Lying Liars and the Lies They Tell
June 15, 2007 | 00 Jumada al-Thanni 1428
We may have to add an addendum to Al Franken’s book - Lying Muslim Haters et cetera. Tariq’s article is quite disturbing, though, in truth, not hard to believe. And while I wish to treat this incident in isolation, it is concerning that a group of people will go to any lengths to prosecute and demonize Muslims simply for being Muslim.
It appears that a group of men, affiliated with Mapping Shari’a.com [their bi-line reads: “Mapping Shari’a in America: Know the Enemy”, entered a mosque in the DC area, posing as potential shahadahs, claiming to be wearing thobes [what?! No one ever shows up with Middle Eastern clothes on!], and that they were giving Jihad Qatil literature and so forth. While this might initially seem to portray itself as a right-wing, pro-patriotic organization, it’s true colors bleed to the edge, as seen in their Mission Statement:
America is a unique people bound together through a commitment to America’s Judeo-Christian moral foundation and to an enduring faith and trust in G-d and in His Providence. America’s founding, and its greatness was neither accident nor staging ground for some better existence or world state. America was the handiwork of faithful Christians, mostly men, and almost entirely white, who ventured from Europe to create a nation in their image of a country existing as free men under G-d.
This type of extreme White Supremacy is the same old schtick that is from a page right out of the Klan. It has not taken very long in the scheme of things for Muslims to become targets for hate groups, and what better group than the poster child of hate in America than the Klan or its affiliate or off-shoot groups. I know imam Johari - I just was with him a few months ago at a talk for WHYY. He’s a good man. With the “veil” lifted from this idiots, Muslims will not have to go to great lengths to exonerate themselves in the eyes of their own community. But in the eyes of America? We shall have to wait and see if the seed of hate sprouts. Check out Tariq’s article. Perhaps they mistook the thobes for white hoods?
June 26th, 2007 at 5:26 am
As-Salaamu ‘alaikum,
Tariq has it wrong about the background of this SANE group. They are Jewish Zionists (the spelling G-d gives it away) and the group was founded by one David Yerushalmi. Sister “Saggal” posted an article from the Delhi-based Milli Gazette newspaper at Tariq’s site here with some info on Yerushalmi. I have come to notice that Tariq, and a couple of other Muslim bloggers, are unwilling to call anti-Jewish bigotry by its name when it appears, or to admit that much online Islamophobia comes from them and not from white supremacists (as opposed to plain stupid white bigots, who are much more numerous).