Posted on 03/11/2004 11:20:47 AM PST by GulliverSwift
Ann Coulter Says Muslims 'Smell Bad'; CAIR: Media Should Reject Commentator's Bigotry
3/10/2004 3:34:00 PM
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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Yepper. It's a distraction from the most important issue.
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Works for me.
CAIR however, is an ENEMY ISLAMIST organization whose members should be Gitmo'ed.
I'm not saying you're a disrupter, but for some reason many of the most flaming posts have come from people who have just signed up.
Since dear Ann doesn't mention a specific religion in the offending quote are we to assume the people at CAIR identify with her remarks on killing non-believers?
Sit back and learn something, instead of repeating what you have been told to think.
I promise you, it will be a wild ride.
My business in security. We protect the glazing in buildings around the world from terrorist bomb blasts. A suicide bomber will have about 30-35 pounds of explosives packed in around his crotch. It will be made of diesel fuel, fertilizer, and various types of shrapnel for maximum damage. He will be wearing an inordinate amount of perfume to disguise the smell. Here is a tip for you. If you are in a crowded area that might be a target and see a guy with a towel on his head who smells good --- RUN LIKE HELL!
That is flat wrong. We used to sell curry and the ingredients to many Arabs, along with East Indians and Pakistanis. I also watched them purchase it from the importers, right alongside me. It is just a matter of personal taste with them, as with us. Arabs have developed their own varieties of curry and have been using it for thousands of years.
This article was puerile and adolescent, though. It is a shame that so few here see that.
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