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Bush to Speak at Islamic Center of Washington D.C.
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| 06-26-07
| Charles Johnson
Posted on 06/26/2007 3:24:09 PM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
Bush to Speak at Islamic Center of Washington DC
On September 17, 2001, six days after the worst Islamic terror attacks ever on US soil, President Bush stood next to CAIR’s Nihad Awad at the Islamic Center of Washington DC, and pronounced ‘Islam is Peace’.
Nihad Awad is second from the right. Here’s an excerpt from the President’s speech:
The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That’s not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don’t represent peace. They represent evil and war. ...
Women who cover their heads in this country must feel comfortable going outside their homes. Moms who wear cover must be not intimidated in America. That’s not the America I know. That’s not the America I value.
I’ve been told that some fear to leave; some don’t want to go shopping for their families; some don’t want to go about their ordinary daily routines because, by wearing cover, they’re afraid they’ll be intimidated. That should not and that will not stand in America.
Tomorrow President Bush is returning to the Saudi-funded Islamic Center, to address its rededication ceremony—and further legitimize radical Islamic groups masquerading as “moderates,” without once asking them to renounce their openly-expressed support for terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hizballah.
The Islamic Center Washington, D.C. holds its rededication ceremony with remarks by President George W. Bush.
The Washington Daybook June 27, 2007
Copyright 2007 Federal Information and News Dispatch, Inc.
The Washington Daybook
June 27, 2007
ORGANIZATION: The Islamic Center Washington, D.C. holds its rededication ceremony with remarks by President George W. Bush.
TIME: 11 a.m.
LOCATION: The Islamic Center Washington, D.C., 2551 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
And at this event, Bush plans to announce that Tony Blair will be the new Mideast envoy for the Quartet: Blair to be named to join Mideast envoy.
The official said that after the quartet announcement, President Bush would likely address Blair’s appointment at a speech he is to give at a mosque and Islamic center in Washington.
Previously at LGF:
Islamic Supremacism in Washington DC (Video)
Saudi Hate Ideology Fills US Mosques
TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush43; bushbetrayal; bushsoftonterror; cair; enemywithin; immigration; infiltration; islam; mosque; muslimamericans; nihadawad; religionofpeace; separatechurchstate; wot
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Case of the 'Flying Imams' Prompts Congressional Action By Susan Jones March 28, 2007
Connecticut Teacher Encourages Muslim Mau-mauing [on Bacon Adademy's Angie Parkinson] By Winfield Myers March 27, 2007
Terror Fundraiser Omar Shahin: "CAIR is Taking Care of Us Legalwise" By Militant Islam Monitor December 4, 2006
Saudi Charity Begins...Nowhere By Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld July 7, 2006
The United States Institute of Peace Promotes Radical Islam with Muslim World Initiative and Tax Payer Funding By Ken Timmerman June 5, 2006
Death of a Terror Lobby By Joe Kaufman February 3, 2006
A Night of Hamas "Heroes" By Joe Kaufman March 8, 2004
A Bad Day for CAIR By Evan McCormick September 24, 2003
Lies, Misinformation and CAIR By Evan McCormick August 1, 2003
Camp Terror By Joe Kaufman July 1, 2003
An Activists Guide to Arab and Muslim Campus and Community Organizations in North America By Stephen Schwartz May 26, 2003 |
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- Founding member and Executive Director of CAIR
- I am a supporter of the Hamas movement.
Nihad Awad is a founding member and the current Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). He is also an ex-member of the Islamic Association for Palestine.
In the 1990s, Awad studied civil engineering at the University of Minnesota and worked at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. As he developed into an increasingly outspoken advocate for the rights of Palestinians, Awad was named Public Relations Director of the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), which functioned as a front for the terrorist organization Hamas. In 1994 Awad, along with fellow IAP officials Omar Ahmad and Ibrahim Hooper, founded CAIR.
Eager to gain influence with whichever political party holds power, Awad has courted Democrats and Republicans alike. During the administration of Bill Clinton in 1997, Awad was appointed to the Civil Rights Advisory Panel to the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. And during the 2000 presidential election cycle, he figured prominently in the American Muslim Political Coordinating Committee, a network of American Islamic organizations that assisted in establishing a Muslim voting bloc which endorsed George W. Bush. In the 2006 mid-term elections, Awad contributed thousands of dollars to the campaign of Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison, the first Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Congress.
Awad wrote in the Muslim World Monitor that the 1994 trial which resulted in the conviction of four Islamic terrorists who had perpetrated the previous year's World Trade Center bombing was a travesty of justice. Notwithstanding the confessions of the terrorists, Awad said: "There is ample evidence indicating that both the Mossad [Israels intelligence agency] and the Egyptian Intelligence played a role in the explosion."
In a 1994 interview with newsman Mike Wallace, Awad was asked if he supported the military undertakings of Hamas, to which he replied: The United Nations Charter grants people who are under occupation [the right] to defend themselves against illegal occupation. That same year, Awad declared at a Barry University meeting, "I am a supporter of the Hamas movement.
In June 2001 Awad participated in a protest outside the State Department and the White House, condemning U.S. support for Israels allegedly repressive government. In conjunction with this demonstration, several organizations -- including CAIR, IAP, American Muslims for Jerusalem, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, the American Muslim Council, and the Muslim American Society -- released a statement that read: Before there can be any lasting peace in the region, America must finally come to terms with the real sources of violence, namely: 1) The brutal Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, 2) The continued expansion of settlements, 3) The denial of the right of return for Palestinian refugees, [and] 4) The billions of American taxpayer dollars that help finance Israel's occupation. Any other course of action is a recipe for unending strife and instability.
