CAIR-Ohio Response to Cartoons in Akron Beacon Journal

CAIR of Ohio ^ | 02/09/2006 | Nawal Ibrahim Alhawsawi

[EBH]

CAIR-Ohio Response to Cartoons in Akron Beacon Journal

Cleveland, OH, 2/9/06)-Chip Bok’s February 5 cartoon of Prophet Muhammad in the Akron Beacon Journal is hurtful and irresponsible. It shows a degree of insensitivity beyond measure and a lack of cultural and religious understanding not befitting of a reputable paper such as the Beacon Journal.

The US is known as the world’s most democratic country where we value freedom, and where freedom of speech and freedom of the press are guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. However, when the press misuses its freedom to launch attacks against an entire people and their faith, we, as Americans, should stand against such calumny and bigotry. The demeaning cartoons proliferating around the world, and now in the Akron Beacon Journal, are similar to the hateful anti-Semitic images used in the past to dehumanize Jews. Bok’s cartoon is like painting a swastika or burning a cross and calling it free speech.

With freedom comes responsibility. These cartoons have hurt more than 1.2 billion Muslims and have offended many other people of faith. Bok’s cartoon is a provocation that will only feed anti-Americanism. His cartoon is antithetical to the values of our country which are built on respect for other people regardless of their color, religion or race. We support freedom of the press, but we object to any action that misrepresents American values or that encourages religious intolerance, racism or hate.

Nawal Ibrahim Alhawsawi CAIR-Ohio, Cleveland Office

[EBH]

Last night on Fox 8 News they covered this story and the CAIR of Ohio organization meeting for protests. The other 'sponsor' indicated in last night report for the protests was the Islamic Center of Cleveland. The ICC has already had its Imam deported in Jan. of '06 and 13 of the other mosque leaders are under investigation charged with creating false documentation for immigration purposes, money laundering, falsifying payroll records, filing false tax returns, mail and wire fraud and more.

I am hunting for Chip Bok's cartoon that was shown on the news last night. He had drawn it as commentary on the current events. It showed CNN on a Tv set with a reporter trying to describe the incendiary cartoons. The picture had the prophets face digitized out. A couple was on a coach watching the news.

[EBH]

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

The US is known as the world’s most democratic country where we value freedom, and where freedom of speech and freedom of the press are guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. However

Ah, yes. The telltale "however" of the Islamofascist censors.

[winner3000]

There should be a strong response and a challenge to CAIR's hypocricy. CAIR's intolerence and silence when other religions are attacked, as well as their funding by Saudi Arabia feeds anti-muslim fervor more than any cartoon would. Their mouthing of platitudes when their co-religionists go on rampages and wars and still think they have any moral stand is outrageous.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Ping

[EBH]

Note nothing is said regarding the cartoon from Feb. 4th and all Chip's cartoons are available online at http://blogs.ohio.com/chip_bok/

[marsh_of_mists]

ARGH! They're upset over a cartoon of a cartoon of Mohammed?! Well, I'm gonna publish a cartoon of this cartoon of a cartoon; then they'll be REALLY angry!

[twntaipan]

The MSM are in a quandary (dare we say, a quagmire?).

On the one hand they defend the defacing of anything and everything held dear to Christians, up to and including defending a self-labeled artist placing a crucifix in a jar of urine.

Now, they are in a tizzy, doing all manner of mental gymnastics as to why they should NOT run a series of cartoons which Muslim papers have earlier themselves published.

Liberals live pathetic lives.

[Screamname]

These cartoons have hurt more than 1.2 billion Muslims and have offended many other people of faith.

Cartoons hurt Muslims? Call the Pentagon, put away the bunker busters, and take out the pens: We may just have a new weapon.

"Hey Mohammed, riiight here!"

[EBH]

Well, IMHO, reading the CAIR statement that it is as offensive of swastikas etc. really made my jar drop. Shall we send them a few of the cartoons from the ME that we find offensive...

Their rhetoric falls very flat.

[backhoe]

Everything I have found about The War of the Twelve 'Toons ( links, blogs, quips, quotes, aggravating pictures ) is located here- click the Pic, and scroll backwards:

Just a few samples of dissent?

