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'JUMAH AT THE DNC' AN OFFICIAL EVENT, ACCORDING TO OBAMA
Chad Groening (OneNewsNow.com)
Thursday, August 30, 2012 11:47 AM
Thursday, August 30, 2012 11:47 AM
Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch says it should come as no surprise that President Obama has no problem with a large gathering of Muslims who have descended on Charlotte, North Carolina today -- just before next week's Democratic National Convention.The Charlotte Observer reports that organizers anticipate as many as 20,000 Muslims will take part in "Jumah at the DNC," which will feature town hall meetings to address issues like Islamophobia, anti-Sharia, the Middle Eastern crisis, and the Patriot Act. They claim their goal is to make the general public aware that the Muslim community is a healthy and vibrant component of American society.
But the Jihad Watch director believes the thrust of the gathering is clear: "To portray Muslims as innocent victims of racism, bigotry and Islamophobia so as to intimidate Americans into being afraid to resist Jihad and Islamic supremacism."
Spencer is suspicious of Jumah at the DNC because the grand imam for the event is Siraj Wahhaj, a man who had a close relationship with convicted terrorist Omar Abdel Rahman, "The Blind Sheikh," in the early 1990s.
"The Blind Sheikh, of course, is now serving a life sentence for masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center attack, as well as for plotting to blow up the Lincoln Tunnel and the Holland Tunnel," Spencer reports. "Clearly if Siraj Wahhaj was taking him around in mosques in New York and New Jersey, he does not have a different view of Islam from that of The Blind Sheikh."
Still, the terrorism expert points out that President Obama is endorsing Jumah at the DNC.
"The Obama administration is listing this Jumah at the DNC business as part of the convention activity as an official function," he notes.
But Spencer is not surprised by that.
But the Jihad Watch director believes the thrust of the gathering is clear: "To portray Muslims as innocent victims of racism, bigotry and Islamophobia so as to intimidate Americans into being afraid to resist Jihad and Islamic supremacism."Spencer is suspicious of Jumah at the DNC because the grand imam for the event is Siraj Wahhaj, a man who had a close relationship with convicted terrorist Omar Abdel Rahman, "The Blind Sheikh," in the early 1990s.
"The Blind Sheikh, of course, is now serving a life sentence for masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center attack, as well as for plotting to blow up the Lincoln Tunnel and the Holland Tunnel," Spencer reports. "Clearly if Siraj Wahhaj was taking him around in mosques in New York and New Jersey, he does not have a different view of Islam from that of The Blind Sheikh."
Still, the terrorism expert points out that President Obama is endorsing Jumah at the DNC.
"The Obama administration is listing this Jumah at the DNC business as part of the convention activity as an official function," he notes.
But Spencer is not surprised by that.
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