Posted on 01/18/2003 8:45:59 PM PST by concerned about politics
Bin Laden Sends Greetings to D.C. Protesters?
A representative from a Muslim advocacy group offered greetings to tens of thousands of anti-war protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. on Saturday in the name of the "Mujahadeen," a term that has come to be closely associated with Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terror network.
Dr. Ghazi Khaksan, of the Council on American Islamic Relations, took to the podium near the end of the rally to read a poem packed with criticism of the Bush administration.
"Tell Bush, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Tony Blair to stop colonizing Middle East oil through blood and warfare," he told the crowd. "We're all against weapons of mass destruction. But let's compare. Who has them stockpiled in the Middle East - only Israel, I declare."
Near the end of his poem, Khaksan announced, "I bring to you salaams and greetings from the Mujahadeen at CAIR." CAIR's spokesman Ibrahim Hooper defended bin Laden two months ago as being no worse than Rev. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.
Webster's Collegiate dictionary defines Mujahadeen as: "a person who wages jihad, Islamic guerilla fighters esp. in the Middle East."
In December top Al Qaeda official Sulaiman Abu Ghaith invoked the Mujahadeen to threaten further terrorist attacks on the West.
"The Christian-Jewish alliance will not, God willing, be safe from attacks by the mujahadeen," he warned, according to the New York Post. "The alliance's installations and facilities everywhere will be subject to attacks."
After his reference to the Mujahadeen, Khaksan told the crowd somewhat incongruously, "Ten million Muslims and Arab Americans, like you, are truly patriotic and deeply care for America's welfare."
In a November interview with WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg, Hooper defended bin Laden, saying the terrorist mastermind was no worse than Falwell and Robertson.
"They're the equivalent of our Osama bin Laden," the CAIR official charged, before asking rhetorically, "Why did Osama bin Laden send planes into the World Trade Center? What possible reason? The only thing you can think of is that he wanted to create a permanent divide between the Muslim world and the West. And that's the same thing these guys want to do."
Asked about bin Laden's penchant for mass murder, Hooper responded, "Given the right circumstance, (Falwell and Robertson) would do the same in the opposite direction."
Minutes before Khaksan offered greetings from the bin Laden connected group, Imam Mousa Masjid Al-Islam took to the podium and called for the overthrow of the U.S. government.
"It's revolution time, brothers and sisters. We gotta get rid of this system," Al-Islam said. "The people of the world (are) waiting on us," he added, warning that the world's problems "will never be solved as long as we have these greedy murderers and imperialists like George Bush and George Bush, Jr. sitting in the White House "
Then the Imam led the crowd in an Islamic chant specifically addressed to what he called "the 1.5 billion people in the world" who would understand its meaning.
"When I say Takbia, you say Alhaam hu Akhbar," he exhorted the protesters, who repeated the phrase several times. It could not be immediately learned what the Imam's coded message to the world's Muslims meant.
Other luminaries addressing the anti-U.S. demonstration included Black Panther-turned New York City Councilman Charles Barron, Democratic Congressman John Conyers and presidential candidate Rev. Al Sharpton.
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No muslims, no terror.
"...Al-Haaj Ghazi Y. Khankan is Executive Director of the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and is director of Interfaith Affairs and Communications at the Islamic Center of Long Island, Westbury, NY..".
http://www.cair-ny.com/STAFF/g_khankan.html
More info of ratical groups assocated wth the peacenick rally.
By at (or) byt a
house, dwelling, comfortable place
Or the name of a location, that is of course nice. Has the feminine ending.
No guarantee on the translation.
"Why did Osama bin Laden send planes into the World Trade Center? What possible reason? The only thing you can think of is that he wanted to create a permanent divide between the Muslim world and the West. And that's the same thing these guys want to do."
Apparently, to the Lib'rals, to be anti-Sodom is to be anti-Muslim.
"Asked about bin Laden's penchant for mass murder, Hooper responded, "Given the right circumstance, (Falwell and Robertson) would do the same in the opposite direction."
LIARS Go To HELL!!
"Minutes before Khaksan offered greetings from the bin Laden connected group, Imam Mousa Masjid Al-Islam took to the podium and called for the overthrow of the U.S. government. "It's revolution time, brothers and sisters. We gotta get rid of this system," Al-Islam said. "The people of the world (are) waiting on us," he added, warning that the world's problems "will never be solved as long as we have these greedy murderers and imperialists like George Bush and George Bush, Jr. sitting in the White House!!"
Aren't we treading mighty close to SEDITION here?!!
"Then the Imam led the crowd in an Islamic chant specifically addressed to what he called "the 1.5 billion people in the world" who would understand its meaning. "When I say Takbia, you say Alhaam hu Akhbar," he exhorted the protesters, who repeated the phrase several times. It could not be immediately learned what the Imam's coded message to the world's Muslims meant."
Muslim FReeper Assistance Requested Please...
"Takbia" means....????
"Alhaam hu Akhbar" means....????
"Other luminaries addressing the anti-U.S. demonstration included Black Panther-turned New York City Councilman Charles Barron, Democratic Congressman John Conyers and presidential candidate Rev. Al Sharpton."
WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Sharpton '04....MUD
This is the man leading the peacenick crowd to impeach Bush! He's the director of their anti-American rally!!!
In my book don't panic, but be very weary. :) No guarantee on the translation.
It's definitely the TwilightZone, ain't it?! And the Vast, Leftwing Medyuh Whore'd won't say a word about that this weekend...just watch tomorrow's Sunday politics shows like "Meet the Press" and "FoxNewsSunday"...they won't say a word about the ANSWER group's seditious connections!! But Rush Limbaugh will...probably on Monday!!
SITYS...MUD
Did you see Mel Gibson's "We Were Soldiers"? Remember that scene where Hal Moore's giving the graduation speech to all his new trainees and he says he doesn't care by which name folks call "God"?! I can't do it justice, but the Lt.Col.'s refreshing way of looking at a multi-millenium's worth of religious hatred and bigotry as a difference in pronunciation...that struck home with me.
I don't panic at the thought of a Muslim Jihad...Muslim-Americans know what they risk destroying if they strike out against their fellow Americans!! And as long as we're kosher within our own borders, we can handle ANYTHING the rest of the World wants to hand out!!
FReegards...MUD
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