Ann Coulter Says Muslims "Smell Bad"; US Muslim Group Demands Media Reject Her

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Ann Coulter Says Muslims 'Smell Bad'; CAIR: Media Should Reject Commentator's Bigotry

3/10/2004 3:34:00 PM

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WASHINGTON, March 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on major media outlets to end their association with a controversial conservative pundit who recently suggested that Muslims "smell bad." The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said syndicated columnist Ann Coulter, who frequently appears as a guest on cable news programs, made that Islamophobic remark in a recent commentary on Mel Gibson's new film "The Passion of the Christ."

Coulter wrote: "Being nice to people is, in fact, one of the incidental tenets of Christianity (as opposed to other religions whose tenets are more along the lines of 'kill everyone who doesn't smell bad and doesn't answer to the name Mohammed'). She also referred to: "(The Prophet) Muhammad's many specific instructions to kill non-believers whenever possible."

SEE: "THE PASSION OF THE LIBERAL" http://www.townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/ac20040304.shtml

"We believe strongly in freedom of speech and support Ann Coulter's right to hold even bigoted and hate-filled views," said CAIR Communications Coordinator Rabiah Ahmed. "But credible media outlets should not associate themselves with or serve to legitimize such overt racism and Islamophobia." Ahmed called on newspapers that publish Coulter's column and on cable news channels that invite her as a guest commentator to reconsider promoting someone who spreads virulent hatred and intolerance.

Coulter has made a number of similarly anti-Muslim comments since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Immediately following the attacks, she suggested that "we should invade their (Muslim) countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity." Coulter wrote in Worldnetdaily.com: "While Judaism and Christianity begin with the Creation, Islam reveres a God who creates nothing."

When asked whether she would recommend "Muslim-free air travel," Coulter said: "This is my idea...I think airlines ought to start advertising: 'We have the most civil rights lawsuits brought against us by Arabs.'" When asked how Muslims would travel, she responded: "They could use flying carpets." (Guardian, 5/17/03) Coulter also referred to Middle Easterners as "camel riding nomads" and said Egyptians have an "aversion to bathing."

CAIR is America's largest Islamic civil liberties group.

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NOTE: CAIR offers an e-mail list designed to be a journalist's window to the American Muslim community. To SUBSCRIBE to ISLAM- INFONET, go to: http://cair.biglist.com/islam-infonet/

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[MeekOneGOP]

LOL !

[Darksheare]

Since March 4 2004.
And your post is the equivalent of jumping up and down and screaming "PLEASE zot me".
Talentless media whore?
Riiiight.
And you'd prefer Susan Estrich, right?
Or maybe Eleanor Clift?

[MeekOneGOP]

izzat OZONE I smell?

I bet it is ! ...

[MeekOneGOP]

[MeekOneGOP]

And you'd prefer Susan Estrich, right? Or maybe Eleanor Clift?

Or maybe he likes boys ?? ... Michael Moore, Al Franken, et al ...

[Darksheare]

Saw the troll.
Quite interesting.

[sweetliberty]

"Maybe they should just get out of our country."

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!

[sweetliberty]

Why do they all remind me of Hollywood actors?

[Darksheare]

Now THAT is a horrible thought.
Quite chilling.

[glock rocks]

Oh... Ann... be still my heart...

[smcmike]

Read that again. She definitely said that Muslims smell bad.

[GeronL]

Ann Coulter and Mark Steyn are two of the best satirical columnists Conservatism has ever had.

[Salamander]

Not really, but I do have a dear Republican friend who is affectionately known as "The Genteel Grammarian".
She keeps all of us who post in our "home group" on our toes.
If I didn't correct that, she'd surely deprive me of my raspberry cordials and toast points.
[and possibly slap me upside the head, as well]...:))

Left to my own linguistic devices, I sound like a typical hillbilly...dangling participles and all....LOL!

[CobaltBlue]

This evening treated my family to dinner out at Panjshir, an Afghani restaurant in Falls Church that has been on the Washingtonian "Cheap Eats" list for years - that's the top 100 cheap places to eat in the Washington DC metro area.

We had a very large assortment of delicious dishes. Especially interesting were the appetizers, which were all wrapped in some form of flat dough - three of them, spinach, beef, and potato, were fried like fried wontons, two, scallion, and beef, steamed, like ravioli. Reminded me once again that the Silk Road goes right through Afghanistan, from China to India.

Also got an assortment of entrees to eat family style, beef kebobs, chicken kebobs, and lamb stew, and various vegetables, spinach, pumpkin, turnips, eggplant, carrots, stewed with spices, lentils, chickpeas, and two kinds of rice, steamed white rice, and green spinach rice.

Very nice. The waiter was immaculate and very pleasant. The restaurant was a little bit down at the heels, but the linens, plates and silverware were all clean. The cook came out briefly, looked like she was either the wife or the sister - probably the wife - of the waiter, who was probably also the owner.

Some of the dishes did have curry, but nobody smelled bad.

Tomorrow I am taking a day trip to Richmond, will probably have barbecue for lunch at Buz and Ned's, will report back to you if any of the white or black people eating there smelled like sweat or not. Seeing as how they are working class, it's possible, but given that it's still March, maybe not. I am planning on supper at The Track, they have shad row as a special, but doubt that anyone at The Track will smell bad. If they do, I am sure you'll want to know.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Anne is fearless. Too bad the Republican congressman and senators don't have some of her nerve.

[azhenfud]

Glad you had an enjoyable evening. I had to work late, so I let the Red-Head cook for me.







Ronald McDonald

[potlatch]

She's saying, "Don't monkey with me"!!

[MeekOneGOP]

It's dead, Jim.

[MeekOneGOP]

;^)

[potlatch]

Hey JoJo! How are you feeling today??