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NYC jail chaplain is suspended over Tucson comments
Arizona Daily Star ^
| STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Posted on 03/11/2006 10:48:58 AM PST by SandRat
The head chaplain for New York City jails has been suspended while the city investigates claims he made incendiary statements last year in Tucson, including a comment that the "greatest terrorists in the world occupy the White House."
The New York Post reported Thursday that Umar Abdul-Jalil made the remarks at a conference sponsored by the Muslim Students Association in Tucson.
It said the Investigative Project, a Washington organization that tracks extremist Islamic groups, recorded the speech, in which he also allegedly said that Muslims jailed after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were "tortured" in the Manhattan Correctional Center.
Abdul-Jalil, a prominent imam from Harlem, was ----
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Arizona; US: New York
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Arizona Daily Star reporter Stephanie Innes contributed to this report, as did The Associated Press in New York City. Contact Innes at 573-4134 or at sinnes@azstarnet.com.
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posted on
03/11/2006 10:49:00 AM PST
by
SandRat
To: SandRat
"Believers are compassionate with each other, and they are hard against kufr," he said. A kufr is someone who doesn't believe in God. This is, after all, the Islamic world view.
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posted on
03/11/2006 11:14:36 AM PST
by
JimSEA
(America cannot have an exit strategy from the world.)
To: SandRat
Here's the head chaplain at a fund raiser.
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posted on
03/11/2006 11:14:44 AM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Cicero
Next time you have photo op with the Imam, can you get me the name of his tailor?
It's Spring Wardrobe time!
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posted on
03/11/2006 11:17:01 AM PST
by
Kenny Bunk
(OK, how bad we hurt for 2006? Who we running in 2008?)
To: Cicero
A. Con Man
B. Pimp
C. Dirtbag
D. Fashion Police Escapee
E. All of the above.
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posted on
03/11/2006 11:18:25 AM PST
by
auboy
To: Cicero
What you can't see is the flashing neon sign on the back of that get-up that says "Eat at Joe's."
To: Cicero
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posted on
03/11/2006 11:22:22 AM PST
by
Cagey
(You don't pay taxes - they take taxes. ~Chris Rock)
To: SandRat
Um, why is the head chaplain of New York City's jails named Umar Abdul-Jalil?
That's just asking for troube.
To: Kenny Bunk
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posted on
03/11/2006 11:40:39 AM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Cicero
Cool duds, Dude! adds a new dimension to the concept: CLOWN COSTUME
To: Cicero
Cool duds, Dude!And vice-versa, when it come to the Imam.
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posted on
03/11/2006 12:22:34 PM PST
by
Kenny Bunk
(OK, how bad we hurt for 2006? Who we running in 2008?)
To: SandRat
Liberals can pick 'em, can't they?
To: CheyennePress
They wanted to be T-O-L-E-R-A-N-T and show how D-I-V-E-S-E they is.
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posted on
03/11/2006 2:56:04 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
The head chaplain for New York City jails...
The Clinton Legacy: a gift that just keeps on giving....
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posted on
03/11/2006 3:02:25 PM PST
by
shezza
(God bless our military heroes)
Comment #15 Removed by Moderator
To: Grampa Dave; Cindy
Maybe another al fuqra fan?
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posted on
11/08/2006 11:59:59 PM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
To: piasa
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posted on
11/09/2006 12:46:52 AM PST
by
Cindy
To: SandRat
Peloais will probably make him the new House Chaplain.
The bsers who prayed for a R loss have put this country in deep peril.
This home grown Islamofacists has nothing to fear now. He didn't say anything different than most of the rats in congress.
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posted on
11/09/2006 6:28:46 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Bush haters on both sides have elected the government they have dreamed of!)
To: Grampa Dave
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posted on
11/09/2006 4:09:41 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
If you really want to go Aaarrgh, just read the Bush Haters's reply/remarks on many of the threads today and yesterday.
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posted on
11/09/2006 4:20:53 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Bush haters on both sides have elected the government they have dreamed of!)
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