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Media Asked Not to Call Miami Terror Suspects 'Muslims'
CAIR ^ | June 23, 2006 | Ahmed Bedier

Posted on 06/23/2006 6:09:20 PM PDT by Nicholas Conradin

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEDIA ASKED NOT TO CALL MIAMI TERROR SUSPECTS 'MUSLIMS' Sect trains 'through the bible,' worships in 'temple,' not mosque

(WASHINGTON, DC, 6/23/06) - A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on media professionals not to refer to seven terror suspects arrested in Miami as "Muslims."

The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR ) said media reports indicate that the suspects are part of a sect called "Seas of David."

When asked by CNN why group members refer to themselves as "soldiers," "Brother Corey" said: "Because we study and we train through the bible, not only physical -- not only physical, but mentally." Group members also worship in a "temple," not in an Islamic mosque.

SEE: Terror Arrests in Miami (CNN) (The relevant interview is toward the bottom of the page.)

The group bears some resemblance to the cult of Yahweh ben Yahweh, which operated in the same part of Miami, Liberty City, in the 1980's.

"Given that the reported beliefs of this bizarre group have nothing to do with Islam, we ask members of the media to refrain from calling them 'Muslims,'" said CAIR spokesperson Ahmed Bedier. He thanked U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta for noting that "today's indictment. . .is not against a particular group or a particular faith."

Bedier urged the government to avoid confusing the public by using Arabic terminology in referring to the case. In a briefing today in Miami, government officials did not call the suspects "Muslims," but did refer to allegations of plans for "violent jihad."

At a news conference earlier today in Miami, CAIR called on police departments nationwide to protect mosques and other Islamic institutions from any possible backlash prompted by the mistaken linkage of this case to the American Muslim community.

CAIR, America's largest Muslim civil liberties group, has 32 offices, chapters and affiliates nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

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CONTACT: Ahmed Bedier (CAIR) 813-731-9506, E-Mail: abedier@cairfl.org ; Areeb Naseer (CAIR-FL), 619-301-9091; CAIR Government Affairs Director Corey Saylor (CAIR) 571-278-4658, E-Mail: csaylor@cair-net.org

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CAIR Council on American-Islamic Relations 453 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20003 Tel: 202-488-8787, 202-744-7726 Fax: 202-488-0833 E-mail: cair@cair-net.org URL:


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cair; islam; jihadinamerica; killwhitey; libertycity7; miamicell; muslims; newsblackout; partisanmedia; pc; pccrap; ratsblamebush; waronterror; whitedevils
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To: chadwimc
Actually, they're just a bunch of overreaching, self important, self delusional, pathetically ignorant, and worthless racist assholes...

Lots like them in our cities...
Most of them voting for Democrats or worse.

Cheer up....they're breeding like cockroaches and will soon be the majority..

Semper Fi
21 posted on 06/23/2006 6:27:52 PM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

"@%#$ them they can kiss my &!#"

...exactly what I was thinkin'


22 posted on 06/23/2006 6:28:18 PM PDT by sierrahome (department of redundancy department)
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To: ChristianDefender
"Cutthroat Jihadist Pirates of Islam"
23 posted on 06/23/2006 6:29:03 PM PDT by Paladin2 (If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
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To: golfisnr1
The were complying before they even got this letter. I was searching and found the first post that had, "Black Muslin," in it this morning. When I clicked to read the article, they'd already changed it.

I needed to nuke some moron when he tried saying, "Christians tried to blow up Sears Tower," on another board.
24 posted on 06/23/2006 6:29:30 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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To: Nicholas Conradin

Not muslims, just muslim charity cases!


25 posted on 06/23/2006 6:31:42 PM PDT by Radix (Stop domestic violence. Beat abroad.)
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To: chadwimc
It will offend... it may even cause riots around the world, people get killed during the protests and most of the victims are also muslims. Remember the cartoons?

Well just call them Goats!

