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| Muslim Staff Members on Mission to Educate Congress |
| 2006-06-03 |
| Nayyera Haq, a member of the Congressional Muslim Staffers Association, says her group hopes to dispel misconceptions about Islam. Asked during a radio interview what should be done if Muslim terrorists attacked the United States, Mr. Tancredo, a Colorado Republican, suggested bombing Islam's holy sites, including Mecca. "That's when I realized there was something really wrong," said Ms. Haq, spokeswoman for Representative John Salazar, Democrat of Colorado. "Not just with members of Congress, but as Americans and our approach to dealing with 'others.' " By last fall, Ms. Haq had joined with 22 other Muslims on Capitol Hill to form the Congressional Muslim Staffers Association. Ever since Muslim staff members began meeting for Friday prayer on the Hill in 1998, they had talked about organizing a staff members' association, one of the many groups in Congress based on ethnicity, religion or shared interests. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #4 If they really wanted to score some points with real Americans they should start by admitting that muslims have done some really shitty things lately and organize moderate muslims(if there is such a thing) to speak out against hate and violence. More than three or four muslims will have to stand up to the Imams and the whole muslim body will have to really show me something before I go changing my perception of them. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-06-03 10:28 |
| #3 Just another bunch of horseshit, "we're the victims", "Islam is the religion of peace and love", oh yeah and my personal favorite,"the Zionists commit the terrorist crimes to stir hatred of muslims". |
| Posted by: Slains Jeretle4727 2006-06-03 10:21 |
| #2 A prediction: More and more in the coming months, we're going to be seeing a truly MASSIVE public-relations blitz by the MSM aimed at conning us into denying what our "lying eyes" tell us about Islam's imperialistic, totalitarian nature, and convincing us instead that the ummah are no different from Christians and Jews. The message will be pounded home, again and again: "Move along, please, nothing to see here; they're nice people just like you and me, you know, and all this 'terrorism' stuff you hear about from time to time is just a minor aberration by a few misguided extremists who don't understand that Islam is the Religion of Peace and stands for the brotherhood of all mankind-- along with warm, fuzzy puppies and cute little kittens, of course." The Democrats want very much to get back into power; and recently, along with the rest of the liberal establishment, they have been making it increasingly clear that they want us to return to the "law enforcement model" of dealing with Islamic terrorism that was practiced during the Clinton years, and dealing with any international dimensions of terrorism not through military action, but instead through dialog via established international institutions like the United Nations. Today's liberals are process-oriented, not results-oriented; and they are, as we've seen again and again over the last couple of decades, very uncomfortable making war. To them, it's far better-- and certainly more moral-- to have the U.N. issue one high-minded, toothless resolution after another, ad infinitum, than to take any bold, forceful, decisive action that gets the job done. But even though five years has passed since the 9/11 atrocities, selling Americans on returning to the very approach that encouraged those atrocities is going to be a difficult job. And convincing Americans that Islam is essentially benign and intrinsically harmless, and that terrorism is the work of just a few disgruntled cranks, is going to be a major part of it. Look for more and more articles like this leading up to Election Day-- and again, in the run-up to the 2008 Presidential Election. By then, the trickle of disinformation will become a raging torrent. Keep a barf bag handy. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-06-03 10:11 |
| #1 Muslims on Capitol Hill draw some hope instead from other ethnic and religious groups that faced discrimination a generation or two ago, most notably Jews and Japanese-Americans, and who have since become more accepted by American society. Where is that all Muslim assault regiment? 1919th? |
| Posted by: 6 2006-06-03 07:07 |