'Muhammad cartoon'proved fake

Faxed photo, top, and original AP image

9-11 versus a cartoon

Religion of Tolerance

From Filibuster Cartoons, via zombie’s Mohammed Image Archive.

[schwing_wifey]

Watch out.... this is so sad... I think I'm gonna cry...

sniff.... sniff...


Maybe not!

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

DANIEL PIPES.org - Weblog: "CAIR's LEGAL TRIBULATIONS"

Google - Blogs - Search Term: "CAIR"

CNS NEWS.com: "RADIO HOST APOLOGIZES FOR 'OUT OF LINE' REMARKS ON MUSLIMS" by Susan Jones (February 8, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "DEATH OF A TERROR LOBBY" by Joe Kaufman (February 3, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "US-BASED ISLAMIC GROUP WADES INTO MUSLIM-DANISH ROW" by Susan Jones (February 1, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "'DON'T OFFEND MUSLIMS, MR. PRESIDENT'" by Susan Jones (January 31, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "HANDEL FIRES BACK AT CAIR" (January 30, 2006)

KFI640.com: "HandelCAIRresponse"  (mp3) (January 30, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "SCHOOL ALLOWS MUSLIMS TO PRAY  Reverses policy after confrontation with CAIR" (January 26, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "CAIR, ACLU SUE TO STOP DOMESTIC SPYING PROGRAM" (ARTICLE SNIPPET:  "The Detroit suit, which also names the NSA, was filed by the ACLU, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Greenpeace and several individuals.") (January 17, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CAIR ISSUES U.S. 'TRAVEL ADVISORY'" (December 21, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AMERICANS AGAINST HATE.com): "CAIR-FL SPOKESMAN SAYS 'NOTHING IMMORAL' ABOUT ISLAMIC JIHAD" (December 13, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "KAUFMAN AND EPSTEIN: CAIR HOTEL HELL" (December 2, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "D.C. WATSON: DOUBLE-CROSS" (November 14, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "CAIR CALLS FOR CALM IN FRANCE" by Melanie Hunter (November 8, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "THE LIES ESCALATE" (November 13, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR DEFAMES ME AGAIN" (November 9, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR GOES AFTER ME" (November 8, 2005)

DANIEL PIPES.org - Weblog: "CAIR ACCEPTED AS 'MAINSTREAM'" (January 21, 2004) (UPDATED: October 25, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "CONGRESS URGED TO RECOGNIZE THE BEGINNING OF RAMADAN" (September 26, 2005)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "WHOSE SIDE IS CAIR ON?" by Andrew Whitehead (September 21, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org - DHIMMI WATCH: "DC Watson: CAIR: TRIVIALIZING 9/11 FOR THE SAKE OF ISLAM?" (September 18, 2005)

DanielPipes.org (FrontPageMagazine.com): "WHY CORPORATIONS FUND RADICAL ISLAM" by Daniel Pipes (September 2, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "MPAC, CAIR, ISNA FEEL EXCLUDED FROM THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISM" (August 30, 2005)

MichNews.com: "ACLU ALLIANCE WITH CAIR?" -Column by Sher Zieve (August 26, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "CAIR HAILS FIRING OF MICHAEL GRAHAM" by Randy Hall (August 22, 2005)

TOWNHALL.com: "CAIR 1, FREE SPEECH 0" -Column by Joel Mowbray (August 22, 2005)

TOWNHALL.com: "WELL, THEY GOT ME..." -Column by Michael Graham (August 22, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (IndyStar): "CAIR, CACLU SUE GOV'T OVER BORDER SCRUTINY" (April 24, 2005)

DanielPipes.org - Weblog: "CAIR NAMED AS A DEFENDANT IN 9/11 TERROR LAWSUIT" (December 30, 2004) (NOTE: SEE AUGUST 15, 2005 UPDATE)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "CAIR FOUNDED BY 'ISLAMIST TERRORISTS'?" by Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha (July 28, 2005)

TheCounterterrorism Blog: "WALID PHARES: CAIR MUST CONDEMN AL QAIDA AND JIHADISM.." (July 28, 2005)