26 posted on 06/23/2006 6:32:08 PM PDT by ChristianDefender (There is no such thing as Moderate Islam...)
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To: Nicholas Conradin
Sorry CAIR, but based on this other article [link], your group of muslim groupie terrorist here are and should be called Muslims:

In a Florida grand jury indictment issued on Thursday, the men are accused of pledging loyalty to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda to seek support from it for their desire to "wage war" against the U.S. government and build an Islamic army.

27 posted on 06/23/2006 6:32:59 PM PDT by AgThorn (Bush is my president, but he needs to protect our borders. FIRST, before any talk of "Amnesty.")
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To: ChristianDefender

"we'll just call them Jihadists..."

Since we are not even sure what they are supposed to be "jihading" about, how about we just call them terrorist wannabes ?


28 posted on 06/23/2006 6:34:12 PM PDT by RS ("I took the drugs because I liked them and I found excuses to take them, so I'm not weaseling.")
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To: Wild Irish Rogue

That's pretty rich.


29 posted on 06/23/2006 6:34:21 PM PDT by lesser_satan (EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
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To: Wild Irish Rogue

That's pretty rich.


30 posted on 06/23/2006 6:34:24 PM PDT by lesser_satan (EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
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To: golfisnr1
Here's the post that the idiot posted:
(VERY OFFENSIVE CONTENT AT LINK)
Christian Wackos Plot to Blow Up Sears Tower

After I corrected the moron, he didn't try it again.
31 posted on 06/23/2006 6:34:33 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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To: Nicholas Conradin
They are liars.

"It seemed like a military boot camp that they were working on," said local resident Tashawn Rose, 29. "They seemed brainwashed. They said they had given their lives to Allah."

This is from an article here

32 posted on 06/23/2006 6:35:00 PM PDT by NCnodeLOGICBOMB (Noise is a byproduct of inefficiency.)
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To: humblegunner
I don't think Quakers do beards.. I think you are thinking Amish..

An Amish man will typically be clean-shaven as long as he is single. Upon getting married, he will grow a beard. In some communities, however, a man will grow a beard after he is baptized.

from Wikipedia.

33 posted on 06/23/2006 6:35:26 PM PDT by dalight
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To: Nicholas Conradin
Wasn't the NY Times(The Media) asked not publish banking story. So who did (The Media) cooperate with?
34 posted on 06/23/2006 6:37:48 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (Red is good)
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To: dalight
You're right.

Quaker guy has no beard.

35 posted on 06/23/2006 6:39:27 PM PDT by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: Nicholas Conradin

If they ARE Muslim then call them Muslim. If they are NOT Muslim then don't call them that. If they in truth aren't, leaving CAIR's self interest aside, accuracy in reporting the news isn't a bad thing.


I had assumed they were muslim but reading this story I now doubt it. Not all anti-Americans or anti-whites are muslim.


36 posted on 06/23/2006 6:40:20 PM PDT by tlb
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To: Paladin2
"Cutthroat Jihadist Pirates of Islam"

You used all four synonymous words... :-)

37 posted on 06/23/2006 6:42:52 PM PDT by ChristianDefender (There is no such thing as Moderate Islam...)
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To: Nicholas Conradin

How about 'Jailhouse Muslims'... likely the case.

I also heard them say that these guys were going to kill all the 'devils' they could. That seems to have gone by the wayside also.

Funny, every time I've been called a 'Devil' by a Jailhouse Muslim the word "White" had always preceeded "Devil."

Somehow I think the MSM didn't want that reported either.


38 posted on 06/23/2006 6:44:16 PM PDT by Cap'n Crunch
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To: Nicholas Conradin

KOMPRLMAO


39 posted on 06/23/2006 6:44:30 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Buy 'Allah' brand urinal cakes - If you can't kill the enemy at least you can piss on their god)
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To: Nicholas Conradin
Call them Islamic terrorists. Call them Islamic jihadists. They admit to that. Islamic terrorists hate getting caught. It forces their religious leaders in the mosque to brush up on taqqiya for the slobbering presstitutes. The leaders claim their are "peaceful Muslims" and have never seen these people. The neighborhood people say they attended the mosque. Who's lying?
40 posted on 06/23/2006 6:45:36 PM PDT by Myrddin
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