Posted on 06/17/2005 11:03:48 PM PDT by kcvl
By Ross Farrow News-Sentinel Staff Writer Last updated: Friday, Jun 17, 2005 - 06:57:34 am PDT
A man the FBI arrested last week on a charge of lying about attending a terrorism camp in Pakistan ironically played a role in a service in Lodi preaching peace and understanding among the world's many cultures following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Hamid Hayat, 22, remains in custody at Sacramento County Jail because of his alleged link to terrorism, yet he recited a passage from the Quran during a special service on Sept. 18, 2001, that was attended by Christians and Muslims in Lodi, Stockton and Sacramento.
Usamaa Ismail, Hayat's cousin, confirmed Thursday that the man pictured is Hayat. He even remembered Hayat attended the public event.
Mohammad Khan, a Lodi Boys and Girls Club employee, added that he is "95 percent" sure the man pictured at the service is Hayat.
More than 300 people packed the Lodi Boys and Girls Club gym on Poplar Street to spread the word of peace -- eight days after Muslim terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Hayat stood before the crowd to quote the Quran with the red, white and blue American flag and the green and white Pakistani flag draped behind him.
Norm Mowery, who was pastor of First United Methodist Church at the time, said he believes the people who participated in the peace service were genuine in their beliefs.
"I'm the perennial optimist and I look for the best in people," said Mowery, who is now pastor at Church of the Wayfarer, a Methodist church in Carmel. "I think the stand was genuine, virtuous and right. I can't imagine that anyone who participated in that (service) would try to hurt Americans. And if they did, it's wrong."
Dixon Flynn, who was Lodi's city manager at the time, acknowledged the irony of someone attending a six-month terrorist training camp in Pakistan in 2003 and 2004, yet preaching peace and harmony days after 9/11. ADVERTISEMENT
"Why would he go to an event like (the 2001 service) and try (now) to prevent peace?
"I prefer to wait and see the evidence before making a judgment. I don't know that he's done anything."
Hayat's attorney, Wazhma Mojaddidi, was intrigued after learning on Thursday that the News-Sentinel had a 2001 photograph of Hayat reading from the Quran.
"I think the picture you have is consistent with the way he feels about terrorism," she said. "Anybody who plays an active role and expresses peace and unity couldn't be labeled a terrorist."
Keith Land, who sat on the Lodi City Council at the time, declined to speculate on the possible irony about Hayat's involvement in the 2001 peace even and perhaps attending a terrorist camp.
"The overall situation is a real tragedy," Land said. "I am hopeful that all the allegations are not true and that the statements were made because he was under a lot of pressure."
Hamid Hayat recites a passage from the Quran to open a service held eight days after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The service, which attracted more than 300 people to the Lodi Boys and Girls Club gymnasium, promoted peace among all cultures in Lodi and throughout the world. Today, Hayat sits in Sacramento County Jail on a charge of lying about his alleged involvement in a terrorist training camp in Pakistan. (News-Sentinel file photo)
I'm outraged by these Islamanazis - they improperly hung the American Flag!!!
Now - can WE riot and murder in rage?
The star field in this case, should be in the upper left as seen in this picture..
Jerks.
Semper Fi
Which is precisely why I was so angry that everyone clamored after every Muslim they could dredge up, for the post 09/11 memorials. IMO, that was one of the most heartless insults to the families of victims, I have ever seen.
It will go down in my mind as one of the most absurd displays of calloused behavior I have ever seen.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
I'll say it again, I do not trust any Muslim. Not one.
These idjits remind me of Truth contained in the immortal CCR lyrics:
If I only had a dollar, for ev’ry song I’ve sung.
And ev’ry time I’ve had to play while people sat there drunk.
You know, I’d catch the next train back to where I live.
Oh ! lord, I’m stuck in lodi again.
Oh ! lord, I’m stuck in lodi again.
KILL IT!
Stop Dick the Turbin Durbin before he aids our enemy again!
DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!!!
Link to contact your senator
Link to contact your representative
ABC CBS NBC CNN its all the SAME, Propaganda.
Might as well call them all AmeriJazerra.
Show them how much Gravitas Hugh Bris has. Vote with your remote! Shut down the Alphabet channels.
He's Got A Plan
Zippo Hero
Seven Dead Monkeys Page O Tunes
Don't be a know nothing do nothing dumbocrap!
"Hitlery's legal stance on everything"
Muzzamil Siddiqi, the Imam who was invited to speak at the Sept. 14th, 2001 service in Washington, was caught on tape by Fox News a year earlier chanting "Death to America!!!"
2."Why would he go to an event like (the 2001 service) and try (now) to prevent peace?
Because he us a Muslim. That's what they do.
That Pakistani was reading from the Quran, the book that tells Muslims to kill the "infidels" where you find them.
When will the USA catch on that Islam supports our demise, and they think it is justfiable to kill us all?
When will we catch on?
You are correct, even in the event that the negative was flipped, the Stars and Stripes would be in the inferior position. Yes we may riot.
"2."Why would he go to an event like (the 2001 service) and try (now) to prevent peace?"
Are we all not familiar with taqiyya by now?
Too bad Hayat didn't continue reading passages from the koran...it's been an eye opener for me.
We are dealing with Clintonesque speech on a political level here...Hayat represents many who do not feel that the 9/11 hijackers were terrorists...they also do not believe that those who were killed were innocents. It all depends upon their meaning of these words, terrorism and innocent.
"Because he us a Muslim. That's what they do."
Yep, this goes all the way back to Mohammed.
Gee, I dunno. To decieve people in to trusting him perhaps? To blend in to society maybe?
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