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2007-03-21 Fifth Column

Muslims offer to help 'John Does' sued by imams

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-03-21 10:02|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 gosh. I wonder who will win this lawsuit it they take them up on their offer.

Fox guarding the henhouse, comes to mind.

Posted by Harcourt Clerong1339 2007-03-21 10:31|| 2007-03-21 10:31|| Front Page Top

#2 You don't smack the dog when it goes outside to crap, and you shouldn't smack a Muslim group when it actually says the right thing. (Even if you may not entirely trust them.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-03-21 10:46|| 2007-03-21 10:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, a Phoenix-area physician and director of American Islamic Forum for Democracy

The very model of a modern, muslim moderate.

Posted by eLarson 2007-03-21 10:50|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-03-21 10:50|| Front Page Top

#4 True, true. But that dog analogy doesn't really work because we don't know what the dog intends to do here.

If this group wants to simply pay for any lawyer that the defendants chooses to select, then it may be a meaningful gesture.

If it were my defense, my life, I wouldn't be willing to take that money unless it was very clear that no strings were attached.

When the fox offers to guard the henhouse, you should consider his offer with suspicion.

Posted by Harcourt Clerong1339 2007-03-21 11:25|| 2007-03-21 11:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Dr. Jasser is the real deal. I heard him on the Mark Levin show. He firmly believes that Islam must stay out of politix and is standing practically alone against the Wahhabs. I was very impressed with him. Here is his website, go check it out.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-03-21 11:34|| 2007-03-21 11:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Here is the link to the Mark Levin interview, if this link is bad it's also on the AIF page.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-03-21 11:36|| 2007-03-21 11:36|| Front Page Top

#7 On the surface and for the moment, justifiable suspicions notwithstanding, this is exactly the kind of position we need more western muslims to take.

The moderate muslim community must speak out with a loud and unified voice against those who have perverted their faith for their own political gain before the problem of islamofascism can even begin the long process of marginalization by fellow muslims necessary for it's ultimate extinction.

This Jasser fella seems to be saying the right things. If muslims in the West want to be respected and not feared, that is.

Posted by eltoroverde 2007-03-21 11:39|| 2007-03-21 11:39|| Front Page Top

#8 He seems like a great person and I applaud him. He is in the position to change the world for a better place and he has my utmost respect.

I don't mean my comments to be an affront to this man and I acknowledge he is generous to offer. But if I was a defendant, I would insist on retaining control of my own defense. I don't know why he wants to try them as "john does" but there must be a reason why.

Posted by Harcourt Clerong1339 2007-03-21 11:46|| 2007-03-21 11:46|| Front Page Top

#9 Brave guy to publicly stand like that, considering how looney his Wahabbi opponents are.

Wish there were more like him.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-03-21 11:50|| 2007-03-21 11:50|| Front Page Top

#10 No offense taken, we are correct to question anyone who claims to speak for 'the Muslim community'. The whole lousy lot of them are taking orders from Riyadh and Tehran.

I would question this gentleman's motives too if I hadn't heard him on the radio.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-03-21 11:59|| 2007-03-21 11:59|| Front Page Top

#11 We need more like him! This article is about the good actions of this particular group and as such, I'm sorry I made derogatory remarks..

Stepping away from this article and this group, I think that the focus should be on this all important question: How is it that these wise, brave individuals are being left by our government to twist in the wind over a case that affects the right of every single individual in America to take the simplest steps to defend themselves against a world-wide army of fanatics sworn to our destruction. It is an outrage that our own government has not gotten involved to protect the most basic of our rights.

Posted by Harcourt Clerong1339 2007-03-21 12:14|| 2007-03-21 12:14|| Front Page Top

#12 Passengers and the flight crew say the imams were disruptive, did not take assigned seats, asked for seat-belt extensions they didn't need, loudly criticized the war in Iraq and President Bush, and shouted about al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. The men were escorted off Flight 300 to Phoenix, handcuffed briefly, searched and questioned for several hours by airport police and members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force.

I continue to remain entirely unamused by how the MSM literally refuses to make the above facts more apparent to the general public. Many of the individual acts mentioned above are sufficient grounds for reporting these perpetrators. Taken together, they constitute a conspiracy. Period.

I will make certain to applaud Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser's efforts at reversing the intensely bad publicity this incident has cast upon American Muslims. However, I am still obliged to agree with Seafarious' comment that:

we are correct to question anyone who claims to speak for 'the Muslim community'. The whole lousy lot of them are taking orders from Riyadh and Tehran.

I tried to find an email address for Tom Malone but was unable to do so. Here is the email being sent to Faegre & Benson LLP: (Please consider sending one yourself.)

info@faegre.com

Re: U.S. Airways Flight 300

To All at Faegre & Benson LLP,

Please accept my congratulations upon offering pro bono services to those passengers of U.S. Airways' flight 300 who are being sued for expressing rightful concern over suspicious conduct by the imams involved. By all reckoning, this was a blatant probe of airline security and legitimate cause for alarm by all involved. Furthermore, any reporting of suspicion or concern certainly constitutes free speech and the imam's attempts to quash expressions of such are highly suspect.

You are providing all Americans, including American Muslims like Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, a vital service in the ongoing fight against Islamic terrorism. Organizations like CAIR, whose well-established terrorist associations casts their motives in the very worst light, must not succeed in squelching public opposition to their stated aim of subverting America's constitutional law. Please spare no expense at defending our precious Constitution from the predations of these seditious traitors.

Again, I extend my deep gratitude that your firm has shown itself ready to oppose any erosion of American civil liberties. You are to be commended for it in no uncertain terms.

Thank You,

Zenster

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-03-21 13:10|| 2007-03-21 13:10|| Front Page Top

#13 Jasser will be considered a renegade/infidel-lover by the rest of 'em. Too bad, because he seems generally okay.

Posted by ex-lib 2007-03-21 13:31|| 2007-03-21 13:31|| Front Page Top

#14 Let me ad some additional contact information. If you want to leave a message thanking Gerry Nolting.

Phone: 612-766-7000
Toll-Free: 800-328-4393
Fax: 612-766-1600

I just called and left a thank you message on Mr. Nolting service. We need more Americans like this man.

We Will Not Submit!

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-03-21 13:45|| 2007-03-21 13:45|| Front Page Top

#15 Excellent, Ice! I just talked to Counselor Nolting personally and gave him my deepest thanks for helping defend America from this evil threat.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-03-21 14:15|| 2007-03-21 14:15|| Front Page Top

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