American Muslims Told to Not Help FBI

CNSNews.com ^ | 9/27/01 | Scott Hogenson

[cajungirl]

Our freedom loving Muslims, bless their hearts.

[irish guard]

HHMMMM...I don't know about them, but I am an American and the guy next to me is too! He's Black and I'm not, but we sure are united after Sept 11.

Perhaps these folks simply are not Americans....and if they are, they cannot be trusted if they want the filth that did the acts of terrorism to get away with it! Man this kiind of stuff pi$$e$ me off.

[gramho12]

Instead of crying "Harassmant" they should be doing everything they can to cooperate and clear their names.

This type of behaviour will only invite people to be even more suspicious and hostile to Muslims.

President Bush has bent over backwards trying to promote tolerance, and what suppport is shown? None.

[irish guard]

And another thing...I heard that Jesse Jackson was on NBC this morning suggesting that we negotiate a trade of releasing some of the terrorists we currently hold for Bin Laden....

Now I heard this all second hand, but, why didn't anyone with common sense and decency simply tell Jesse that is a rediculous idea. Terrorists are terrorists and any release is an afront to those who died (and their families) on September 11. Jeeezz, has everyone lost their minds?

[ObfusGate]

I'd really like to know how many Islamic people in America knew something was about to happen. I am starting to wonder that there might have been a few hundred thousand 'Michael Fortiers' who failed to come forward in advance of the attack.

For those of you who don't recall, Michael Fortier is doing prison time for not notifying authorities in advance of the OKC bombing.

[Lexington Green]

enemies among us

[TKEman]

It would be most unwise of citizens of any ethnic or religious origin to not fully assist their government in this time of crisis.

[toupsie]

Sounds like it is time for the INS to do its job and sweep a broad broom across the USA, sweeping up those that threaten the security of US Citizens by violating its immigration laws.

[cajungirl]

Odd how they love their "right" here to refuse to help bring to justice a group of people for whom the word "right" is not even in their vocabulary. Geeze, I am helpless with rage.

[walden]

That Sept 29 protest that is being planned makes me nervous. Now, I fully support the right to free speech and the right to assembly, but I think we ought to rent them a vacant field in, say, Kansas in which to hold their protest. There's nothing in the constitution that says they can exercise their rights wherever they want to.

[kcvl]

From their message board...

Personal message from the IFCO/Pastors staff at the New

York Office - (Emily Thomas)
09/18/01 - 10:50 PM [Msgid=162426]
All the IFCO/Pastors for Peace staff is physically unaffected by the events on last Tuesday, and since our offices are in Central Harlem, we were well away from the World Trade center. But we are shaken and sad and most of all worried about what may come. Revenge is a shaky ladder, that we chase each other up until we all fall! Date=2001-09-18 Emily Thomas, [Msgid=162426]

Another message from their board...

Not in our son~s name - (Emily Thomas) 09/18/01 - 10:58 PM [Msgid=162430]
I was walking in Union Square, surrounded by candles, flowers, prayes and poems and hundreds of sheets of paper with pictures xerox'ed on them, some describing missing loved ones, some just remembering with sorrow. One of the most memorable was this, and now is being sent around the web. I share it with you.

Not in our son's name (letter of parents of son missing at World Trade Center) Saturday, Sep 15, 2001 8:35pm [Phyllis and Orlando Rodriguez's son Greg is one of the Trade Center victims.

They have asked that people share these letters this copy of letter sent to NY Times as widely as possible.] Not in Our Son's Name

Our son Greg is among the many missing from the World Trade Center attack. Since we first heard the news, we have shared moments of grief, comfort, hope, despair, fond memories with his wife, the two families, our friends and neighbors, his loving colleagues at Cantor Fitzgerald / ESpeed, and all the grieving families that daily meet at the Pierre Hotel. We see our hurt and anger reflected among everybody we meet. We cannot pay attention to the daily flow of news about this disaster. But we read enough of the news to sense that our government is heading in the direction of violent revenge, with the prospect of sons, daughters, parents, friends in distant lands dying, suffering, and nursing further grievances against us. It is not the way to go. It will not avenge our son's death. Not in our son's name. Our son died a victim of an inhuman ideology. Our actions should not serve the same purpose. Let us grieve. Let us reflect and pray. Let us think about a rational response that brings real peace and justice to our world. But let us not as a nation add to the inhumanity of our times.

Copy of letter to White House:

Dear President Bush:
Our son is one of the victims of Tuesday's attack on the World Trade Center. We read about your response in the last few days and about the resolutions from both Houses, giving you undefined power to respond to the terror attacks. Your response to this attack does not make us feel better about our son's death. It makes us feel worse. It makes us feel that our government is using our son's memory as a justification to cause suffering for other sons and parents in other lands. It is not the first time that a person in your position has been given unlimited power and came to regret it. This is not the time for empty gestures to make us feel better. It is not the time to act like bullies. We urge you to think about how our governement can develop peaceful, rational solutions to terrorism, solutions that do not sink us to the inhuman level of terrorists.
Sincerely,
Phyllis and Orlando Rodriguez
Date=2001-09-18 Emily Thomas, [Msgid=162430

[walden]

This is reminiscent of the beginnings of terrorism-- all those hijackings in the '70's, where western governments traded terrorists in jail for passengers held hostage. And, just look where we are now.

[b4its2late]

The left-leaning IFCO is also encouraging people to participate in a September 29 "Convergence" in Washington, D.C., and links to the protest-planning group Beat Back Bush, a leftist coalition planning to protest the anticipated U.S. military response to the terrorist attacks. More to follow

Well, lookee here!

[AlaskaErik]

God damned worthless bastards. My parents came to this country as immigrants. Our assimilation into American society is total and complete. If we ever went to war with my parent's homeland, I'd be just as happy to shoot their asses as I would any other enemy of America. I utterly loathe and detest those who come here and then rape and plunder us all the while having a higher loyalty to their country of origin. Either you're with us, or you're against us. What swine. What filth. Time to choose sides. If you don't want to be an American, then leave.

[Don Myers]

And we are still to consider them our good neighbors?

[Walkin Man]

How many sleepers are out there, waiting for a signal to strike? The people encoraging muslims not to talk will be directly responsible for the victims of the next terror attack, if there is one. They will have innocent blood on their hands. I wish these stinking traitors could be deported, they make me puke!

[Digger]

How about an IRS audit here?? TALK TALK but these types NEVER have any adversities toward them. Mr "Compassionate" just gets slapped on the other cheek. BTW if this isn't just TALK where is the action of closing the Cal/Mex boarder? It is now back AS USUAL & where is the security checks at John Wayne Airport as many travelers say that it is back to usual there??

[Leto]

These are a group of left wing traitors out of NYC not a Muslim group. Communist front groups urging Muslims to hate AMerican like they do to sow fear and split us. The leftsit slugs are now crawling out from under the rocks.