AMERICAN DAILY.com: "CAIR DISLIKES FREE SPEECH ON RADIO" by Pete Fisher (July 26, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CAIR TO GOP: REPUDIATE TANCREDO Upset by radio discussion about bombing Mecca" (July 22, 2005)

TOWNHALL.com: "THE MUSLIM HATE CRIME THAT WASN'T" -Column by Michelle Malkin (July 6, 2005)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIRing for Sami Al-Arian" by Joe Kaufman (June 22, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIC GROUP CALLS FOR USE OF KORAN TO TAKE OATH" by Melanie Hunter (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An Islamic civil rights and advocacy group is calling on North Carolina judges to allow people to use the Koran when taking an oath, saying the use of the Bible exclusively represents "an inappropriate state endorsement of religion." The request by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) comes after Guilford County judges said they would not allow use of Korans in their courtrooms.") (June 21, 2005)

DANIELPIPES.org - Weblog: "SIR IBRAHIM HOOPER AND LORD SALAM AL-MARAYATI?" (June 12, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org - Dhimmi Watch (AMERICANS AGAINST HATE): "JEB BUSH SENDS LETTER OF SUPPORT TO CAIR" (June 5, 2005)

ArabNews.com: Washinton: "CAIR OFFERING FREE QUR'AN COPIES TO AMERICANS" by Barbara Ferguson, Arab News (June 4, 2005)

"/littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=16089_NYT_Legitimizes_CAIR_(Again)&only" (June 4, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CAIR DISTRIBUTES QURAN BANNED AS ANTI-SEMITIC Version Offered for Free as Goodwill Response to Newsweek Fiasco" by Art Moore (June 2, 2005)

DanielPipes.org - Weblog: "MSM CRTICIZES CAIR, CAIR BRAZENS IT OUT" (May 23, 2005)

DANIEL PIPES.org (FrontPageMagazine.com): "CAIR's HATE CRIMES NONSENSE" by Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha (May 18, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "FREE KORANS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" by Susan Jones (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Over the weekend, CAIR held a conference in the Washington area on the causes and remedies of "Islamophobia and anti-Americanism."") (May 17, 2005)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR: HOW CLOSE TO TERRORISM?" by Andrew Whitehead and Lee Kaplan (May 11, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "ACLU, CAIR DECRY ANTI-TERROR EFFORTS" April 20, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CAIR AND TERRORISM" -Commentary by Joseph Farah (April 18, 2005)

FrontPageMag.com: "CAIR's RADICAL NEXUS" by Josh Lefkowitz and Erick Stakelbeck (March 10, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "WTF, OVER. [WHY IS THE DoD LIST SERVER BEING USED BY CAIR?]" (March 9, 2005)

DanielPipes.org - Weblog: "CAIR NAMED AS A DEFENDANT IN 9/11 TERROR LAWSUIT" (December 30, 2004)

WorldNetDaily.com: "SCHOOLS TO OBSERVE RAMADAN HOLIDAY?" (December 16, 2004)

[ncountylee]

Hey CAIR, you stupid bunch of crybaby's, come over here, repeat your trash and get something that warrants tears.

[EBH]

Can the Newspaper(s) sue them for trying to stifle their Freedom of Speech?

Are there court cases regarding Freedom of Press/Speech/Expression? If so, what are they?

Can a rally be organized to demonstrate Freedom of Speech in the United States through the years?

[madconserv]

Oxymoron

[madconserv]

are similar to the hateful anti-Semitic images used in the past to dehumanize Jews
USED IN THE PAST? They are still used you lieing S.O.B.!

[EBH]

I found this website and I think the guy has it right.

Freedom of Speech/Press etc. is not there to protect nonoffensive speech, it wouldn't be needed if people were not offended. He made a lot of sense and Americans need to be reminded of the purpose to our 1st. Amendment.

http://www.freedom4ever.net/freedom_of_speech.htm

[raynearhood]

If this is photoshopped then it is very well done, and hilarious. If not, then it is definitely an oxyMORON, and still hilarious. Stupid people make me laugh.