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Islamic group wants critic of Muslim U.S. congressman off of Holocaust Museum council
AP via IHT ^ | Dec 4, 2006

Posted on 12/04/2006 6:02:53 PM PST by jdm

WASHINGTON: An Islamic civil rights group wants a columnist removed from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council for criticizing Rep.-elect Keith Ellison's decision to use the Quran during his ceremonial swearing-in next month.

Democrat Ellison, who won his seat in the Nov. 7 elections, is the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Monday that comments by Dennis Prager, a columnist and conservative talk radio host, displayed an intolerance toward Islam that makes him inappropriate to serve on the council, which oversees the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.

President George W. Bush appointed Prager in August to fill the remainder of a five-year term, which expires in January 2011.

In his column last week, Prager wrote: "Insofar as a member of Congress taking an oath to serve America and uphold its values is concerned, America is interested in only one book, the Bible. If you are incapable of taking an oath on that book, don't serve in Congress."

Nihad Awad, CAIR's executive director, sent a letter to the council's chairman, Fred Zeidman, that said, "No one who holds such bigoted, intolerant and divisive views should be in a policymaking position at a taxpayer-funded institution that seeks to educate Americans about the destructive impact hatred has had, and continues to have, on every society."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cair; dennisprager; ellison; holocaustmemorial; islam; muslim; prager
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1 posted on 12/04/2006 6:03:07 PM PST by jdm
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To: jdm

"If you are incapable of taking an oath on that book, don't serve in Congress."

I fully agree, but will the ACLU?


2 posted on 12/04/2006 6:07:51 PM PST by 353FMG (I never met a liberal I didn't dislike.)
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To: jdm

Nihad Awad, CAIR's executive director

why is this guy allowed to live?


3 posted on 12/04/2006 6:07:54 PM PST by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: jdm

I don't care if ellison swears on the Koran. Makes it easier to identify the enemy. Religous freedom is a founding reason for our nation.
When Super 8 hotels replace the Gideon bibles with Korans, we will further know the enemy.


4 posted on 12/04/2006 6:09:05 PM PST by o_zarkman44
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To: jdm
The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Monday that comments by Dennis Prager, a columnist and conservative talk radio host, displayed an intolerance toward Islam that makes him inappropriate to serve on the council, which oversees the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.

There's so much wrong with CAIR's statement, I don't know where to begin... First of all, which Islamic states allow Jews (or Christians) to practice their religion freely, and to be in public office? Not many, if any. Who's being intolerant? And WTF does CAIR have to say about the Holocaust anyway? They deny the Holocaust of the 1940's, and they're looking to kill every Jew on the planet today.

5 posted on 12/04/2006 6:09:15 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (L'Chaim!)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

Why do these people feel like they can tell Americans how to act, what they can say or do??


6 posted on 12/04/2006 6:12:46 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bolton/Cheney (that would be Lynne) 08)
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To: jdm

Today's pop quiz: speak up if you have ever seen, heard, read the writings of, or met a tolerant religiously-observant Muslim. Anyone? Hello?


7 posted on 12/04/2006 6:15:58 PM PST by Zeppo (We live in the Age of Stupidity. [Dennis Prager])
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To: jdm

CAIR >> STFU


8 posted on 12/04/2006 6:28:48 PM PST by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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To: o_zarkman44

Then, it will be too late.


9 posted on 12/04/2006 6:29:26 PM PST by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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To: xcamel

We all recognize the situation and the realistic view it gives.
Politix is about wearing blinders to hide from real problems so their job appears to never be done, thus re-elect.


10 posted on 12/04/2006 6:34:31 PM PST by o_zarkman44
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To: jdm

Memo to Muzzies: We don't take "demands."


11 posted on 12/04/2006 6:34:44 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Memo to CAIR: "Nuts!"


12 posted on 12/04/2006 6:36:57 PM PST by rabscuttle385 (Sic Semper Tyrannis * Allen for U.S. Senate in '08)
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To: rabscuttle385

Muslim communities belong in Muslim countries, eh ?


13 posted on 12/04/2006 6:39:39 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Txsleuth

***Why do these people feel like they can tell Americans how to act, what they can say or do??***

Because they are getting away with it.. Its going to get a lot worse before it get better.



14 posted on 12/04/2006 6:43:41 PM PST by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: jdm
Book 'em Danno!

Muslims, give them an inch and they take a mile. He can swear on the Koran, but it will be swearing that the Koran comes before the US Constitution.This is BAD news.

15 posted on 12/04/2006 6:44:08 PM PST by Candor7 (Into Liberal flatulance goes the best hope of the West, and who wants to be a smart feller?)
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To: sgtbono2002
Somehow, I think that Dennis Prager would NOT feel reluctant to tell CAIR how HE feels about their criticism.
16 posted on 12/04/2006 6:49:05 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bolton/Cheney (that would be Lynne) 08)
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To: jdm

Muslims should not be allowed to run for office...we are making a mistake...


17 posted on 12/04/2006 6:59:12 PM PST by TeenagedConservative
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To: Txsleuth

Like every arrogant group of idiots they assume that they know best. Like the Puritans, etc..


18 posted on 12/04/2006 7:01:53 PM PST by Niuhuru
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68
Someone please explain this to me. THe U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington is a tribute to people, mainly Jewish, murdered by nazis. The only role the Islam played in the holocaust was a minor supporting role of the perps which have since grown as replacements for the nazis. That's why we call it Islamofacism.

Therefore, they have no business even commenting on who serves on the board of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Come to think of it, they have no business even being in this country.

19 posted on 12/04/2006 7:04:44 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: Txsleuth

I know what I would like to tell them Of course its physically impossible for them to do, but its an act they can do alone.


20 posted on 12/04/2006 7:04:55 PM PST by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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