I just went on the web site for CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), to see how they are talking about the Islamic terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium.
Here is your answer:
The Imam Council of Metropolitan Saint Louis (ICMSTL) and the Missouri of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MO) today expressed solidarity with the people of Belgium, Turkey and other nations targeted by global terror attacks and repudiated any politicians who are taking political advantage of the tragedy for their own selfish gains.
ICMSTL and CAIR-MO called on GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz to retract and apologize for his unconstitutional policy proposal to introduce police-state actions in Muslim neighborhoods.
In a Facebook post, Cruz said: “We need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized.”
“Tragically, in recent days there have been attacks in Ankara, Istanbul and now Brussels,” said Mufti Asif Umar communication coordinator with ICMSTL. “The American Muslim community with the victims of these horrific acts of terrorism and our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. We also condemn Ted Cruz’s racist, xenophobic, and anti-Muslim remarks as being shameful and a tool to divide us as Americans.”
“We are shocked by not only these heinous attacks against all of our humanity but also against those who are taking advantage of this tragedy for their own selfish political gains,” said Faizan Syed, executive director of CAIR-MO.
Not one word about Islamic terrorism, only generic comments – but plenty about how put upon Muslims are because Ted Cruz has called for extra police work in Muslim neighborhoods.
Personally, I agree that CAIR has a legitimate issue with Ted Cruz over what it sees as an example of imposing collective guilt. Cruz, for his part, makes the argument that neighborhoods with gang activity also get increased police scrutiny, so this is not an anti-Islamic initiative, just a logical thing to do.
But regardless of who is right, the argument about police activity in Muslim areas is a SEPARATE ISSUE.
An organization truly horrified by what happened in Brussels, would have had the terrorist attacks as a free-standing statement, and deplored the fact that they were done in the name of Allah.
Do you see any of that in CAIR’s statement? Neither do I.
Maybe you can find sincerity here. But, to tell you the truth, I’m having a hard time doing so.
what do you expect from a co-conspirator of hamas and the holy land foundation???