I can’t help myself. After Naveed Afzal Haq shot six people in a Jewish Federation office, killing one and wounding five, I immediately thought about CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, would have to say about it.
My first guess would be nothing.
But this was too big a story for them to sweep under the rug. They couldn’t just ignore it, they’d need to say SOMETHING.
So I went back to their standard playbook. First, they’d denounce the incident. Then they’d tie it into blaming Israel for “aggression” and provoking such incidents. Then they’d say that you can’t blame all Muslims for the actions of one deranged individuals. Finally, they’d try to claim a share of the victimhood, demanding extra protection for Muslims from hypothetical “hate crimes.”
As I started writing this piece, I went over to CAIR’s site to get the link above, and lo and behold they did have a statement. I didn’t read it before I wrote the above prediction.
How did I do? Well, I’ll reprint it here in its entirety, and highlight each of the points I got right.
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So it’s okay for law enforcement to stand around a mosque or a synagogue and wait for an attack to arrest the attacker, but it’s not okay for them to go inside and do any investigating to prevent such attacks?
Look, CAIR wants USA (at least under the Bush Administration) and Israel and the Jews to lose. Plain and simple. So, no surprise here. CAIR is simply on the side of our enemies in the GWOT.
I only give you one point out of four. Asserting that “violence in the Middle East” is code for blaming Israel for the actions of this crazy quite simply cannot be justified from the text. It would actually make a great deal more sense to say that it is code for blaming Hezbollah as this fellow is in essence, reproducing Hezbollah’s actions on a much smaller scale.
It’s not who actually is responsible. It’s who CAIR would claim is responsible if you made them name names.
I am sick and tired of being threatened every day. I don’t put with mulsim bullies and don’t suffer liberal/government fools. I am ready to fight back.
Fine, CAIR. Fine, Iran. Fine, islam. Do it. Don’t talk about or threaten it. DO IT, NOW! Show use your cards, you pathetic pieces of human filth. Attack us. Do it!
I am ready to mow you down.
I’d give you an extra half point for the part about guarding every mosque and synagogue. Like some deranged Jew is going to start shooting at pregnant Mulsim women. Please. BTW, how can you even tell if a Muslim woman is pregnant under a burqa, anyway?
Isn’t that the same press release that CAIR issued after an Eqyptian shot up LAX in 2002?
I am really sad to see this blog and comments posted. I pray people wake up and work to make this world a safe place with less hate.
Jpm, I understood that. I just thought that Jay had no basis whatsoever to crow victory and claim, “See, I told you!” In the press release, I could see no whiff of blaming Israel at all.
If he tried to submit that in a university essay, it would immediately be shot down as unsubstantiated by the text. Not even freshman quality, sorry. I’m a little weary of unqualified commentators telling us what people “really” mean, when their supposed psychic abilities are based on their own preconceptions.
If he wants to point to previous ridiculous pronouncements by CAIR, let him bring on the evidence. But there was nothing in that press release that supported his claim which basically made this post a lot of hot air.
Sick obviously enjoyed it. He named himself…
Tim, mosques have been victims of attacks of varying intensity over the last few years, so that call was not as ridiculous as you try to make it out to be. I don’t fear deranged Jewish gunmen (although Yitzak Rabin should have), but if I were them, I’d be nervous too.
To highlight the current conflict in the Middle East which is the most restrained description of what I have hear yet about the war in Lebanon and Israel. . .Jay, you are reaching..
Jay:
Sorry, but I have to side with (God this hurts) Walrus and Crickmore on this one. I couldn’t see any reference to the things you predicted. The statement might have been made with two fingers crossed behind their backs, but on the face of it, it was a strait forward condemnation of the shooting.
Sick and Tired:
I think a lot of people feel the same way.
Someone:
If you have some suggestions as to how to make this world a safer place, I am sure we are all ears. However, I don’t think shooting up a Jewish Community Center is going about it properly.
“We also urge local, state and national law enforcement authorities to step up security measures at synagogues, mosques and other religious institutions of both faiths.””
If by this they mean provide security at synagogues, and investigate Saudi-funded mosques presided over by radical Imams, then that would be fine. But I’m pretty sure that’s not what they meant. CAIR has a nasty habit of inflating their hate crimes reports, and I can’t think of the last time – heck, anytime – I saw a Jewish person in the news for going postal on innocent civilians in America because they’re unhappy about the Palestinians or other ME issues.
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Sorry, Walrus, but throwing a frozen pig’s head into a mosque isn’t quite the same as shooting a bunch of people. One attack kills people, one is a waste of food.
Attacking CAIR for condemning the Seattle attack is counterproductive. Encouraging Muslims to condemn such attacks is much more sensible and useful behavior.
The last thing we need to do is to convince Muslim-Americans that they will be blamed for things no matter what they do.
Islamofascist CAIR Doesn’t Like the Term “Islamic Fascist”: FNC video, 8/14/6 http://www.terrorfreeoil.org/videos/FN081406.php
CAIR Terrorist Apologist Blames Israel, FNC video, 8/12/6 http://www.terrorfreeoil.org/videos/BG081206-2.php
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