Closer scrutiny of Muslim chaplains urged

Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, September 23, 2003 | By Steve Miller and Rowan Scarborough

[JohnHuang2]

A pro-military group called on the Pentagon yesterday to tighten the security review for Muslim chaplains following the arrest of Capt. James Yee in an espionage investigation.

"Here you have a guy who was trained in Syria, which is on the U.S. list of states sponsoring terrorism, and he comes back over here and is commissioned as an officer," said Michael Waller, a researcher for the Center for Security Policy. The group has previously warned of radical Muslim influences infiltrating U.S. institutions.

[JohnHuang2]

Tuesday, September 23, 2003

Quote of the Day by Tarl

[chicagolady]

Please scrutinize especially the ones in Chicago...Arab capital of the world!!

[Ready4Freddy]

"We want to make sure that people won't look at Muslims as suspects but as individuals."

Too late.

[Thorondir]

Scrutiny, hell! I urge immediate booting out of the military of all Mohamedans. (Out of the country after that.)

[NutCrackerBoy]

Scrutiny, yes. Booting out, no.

[Thorondir]

But they can be rough on their fellow soldiers with hand grenades when they are sleeping. Better to get them out before they SHOW that they are traitors, faithful only to the iSLAMic death cult.

[LPStar]

Booting them out sounds like a good idea in theory. On the other hand, they might then decide to use subterfuge to stay in the forces. For all I know, though, maybe there are lots of concealed Muslims in the forces right now. Who would have suspected a Chinese-American man of being an Islamic terrorist supporter? The next one could be a nice Irish, Scandinavian, or Italian (or whatever) lad.

[Monty22]

Somedays I think it's best if we just give in, convert to an islamic nation, install sharia law now, and get it over with.

We obviously don't have the desire to save ourselves from it. And this way at least some people will be left alive. Well, being a mooselimb isn't really being alive, but still.

It's going to be a last-man-standing war, and I'm not sure we will win it.

[LPStar]

Ugh, your scenario worries me to no end. Are we really equipped to fight this enemy? Our natural desire for fair play is not necessarily helping.

[Monty22]

I will personally go down shooting, but I think as a nation we've lost the ability to win this one.

[piasa]

"Being a Muslim should not be a factor in the investigation," said Nihad Awad, executive director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an Islamic advocacy group. "In principle, people want to judge the merits and facts of the case, rather than the faith of the person accused of the crime. We want to make sure that people won't look at Muslims as suspects but as individuals."

No offense, Awad, but you must think we're naive. At least one side in this conflict considers this to be a religious war. Because of that, whether we want to admit it or not, this IS a religious war and the faith of the individual and the groups involved does play a part in how and why they fight.

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP

[hang 'em]

"Being a Nazi should not be a factor in the investigation," said Nihad Awad, executive director for the Council on American-Nazi Relations, a Nazi advocacy group. "In principle, people want to judge the merits and facts of the case, rather than the faith of the person accused of the crime. We want to make sure that people won't look at Nazis as suspects but as individuals."