Posted on 12/28/2006 3:05:00 AM PST by Man50D
"We put out information telling everyone that hajj is coming; this is the time frame; individuals are going to be traveling with these types of items," TSA spokesman Darrin Kayser told the State Department's USINFO Web siteTuesday. Calling it "cultural sensitivity training," Kayser added that airport security officials need "just to be aware that they may also be praying."
Ironically, just last month six Muslim imams were ejected by federal authorities from a US Airways flight in Minneapolis because they were deemed a potential security threat. Among the various behaviors that unnerved fellow passengers was the group's prayers in the airport prior to their flight.
Welcoming TSA's Islamic sensitivity training is the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, which describes itself as "America's largest Islamic civil liberties group." In a press release praising the program yesterday, CAIR noted that it distributes a pocket guide titled "Your Rights and Responsibilities as an American Muslim."
"As an airline passenger," the CAIR guide states, "you are entitled to courteous, respectful and non-stigmatizing treatment by airline and security personnel. You have the right to complain about treatment that you believe is discriminatory."
The press release also quoted the group's communications director, Ibrahim Hooper, as saying CAIR representatives nationwide have met with not only the TSA, but also from Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection officials on "issues related to cultural sensitivity and national security."
Indeed, CAIR has developed a wide-ranging advisory and teaching relationship with government on the subject of protecting Muslim interests.
As WND reported previously, last June a senior Department of Homeland Security official from Washington personally guided CAIR officials on a behind-the-scenes tour of Customs screening operations at O'Hare International Airport in response to CAIR complaints that Muslim travelers were being unfairly delayed as they entered the U.S. from abroad.
However, CAIR itself is a controversial organization. It is a spin-off of the Islamic Association for Palestine, identified by two former FBI counterterrorism chiefs as a "front group" for the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. Moreover, several CAIR leaders have been convicted on terror-related charges.
During the June airport tour, CAIR was taken on a walk through the point-of-entry, Customs stations, secondary screening and interview rooms. In addition, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents were asked to describe for CAIR representatives various features of the high-risk passenger lookout system. Brian Humphrey, Customs and Border Patrol's executive director of field operations, assured CAIR officials that agents do not single out Muslim passengers for special screening and that they must undergo a mandatory course in Muslim sensitivity training. The course teaches agents that Muslims believe jihad is an "internal struggle against sin" and not holy warfare.
Customs agents involved in the CAIR tour at O'Hare told WorldNetDaily they were outraged that headquarters would reveal sensitive counterterrorism procedures to an organization that has seen several of its own officials convicted of terror-related charges since 9-11.
CAIR says the June tour allayed its concerns about profiling and that it "looks forward to continuing the relationship with U.S. Customs and Border Protection offices in the region, and to furthering understanding between the organizations as well as facilitating future communication in order to eliminate problems for Muslim travelers before they even arise."
As WND reported, the Department of Homeland Security invites CAIR itself to conduct sensitivity training for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and supervisors (CBP's counterparts) in Chicago. The course is taught by local CAIR officials Christina Abraham and Mariyam Hussain. More than 30 ICE staffers have gone through the CAIR awareness program so far.
CAIR – which is bankrolled by the Saudis and the United Arab Emirates, two countries that formally recognized the Taliban – also offers religious and cultural sensitivity training about Islam and Muslims to the military. In June, for example, CAIR trained more than 300 military personnel at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz.
Also in June, CAIR was invited by the Pentagon to a ceremony dedicating the first Islamic center in Marine Corps history at Quantico headquarters outside of Washington.
Washington-based CAIR also has regular meetings with the FBI and Justice Department. In fact, FBI case agents complain the bureau rarely can make a move in the Muslim community without first consulting with CAIR, which sits on its advisory board. CAIR in the past has cried racism and bigotry when the bureau has moved unilaterally with investigations and raids in the community.
CAIR has also been dogged by the statements of Omar Ahmad, as reported by a California newspaper, that "Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant," and, "The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth." Although the newspaper's publisher and the reporter stand by the quotes, Ahmad and CAIR dispute their accuracy.
The pilgrimage to Mecca is a religious duty for Muslims, which attracts about 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims very year, according to Saudi officials.
The Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C., reports that about 15,000 American Muslims made the pilgrimage in 2005.
""I wouldn't want to create the impression that I wouldn't like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future...But I'm not going to do anything violent to promote that. I'm going to do it through education." --- Ibrahim Hooper (CAIR Spokesperson)"
And WE have the right to say NO to you and your attempts to impose your religion on us. When you are thwarted and you escalate your 'education' to use of guns and bombs then we have many other ways of saying 'NO' to you.
"the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future"
Isn't this statement of intent to overthrow our Constitution and install a State religion?
It seems to me we have the right/obligation to jail anyone who promotes Sharia law -which is in violation of our Constitution.
I second your "SHOUT".......The circle is going to start tighening......The UN is included here.....
A lot of work to do, must be done.
I guess the only way to get the attention of our pathetically PC government is for the flying public to stay OFF the airlines during the time these moon-god worshipers are flying off to dance around their black rock and making plans to kill us. Are we absolutely NUTS?
http://www.jeremiahproject.com/newworldorder/nworder05.html
slight hint...........of the truth.
ping
The funny thing is most of the average citizens of this country "get it" about Islam and the fact that they should assimilate to our society and not the other way around. Its the political classes in this country that want to bow before Islam and all things PC.
When are the folks going to send the message loud and clear to the politicians and hacks that we wont slouch toward dihhimitude?
One capitualtion will breed ten more outrages, its how these people( I use the term loosely ) work.
Exactly my point!!
The stage is being set for another disaster in the United States. Once again aided and abetted by those in positions of power and authority.
But since neither them or their families lives are in danger they don't give a damn.
If a few thousand or million peasants lose their lives in order that the politically correct agenda can be advanced; well, that's the price of poker.
And who was it that voted in this new Congress. The stay at home Republicans.
"Your Rights and Responsibilities as an American Muslim."
CAIR demands "rights".... What about their "responsibilities"?
And while the "peaceful" Mooslams are slitting the throats of the airline personnel and passengers, remember to be sensitive to their "religious" ways.
Until we as Americans conclude that Islam is NOT a religion but a violent cult, then we will continue to put ourselves in danger of these terrorists. Didn't the KKK claim that they were also a "religious" organization?
A little Doug from Upland impersonation.
Actually their rights and responsibilities go together.
It is their right and responsibility to kill every infidel that they have the opportunity to the name of allah.
And both the Americans in the highest positions of power and the American voter will do everything their power to aid and abet them in this.
The politicians aid and abet and the American voter, knowing full what the politicans believe in and advocate , elect them. Like the election of '06.
Then the airlines can just provide muslims-only seating, in a sealed compartment at the rear of the aircraft.
I agree, we're at war with these terrorists and anyone who claims to be muslim should be looked at as a potential securiry risk.
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