MAS FREEDOM REQUESTS MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN PETER T. KING OVER ISLAMOPHOBIC STATEMENTS

e-mail press release from Muslim American Society (MAS) | 2/11/04

[Brian Mosely]

MAS FREEDOM REQUESTS MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN PETER T. KING OVER ISLAMOPHOBIC STATEMENTS MADE ON NATIONAL RADIO PROGRAM

The MAS Freedom Foundation contacted Ms. Nicole Lango the scheduler for Congressman Peter T. King (R-NY) and requested an urgent meeting with the congressman concerning his inflammatory remarks on Sean Hannity's nationally syndicated radio program. (SEE: http://www.Hannity.com about Muslims and their Mosque).

Congressman King stated that 85% of mosques in America are ruled by extremists, "and I'll stand by that number of 85 percent. This is an enemy living amongst us."

In calling for the meeting, MAS Freedom Foundation Executive Director Mahdi Bray said, “I think that it is critically important that congressman King meet with members of the Muslim community. It is obvious from his statements that he is greatly misinformed.

“To quote sources like Emerson and Pipes, who have created a cottage industry out of bashing Muslims, certainly skews any objective critique he has of the Muslim Community.

“It is my sincere hope that after he meets with us and talks with the Director of the Justice Department’s Community Relations, Sherrie Freeman, and reads the Justice Department Inspector General’s Report on events post 9-11, that he will replace his inflammatory rhetoric with a sober dose of reality.

“He owes our community an apology for such irresponsible statements. Whether he meets with us, or apologizes, it is another reason for our community to register to vote and vote on every election day to end this political madness," said Bray.

For more information contact (202) 496-1288.

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*The Freedom Foundation is the public affairs arm of the Muslim American Society (MAS), a national grassroots religious, social, and educational organization. Learn more at www.masnet.org.

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MAS Freedom Foundation

1050 17th Street NW #600
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 496-1288
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URL: http://www.masnet.org/index_publicaffairs.asp

Email: freedom@masnet.org

[zerosix]

Yeah, and waiting for the American Muslim Community to apologize or act the slightest bit remorseful over 9/11, is like waiting for Hell to freeze over.

[Guillermo]

Would these Mohammedans even admit that a single mosque in the US is "extremist?"

[Chris Talk]

Christians confess their sin every week in church; no Muslim has ever yet confessed he was ever mistaken or sinned in any way in dealing with the infidel.

They all hang together, they won't even admit they farted when they touched their nose to the carpet in prayer.

All they do is just whine on about how the infidel supposedly wronged THEM, ha ha, while they kill 200,000 Christians every year, and it is going up.

[Rummyfan]

In calling for the meeting, MAS Freedom Foundation Executive Director Mahdi Bray said, “I think that it is critically important that congressman King meet with members of the Muslim community. It is obvious from his statements that he is greatly misinformed.

I hope Rep King has the guts to stand up to these clowns and tell them to pound sand. When did he say this on Hannity?

[mathluv]

Did he not also say that there was little/NO cooperation from Muslims?

[ZULU]

“I think that it is critically important that congressman King meet with members of the Muslim community. It is obvious from his statements that he is greatly misinformed."

Does MAS mean the majority of Islamic Mosques and Madrassas and clergy in the west are NOT funded by the Wahhabist Saudi fanatics? If that's the case, a lot of Muslims who have revealed this are mistaken.