In September 2003, Awad and CAIR Chairman Omar Ahmad were invited to testify at hearings held by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security; both men declined to testify.
In an August 2006 interview on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, Awad suggested that suicide bombings are understandable attempts to address political injustices and do not have any inherent connection to radical Islam. Referring to the writing of political scientist Robert Pape on the topic, Awad stated: [Pape] found out that [suicide terrorism] has more to do with occupations and fighting injustice than religion.
Awad has been a guest speaker at numerous colleges and universities, including Harvard, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins. He was also a featured speaker at the 2002 Reuters Forum on global cooperation at Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Journalism. |
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posted on
06/26/2007 5:00:34 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(isolationism never was, never will be acceptable response to[expansionist] tyrannical governments)
To: diverteach
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BTW, the daily Pray for President Bush thread should be stopped." Makes you wonder what in h&ll they're praying for on that thread. I hear we're supposed to pray for our enemies so I might get on the pray for Jorge thread just once to pray the man will take a long walk off a short pier.
To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.
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Nihad Awad in post 61
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posted on
06/26/2007 5:01:31 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(isolationism never was, never will be acceptable response to[expansionist] tyrannical governments)
To: SeafoodGumbo
This is the equivalent of FDR speaking at a German American Bund rally in 1940.
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posted on
06/26/2007 5:02:02 PM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: SeafoodGumbo
To: SeafoodGumbo
He's going to speak at the same Islamic Center whose head previously claimed Bush was behind 9-11!!!!
Maybe he's doing the O.J. Simpson "If I did it" thing. ;-)
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posted on
06/26/2007 5:18:13 PM PDT
by
Mr. Know It All
(Term Limits: Stop us before we vote again!)
To: SeafoodGumbo
Islam is peace It's also love. And the immigration bill isn't amnesty, those who oppose the immigration bill are unpatriotic, the Minutemen are vigilantes, and the Saudis are our good friends.
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posted on
06/26/2007 5:35:34 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
(There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy)
To: Cementjungle
Let the Mexicans deal with Islam, Im going to go live in some remote spot in Alaska!I want to go! Will you take me with you? LOL! I trust a grizzly bear more than I do Bush! We know what to expect out of a grizzly bear. Bush is going to kill us with his compassion.
68
posted on
06/26/2007 5:39:09 PM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
To: Post5203
69
posted on
06/26/2007 5:41:55 PM PDT
by
Harrius Magnus
(Pucker up Mo, and your dhimmi Leftist freaks, here comes your Jizya!)
To: NRA2BFree
I want to go! Will you take me with you? LOL! I trust a grizzly bear more than I do Bush! We know what to expect out of a grizzly bear. Bush is going to kill us with his compassion. You got it! Pack a rifle and a frying pan and we'll have some grizzly-steaks!
To: Cementjungle
You got it! Pack a rifle and a frying pan and we'll have some grizzly-steaks! Sounds like a plan. I've got both, but I'm not so sure about grizzly steaks. That sounds pretty yucky to me. I think a bunch of us may have to do something like that before it's all over. Alaska may become the next conservative state haven, hidey hole. I don't think Muslims or Mexicans will follow us there because it won't have all the luxuries they're used to.
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posted on
06/26/2007 6:07:01 PM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
To: The Great RJ
This is the equivalent of FDR speaking at a German American Bund rally in 1940. Try 1942.
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posted on
06/26/2007 6:33:26 PM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: SeafoodGumbo
I’m afraid some of his thinking is becoming unsound.
73
posted on
06/26/2007 7:26:16 PM PDT
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: xDGx
I missed your post. However if all it said was "Is that a picture of Jorge praying towards Mexico City?"
Then the Bush-idolaters complained and one of the admin moderators (I can guess who, but wont), an open-borders uber alles man, decided that you committed blaspheme.
74
posted on
06/26/2007 8:48:12 PM PDT
by
rmlew
(Build a wall, attrit the illegals, end the anchor babies, Americanize Immigrants)
To: Buffettfan
Ooh, I love your idea! I hope I get a fundraising letter from them soon. Phony baloney money for a phony baloney party.
To: SeafoodGumbo
Pray that Bush gets Bit by a Tick Day One.
To: Gritty
This is so true, and yet nobody mentions it when that representative from CAIR is on TV babbling about rights. When I see some freedom and basic human rights in Muslim countries, then I’ll believe that they are willing to live in peace with the rest of the world. They are taking over here. As soon as they have a substantial base, they start making demands. What has happened to Europe is happening to us, and Bush is hastening our destruction by bringing in those Iraqi refugees. Think they’ll be assimilate and be grateful? What are the odds?
To: SeafoodGumbo
This man is a constant disappointment now. Bring on 08 and new leadership.
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posted on
06/26/2007 8:57:45 PM PDT
by
DesScorp
To: hinckley buzzard
Well, at least a Republican congress might have tried to stand up to a Dem president. The best of all possible worlds is gridlock.
To: 353FMG
Bush does not even realize what a putz he is.
It is even more ridiculous when you come to the realization that Bush's views of Islam differ with the views of over 100 million Muslims worldwide.
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posted on
06/26/2007 9:13:10 PM PDT
by
expatguy
(http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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