Ken Berwitz
Democrat presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton is seizing on Donald Trump\’s proposal to ban all Muslim entry into the U.S. with a fundraising email featuring long-time aide Huma Abedin, who is Muslim.
The email reads, in part: “I\’m a proud Muslim–but you don\’t have to share my faith to share my disgust.” The email is noteworthy for two reasons: first, that it acknowledges Abedin\’s faith at all; and second, that it features Abedin, who is not only under ethical criticism but also suspected of radical ties.
In 2008…the Clinton campaign…sought to capitalize on anti-Muslim sentiment by circulating a photograph of Obama wearing a headscarf on a visit to Kenya. (The candidate herself claimed not to “know anything about it.”)
Huma Abedin is an odd choice (to feature in her ad). A “proud Muslim” would not marry a Jew-much less scandal-plagued former Rep. Anthony Weiner-given that Islamic law prevents women from marrying non-Muslims. Stranger still, Huma Abedin\’s mother Saleha is reported to be part of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is not only “proud” but radical, and violent.
In addition, Huma Abedin was recently investigated for embezzlement, and has been accused of failing to provide complete financial disclosure to the State Department, as well as working for a private contractor on the side.
As for Huma Abedin, whose entire immediate family is deep into the Muslim brotherhood? Mention her name to the low-information crowed, and all you\’ll hear about is Anthony Weiner\’s penis. Because – with precious few exceptions – our wonderful ever-on-the-job mainstream media have declined to inform the public of Abedin\’s familial associations.
A quick question: if the single closest aide to a Republican Secretary of State had a father, mother and brother deeply involved with, say, the ku klux klan, do you think media would be burying that too? Sort of answers itself, doesn\’t it?
You might ask “but if Huma Abedin\’s family is so into a radical Islamic terrorist group like the Muslim brotherhood, why is she married to a Jew?”.
Great question. My answer, also in the form of a question, is “Why are her Muslim brotherhood family members apparently ok with her marrying that Jew, and having his child? What do you think they think they might get out of it?”
