CAIR waves the American flag
Amid the recent terror attacks in London and Egypt and the almost constant burning of American flags by Islamic groups here and abroad, Islamic groups here in America are scrambling to improve public relations.(Except, of course, for the Islamic Thinkers Society of Brooklyn, New York. They care so little for their adopted country that they regularly demonstrate their feelings by stomping on American flags in the streets).
Leading the charge is the Council on American-Islamic Relations, otherwise known as CAIR. Last week, CAIR released television ads designed to portray Islamic-Americans as peace loving, everyday Americans. Today, CAIR is holding a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC to announce "a fatwa (Islamic religious ruling) against terrorism and extremism." The Fatwa is reportedly being "endorsed by major U.S. Muslim groups."
Perhaps CAIR is sincere. Perhaps they really abhor the violence of terrorism. But does that mean their ultimate goal has changed? Consider the following statements by various CAIR officials:
Omar Ahmad - Co-founder of CAIR -
"Those who stay in America should be open to society without melting, keeping Mosques open so anyone can come and learn about Islam. If you choose to live here, you have a responsibility to deliver the message of Islam … Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faiths, but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth."
Nihad Awad - Executive Director of CAIR -
"I am in support of the Hamas movement."
Ibrahim Hooper - CAIR Spokesperson -
"I
wouldn’t want to create the impression that I wouldn’t like
the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the
future…But I’m not going to do anything violent to promote
that. I’m going to
do it through education."
On that note, I truly hope Muslims around the world continue burning American flags in violent demonstrations and I also hope that we see those images televised regularly here in America to counter the "education" that groups like CAIR have in mind.