Saturday, December 10, 2011

  • Newt Gingrich Calls Palestinians an 'Invented' People
    "I think that we've had an invented Palestinian people who are in fact Arabs, and who were historically part of the Arab community. And they had a chance to go many places, and for a variety of political reasons we have sustained this war against Israel now since the 1940s, and it's tragic," he said.
    • Romney Pushes Back on Anti-Muslim Question
      "They are peace-loving and America-loving individuals. . . believe people of the Islamic faith do not have to subscribe to the idea of radical, violent jihadism."
  • CAIR-LA Welcomes Approval of Mosque Construction
    [CAIR-LA] today welcomed a vote by the San Bernardino County's Planning Commission approving a conditional use permit for the construction of a mosque near Chino.
    • CAIR: Sikhs Shocked by Unprovoked Fresno Attack
      "I saw hatred in the assailant's eyes," recalled S. Anup Singh, who was stabbed in the torso last Sunday while waiting for his boarding pass at the Yosemite International Airport. . .[CAIR], along with the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, has called on the FBI and local police to investigate the attack as a possible hate crime.
  • FBI Docs Show Misuse of Muslim Community Outreach for Intelligence Gathering
    [T]he FBI must assure targeted communities and the American public that it is committed to investigating wrongdoing and that in the future it will not misuse community outreach to gather intelligence on innocent Americans, or record their First Amendment-protected activities.
  • Lowe's Pulls Advertising from TLC's 'All-American Muslim'
    Retail giant Lowe's has pulled advertising from Discovery Communications-owned TLC's reality show "All-American Muslim.". . .No word on whether Lowe's will back up this up by not taking money from Muslim families who to shop at one of its stores.
    • Video: Texas Prof Calls Islam a 'Cult,' Resigns
      The students claimed that Derengowski called Islam a cult and that he had posted "inflammatory" images on his web site. . .In an interview with KDFW-TV, he was open about his Christian faith as well as his anti-Islamic views.

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