Islam-Infonet, a news service of the supposedly mainstream Council on American-Islamic Relations, carried my column. Many American Muslims -- men, women; young, old; college students and professionals; almost all of Arab origin -- linked to it from there. Though they hardly represent the views of all the nation's 6 million or so Muslims, their venomous letters reveal anti-American biases and predispositions that don't square with the peace-loving and patriotic rhetoric mouthed by Muslim scholars and spokespeople on television.
SAMI AL-ARIAN, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA PROFESSOR featured in the editorial I wrote for this week's print edition of The Weekly Standard, now appears to be in some difficulty with his employers. Last Wednesday, during an on-air interview with Fox News Channel controversialist Bill O Reilly, Al-Arian was invited to explain certain public remarks he's made ("Jihad is our path! Victory to Islam! Death to Israel!") and certain formal and informal relationships he's enjoyed (for example: with Sheikh Abdul Rahman, now in prison for directing the first World Trade Center bombing, and Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, current head of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization). Professor Al-Arian told O Reilly that incendiary comments he's made in the past should be placed in proper "context." He further claimed to have been surprised when several of his acquaintances later surfaced in connection with political violence.
Arab League's Moussa warns against strike on Arabs
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa warned on Wednesday that any attack on Arab countries would have dire consequences for the Middle East and on the U.S.-led international coalition against "terrorism".