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| A Troubling Influence: Grover Norquist and Extreme Islam |
| 2003-12-09 |
| This is long and important article. For those of you familiar with Grover Norquist, you will fully appreciate the dynamics at work. To those of you who are not familiar with Grover Norquist, this is an important article. EFL The association between Grover Norquist and Islamists appears to have started about five years ago, in 1998, when he became the founding chairman of an organization called the Islamic Free Market Institute, better known as the Islamic Institute.1 The Instituteâs stated purpose was to cultivate Muslim-Americans and Arab-Americans whose attachment to conservative family values and capitalism made them potential allies for the Republican Party in advance of the 2000 presidential election. If successful, such an outreach effort could theoretically produce a windfall in votes and campaign contributions. Consequently, it enjoyed the early support of Karl Rove, when he was then-Governor Bushâs political advisor, and who knew Norquist from their days in the College Republicans. Unfortunately, some associated with the Islamic Institute evidently had another agenda. Abdurahman Alamoudi, for one, a self-described âsupporter of Hamas and Hezbollah,â2 the prime-mover behind the American Muslim Council (AMC) and a number of other U.S.-based Islamist-sympathizing/supporting organizations, saw in the Islamic Institute a golden opportunity to hedge his bets. Click here for the entire article on FrontPageMag.com. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #4 Looking at the influence of the Soddies with the help of Norquist and the foot-dragging by the "bow-tied" Arabists in the State Department, it's a wonder that we get anything done at all in the WOT. |
| Posted by: Sgt.DT 2003-12-9 7:39:23 PM |
| #3 SM, if I remember correctly, Norquist has responded to these allegations in the past. His response, again, AFAICR, was to call those making the allegations anti-Arab racists. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-12-9 2:18:19 PM |
| #2 I find this article extremely upsetting as I have repeatedly given donations to Norquist's various libertarian organizations. He had better respond to these allegations and damn quickly too. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2003-12-9 1:30:57 PM |
| #1 Damn. I can only hope that this is a case of keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. Else, I hope this becomes a MAJOR political issue that the Democratic candidates can harp on Bush for. My support for Bush does NOT extend to fraternizing w. the enemy. |
| Posted by: mjh 2003-12-9 9:45:00 AM |