Muslim group asks LA-area radio show host for apology

modbee ^ | 1-26-06

[LouAvul]

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - A Muslim civil liberties group demanded an apology Thursday from the host of a Los Angeles-area radio show for making fun of a stampede that killed hundreds of Muslims during an annual pilgrimage.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations asked for an apology from KFI-AM 640 host Bill Handel, who allegedly made fun of the deaths during a Jan. 12 segment he called the "Annual Stampede Report."

A spokeswoman for KFI, which is owned by Clear Channel Communications, did not immediately return a message left Thursday. Handel's producer, Michelle Kube, also did not return calls for comment. Handel had left work for the day and attempts to reach him were unsuccessful.

At least 363 pilgrims were killed and hundreds injured in a stampede that day in Mecca, where thousands of people were rushing to carry out a symbolic ritual of stoning the devil in Mina.

According to CAIR, Handel imitated the people screaming and then joked that the Muslims at the pilgrimage should use a helicopter to monitor pilgrimage traffic, as is done in Los Angeles with the freeways.

CAIR quoted Handel as saying, "This is Mahmoud Nolan. Hajj in the Sky. There is an accident ... Ali lost his sandal on the on-ramp to the Martin Luther King Jr. freeway ..."

In March 2004, KFI issued an on-air apology after CAIR filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission following a skit that claimed Muslims have sex with animals, don't bathe and hate Jews.

[abovethefray]

Boy, considering the carnage and repression some members of this cult bring to the world, they sure can be a sensitive bunch....

[montag813]

In March 2004, KFI issued an on-air apology after CAIR filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission following a skit that claimed Muslims have sex with animals, don't bathe and hate Jews.

And when the FCC investigated and found out that all three assertions were true, they dismissed the complaint?

[EricT.]

It's all fun and games till someone gets their head cut off.

[magslinger]

Did they hand candy out to children when the stampede occurred?

[airborne]

"Sorry you're such a bunch of evil scumbags!"

How's that?

[atomicpossum]

I think they were upset that they put 'hate Jews' last.

[originalbuckeye]

Bill Handel skewers EVERYBODY. Including Jews and he's Jewish. He's completely tasteless and some times very funny.

[Philistone]

Ah heck. That's pretty darned funny.

[originalbuckeye]

Bill Handel skewers EVERYBODY. Including Jews and he's Jewish. He's completely tasteless and some times very funny.

[freedumb2003]

handel insults EVERYONE

you should hear his saturday show

i love the guy

[river rat]

The radio station should offer to apologize just as soon as all those Muslim lunatics apologize for CELEBRATING the deaths of Americans on 9/11 -- or dancing on the corpses of American dead in Iraq --- or hanging American corpses from a bridge in Iraq....or.....you get my drift?

Personally, I'm beginning to celebrate the death of any militant Islamic Jihadist myself....

CAIR should STFU, until Non-Muslims are treated with respect in Muslim nations....
Frankly, I'm convinced Muslims should feel some heat in American when they act like a$$holes...

Semper Fi

[agooga]

I heard that routine in the car on the way to work and almost drove off the road it was so damn funny!!!

A real gem.

[kentj]

Imagine the fun they would have with a good herd of cows - these fools just run over each other -

"Hey Ahmed you want to go down to the "migration" to Mecca and touch off a few firecrackers and see what happens?

"Ya maybe throw some bacon into the crowd, sounds like fun"

"Hey maybe we can pick up a few virgin goats in the process"

(Sarc off)

Now on a serious note - the best place to dispose of "extra" nukes - the Middle Eastern Parking Lot Project.

[DCPatriot]

It sure as heck didn't help Michael Graham on WMAL-630AM in Washington, DC..

[Just Lori]

Islam killed over 3000 people in NYC in one day. Muslims all over celebrated their murders. Three hundred Muslims kill each other, and we're supposed to apologize for finding humor in their stupidity.

[An American in Turkiye]

Is anybody else tired of all the demands for an apology about what someone said, be it from GLAAD, the NAACP, etc?
What ever happened to the 1st Amendment in this country? Why does anyone have to apologize for what they say? Freedom of speech guarantees the right to say whatever the hell you want to say. Of course, if you don't like what someone says, you have every right to NOT LISTEN TO IT AND DISAGREE. But to demand an apology?

PC has poisoned this country. And every morning, when I put the uniform on to go to work, a part of me says "What's the point? Does it even matter anymore?"
Then I look at Old Glory flying over HQ, and I remember what my fellow brothers in arms have sacrificed, and I say a resounding and defiant "HELL YES!"

We're fighting two wars right now, folks. One externally, and one internally.

[reagan_fanatic]

"I gots yer apology right here!"

[RichInOC]

CAIR quoted Handel as saying, "This is Mahmoud Nolan. Hajj in the Sky. There is an accident ... Ali lost his sandal on the on-ramp to the Martin Luther King Jr. freeway ..."

You've got to love the Latino Jew.* (By the way, if you embrace that nickname for yourself, you've basically long since stopped worrying about being PC.) Did he try to do Mike Nolan's voice while he was doing the bit?

"...This is Mahmoud Nolan, KFHajj in the skyyyyyyy..."

:-D )))

*So-called because he was born in Rio in the course of his parents' exodus from the Nazis.

[spinestein]

[Handel imitated the people screaming and then joked that the Muslims at the pilgrimage should use a helicopter to monitor pilgrimage traffic, as is done in Los Angeles with the freeways. CAIR quoted Handel as saying, "This is Mahmoud Nolan. Hajj in the Sky. There is an accident ... Ali lost his sandal on the on-ramp to the Martin Luther King Jr. freeway ..."]


This is pretty funny stuff, but it has nothing to do with hating Muslims. You can insert any mob of people contributing to its own destruction and get the same humorous result.

-People getting stomped on by bulls in the annual stampede
-People getting squashed in mosh pits in a drug induced frenzy at rock concerts
-People hitting the ground at 130 MPH while mass base jumping

and so on.