A Season for Hating Those Who Aren’t Us
We clearly are in the mean season now, our fears having taken firm hold, a time when even the horrific is justifiable if there is even the slightest chance of saving our American skins. Of course I am talking about U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, and the nuclear-strike-on-Mecca silliness he spouted over the weekend. Someone really […]
U.S., Turkey Condemn Congressman’s Remarks
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Top U.S. and Turkish officials on Tuesday condemned comments made last week by Rep. Tom Tancredo that the United States could “take out” Islamic holy sites if there was a nuclear attack on America by Muslim fundamentalists. The Colorado Republican refused to apologize Tuesday, telling The Associated Press that his comments had […]
Trancedo’s Threats Spark Criticism
WASHINGTON – From Turkey, from Russia and from the desk of Howard Dean – angry reaction to Rep. Tom Tancredo’s threat against Muslim holy sites came from around the world Tuesday. In Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul blasted Tancredo’s comments suggesting the United States could “take out” holy sites, including Mecca, if Islamic terrorists […]
DC: State Department Officials Speak at CAIR Seminar
(WASHINGTON, D.C. 07/20/05) – Two State Department officials spoke today at a seminar hosted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Washington, D.C. The seminar, titled “U.S. Outreach to the Muslim World,” took place at CAIR’s Capitol Hill headquarters. David Abramson, from the State Department Office of International Religious Freedom, and David Staples of […]
FL: Islam Itself is at Root of Terror
FL: Islam Itself is at Root of Terror Earle Greene, Tallahassee Democrat, 7/21/05 http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/editorial/letters/12180325.htm Re: “To crush terror, find its cause” (column, July 18). I could not agree more with Eugene Robinson’s column, but it was disappointing that he did not offer any insight into understanding the cause. Unlike Tony Blair’s assertion after the London […]
CA: Muslims Have Forfeited Rights as Citizens
CA: Muslims Have Forfeited Rights as Citizens Contra Costa Times, 7/21/05 http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/ In my view, adherents of the Muslim religion have forfeited their right to be accepted as loyal citizens of the United States. At the very least, they should expect to be granted citizenship only after being interrogated as to their intentions after being […]
CA: Islam Not About Freedom
CA: Islam Not About Freedom Kirstin Muhm, Ventura County Star, 7/21/05 http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/opinion/article/0,1375,VCS_125_3941755,00.html Re: Frank Moraga’s July 15 essay, “Voices of moderation”: As a world traveler who just returned from Egypt, I can tell you that America is the most tolerant nation in this world. We have more freedom in this country, and that is why […]
INCITEMENT: Author Threatens Anti-Muslim ‘Holocaust’
INCITEMENT: Author Threatens Anti-Muslim ‘Holocaust’ Hal Lindsey, WorldNetDaily, 7/21/05 http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45367 We are tired of the “peaceful” Muslims sitting by and doing nothing to expose the disciples preaching hate and jihad in their mosques. . .Our intelligence forces all warn that it is only a matter of time before Islamic terrorist will attack our cities with […]
Urge Republicans to Repudiate Comments
Urge Republicans to Repudiate Comments Contact state and national Republican Party leaders to ask (politely) that they repudiate Tancredo’s inflammatory and irresponsible remarks. Mr. Bob Martinez State Chair, Colorado Republican Party E-mail: BobMartinez@coloGOP.org Phone: 303-758-3333 Republican National Committee E-mail: info@gop.com Phone: 202.863.8500 President George W. Bush E-mail: president@whitehouse.gov Phone: 202-456-1111 COPY TO: cair@cair-net.org, http://tancredo.house.gov/contacttom.asp
Urge Republicans To Repudiate Tancredo’s ‘Bomb Mecca’ Remark
Urge Republicans To Repudiate Tancredo’s ‘Bomb Mecca’ Remark (WASHINGTON, DC, 7/21/2005) – CAIR today called on all people of conscience to contact Colorado and national and Republican Party leaders and urge them to repudiate Rep. Tom Tancredo’s (R-CO) remarks suggesting that America could bomb Mecca. Tancredo made the remarks during an interview on a Florida […]