Group Responds to Cal Thomas' Muslim Remarks

WTOP ^ | July 4, 2007 | WTOP staff

[Baladas]

WASHINGTON -- Recent remarks from WTOP commentator Cal Thomas have sparked controversy in the Muslim-American community. Now, an Islamic advocacy group is responding to Thomas' commentary.

In his weekly commentary on WTOP Radio Monday, Cal Thomas discussed the recent thwarted terror attacks in the United Kingdom.

"How much longer should we allow people from certain lands, with certain beliefs to come to Britain and America and build their mosques, teach hate, and plot to kill us?" Thomas asked. "Okay, lets have the required disclaimer: Not all Muslims from the Middle East and southeast Asia want to kill us, but those who do blend in with those who don't. Would anyone tolerate a slow-spreading cancer because it wasn't fast-spreading? Probably not. You'd want it removed."

Thomas' commentary prompted the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to urge its supporters to contact WTOP and voice their concerns. WTOP received many calls and emails from both sides.

On Wednesday, WTOP invited Ibrahim Hooper, a CAIR spokesperson and Cal Thomas, to separately respond to Thomas' previous comments.

"For him, I would imagine that his next step is the expulsion of the Muslim-American community," Hooper said. "We condemn extremism. We've condemned terrorism....We've issued dozens of condemnations on dozens of terrorism attacks."

"But guys like [Cal] Thomas come along and want to say every Muslim should be suspect and should be treated in a certain way. That's not just and that's not the American way," Hooper said.

When negative incidents occur, such as the Danish cartoon controversy and the desecration of Korans at Guantanamo Bay, Hooper said CAIR focuses on educational campaigns and "things that really explain who Islam is all about so that they don't have to take their misinformation from Islamaphobes like Cal Thomas."

[CanaGuy]

I note that CAIR is partially funded by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. And the CFGA, in turn, are supported partially by grants from Merril Lynch Community Charitable Fund. Americans should blame themselves for supporting these terrorist organizations, of which CAIR is one of the worst in N.America.

[healy61]

Moslem-American community: A whole community of hyphenates. Not really American, just . . . hypenates.

[GAB-1955]

Jim Farley — Do NOT do to Cal Thomas what WMAL did to Michael Graham. CAIR is a pressure group with terrorist ties; it is as legit as the Italian American Anti Defamation League.

[OldPossum]

There is coming a time in the near future that the United States will rue the day they did not do just that.

Amen, brother. It's not outside the realm of possibilities that one of these days we could (God forbid!) have a school bombed, a shopping mall shot up, or any other kind of terrorist attack, and we have absolutely no way to prevent it other than remove the viruses that could do the deed.

[OldArmy52]

CAIR would, I’d guess, be content if non-Muslims adhered to Muslim standards of behavior: Cutting off the heads of those not of the same religion, etc.

[steveyp]

Beslin in America, with stories of boys being bayoneted in the stomach because, after sitting for two days in their own feces and urince, dared to ask for water of their captors?

Stories such as this would not be contained behind the MSM wall.

Stories such as this would prompt a reaction we haven’t seen in America in quite some time.

[OKIEDOC]

“For him, I would imagine that his next step is the expulsion of the Muslim-American community,” Hooper said. “

Comment:

OK, Ibrahim thats a start to cleaning out the cesspool.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

the desecration of Korans at Guantanamo Bay

Thanks to The Washington Post Corp's Newspeak Magazine this canard gets repeated as fact.

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

...Hooper said CAIR focuses on educational campaigns and "things that really explain who Islam is all about so that they don't have to take their misinformation from Islamaphobes like Cal Thomas."

Hooper would rather that we got our misinformation from him.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

He didn’t propose expulsion. I do.

[vetvetdoug]

I still think the deplorable MSM, the Democrats, the NAACP, and the other liberal organizations would defend the Muslims to the hilt. Look at how they are acting six years post 9/11..

The lefties objected to a weapon in the hands of a statue of a Navy Seal in Colorado...lefties will bend over for anyone that is against Christianity, the 2nd Amendment, and the US. I will probably go to jail with my beliefs if a Beslin attack occurs in my neck of the country because I won't stand by and let it happen.

[SkyDancer]

Oh, so I guess your brother “looks” like someone from the Middle East ... sad ....

[Man50D]

Oh, so I guess your brother “looks” like someone from the Middle East ... sad ....

LOL!!!! I wish I thought of saying that to him!

[SkyDancer]

So he’s a WASP???

What was the reason he was pulled out of line then??

[Man50D]

What was the reason he was pulled out of line then??

Some of the reasons were:

1.He was by himself.

2.He was carrying his brief case.

3. His gender

4.He looked to fit the age range.

5.He has brown hair and brown eyes.

[SkyDancer]

What? Not carrying a backpack ....now that would have been a dead giveaway ..... wearing a suit no doubt??????