There is another issue here, too. By calling for declaration of a hate crime, the CAIR spokesman is calling for declaration of this as a Federal offense. In this way they are leading toward their strength, which is in the national and international arenas and away from individual state and local police authority. World gov't is their goal, and they believe they can dominate world gov't.
I don' think there is a federal hate crimes law, but I could be wrong.
"By calling for declaration of a hate crime, the CAIR spokesman is calling for declaration of this as a Federal offense"
Agreed. muslims may be evil, but they aren't stupid. They know how to manipulate our systems against us. If they can arrange it so that anything involving a muslim is categorized a hate crime, they can take the offensive without fear. Imagine, a muslim instigates a fight with you, but you go to jail because it's a hate crime.
People like Modernman and r9eth will facilitate this, and then where will we be?