.

I am still waiting for doofus Kerry to list all the great deeds done in the name of Allah (Satan) that rewards them with the “Religion of Peace”

I am waiting for the obamanation to list all the great muslims that helped with the founding of our nation.


25 posted on 09/04/2014 7:29:57 PM PDT by bobo1 (progressives=commies/fascists)
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To: markomalley

The people of “CAIR” are the moderate muslims.

They want to kill you. They only refrain themselves because it is their job to funnel money to those that will behead you.

If we had any sense, we would burn down the mosques and ship them (the muslims) to Iraq and then bomb them into the Stone Age.

I am still waiting for doofus Kerry to list all the great deeds done in the name of Allah (Satan) that rewards them with the moniker “Religion of Peace”

I am waiting for the obamanation to list all the great muslims that helped with the founding of our nation.


26 posted on 09/04/2014 7:31:40 PM PDT by bobo1 (progressives=commies/fascists)
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To: markomalley

Thought crimes


27 posted on 09/04/2014 7:32:06 PM PDT by logic101.net (How many more children must die on the altar of gun free zones?)
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To: bobo1

Oppsssss...........I repent in dust and ashes.


28 posted on 09/04/2014 7:32:31 PM PDT by bobo1 (progressives=commies/fascists)
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To: markomalley

That Koran before you is the hunting permit for millions of Muslims. A license to kill. That filthy book is the Constitution of the Islamic State.


29 posted on 09/04/2014 7:38:05 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: markomalley

btt


30 posted on 09/04/2014 7:39:10 PM PDT by angelsonmyside
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To: markomalley

Close CAIR and seize their assets.


31 posted on 09/04/2014 8:01:54 PM PDT by NoLibZone (The bad news: Hillary Clinton will be the next President. The Good news: Our principles are intact.)
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To: cripplecreek

I think a tipping point is about to be reached where the American people realize the current administration has little or no intention on protecting its citizens and that they are just reading off the standard cue cards. I think the anger is mounting enough to warrant a citizen army be assembled and marched across the Mexican border into Juarez to find their headquarters, level it, and send their soldiers to Allah. Let them send the Mexican army to stop us from crossing into their lands the very same way they march into ours. Ironic isn’t it?


32 posted on 09/04/2014 8:14:07 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: GeronL

The Case, I believe was “US vs HLF” (easy to “Google”)

also known as the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF).

A good article that includes a listing of indicted and non-indicted co-conspirators:

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/printgroupProfile.asp?grpid=6181


33 posted on 09/04/2014 8:19:13 PM PDT by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.)
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To: Palio di Siena

Amen.

It is not wrong to kill them if they want to kill me.

Remember that.


34 posted on 09/04/2014 8:28:32 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (Because Brawndo's got electrolytes. Because Ethanol has Big Corn Lobby)
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To: BenLurkin

islamism needs be destroyed. Totally.

Now, how many muslims are islamists?


35 posted on 09/04/2014 9:24:41 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: MeshugeMikey

Peas slathered in bacon grease, that is.


36 posted on 09/04/2014 9:50:31 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: markomalley

CAIR can KMA! Go home you bums!


37 posted on 09/04/2014 11:20:31 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America is not a refugee camp or woman's shelter for illegals! It's my home! !)
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To: markomalley

“The only good injun is a dead injun”?
How about the only good mooselimb is a dead one?


38 posted on 09/05/2014 2:20:41 AM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

Thanks


39 posted on 09/05/2014 5:16:47 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Pining_4_TX

Weapons Grade Bacon Grease ..Yes!


40 posted on 09/05/2014 6:32:30 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do)
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