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| Tancredo meets with mainstream Muslims -- really | |
| 2005-07-29 | |
| WND. Treat as something in between factual and NYT/CBS. EFL. Preview isn't working right now, so I'm flying blind here. While refusing to dialogue with his most vocal Islamic critics, U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo met with a select group of Muslims to clarify his remarks about threatening to target holy sites in response to a terrorist nuclear attack. The Colorado Republican was visited Wednesday by a three-member delegation from the Free Muslims Coalition, a group urging mainstream Muslims to take a stronger stand against terrorists. Also known as the Sisyphus Coalition. The coalition's president, Kamal Nawash, told the Rocky Mountain News after the meeting, "To the extent anyone was insulted by his comments, [Tancredo] said he's sorry about that." "It confirmed what we always believed. He's a great guy 
and he has no animosity toward Muslims," said Nawash, a Republican and former state Senate candidate in Virginia. "If they want to talk to mainstream, moderate Muslims, this is the organization to talk to," Corey Saylor, government affairs director for CAIR, told the Denver paper. You're supposed to put a "beverage alert" in front of statements like that, Corey. "We work regularly with government officials. We've trained FBI members [in sensitivity to Muslims]. I don't think you can get more mainstream than that," Saylor said. I agree. But Tancredo spokesman Will Adams declared CAIR will not be included in any future meetings. "We don't think they represent moderate Muslims," he said. There's the rub. Mainstream and Moderate are two completely different classes. CAIR is urging the Republican Party to repudiate Tancredo's remarks. Satan is urging the Pope to repudiate God. Adams said the congressman did not offer any new apologies in his meeting with the Free Muslims Coalition but simply reiterated that he had no intent to offend innocent Muslims. Both of them. Nawash said he thought Tancredo's comments were taken out of context. Hey, it works for the Imams and Mullahs. "I told him, if I were in his place as a congressman who cares about his people here, innocent people who may be killed by terrorist attack 
I'd say the same," said Mansour, a Muslim scholar and imam. Why don't you start posting on Rantburg? I mean that. We could use some Muslims like you here. The U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh called his remarks "offensive to the United States government and to the American people."
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| Posted by:Jackal |
| #2 "We don't think they represent moderate Muslims," he said. There's the rub. Mainstream and Moderate are two completely different classes. Loving it... Mr. Tancredo-no backtracking, no apology to anyone is necessary. Your vision was clear. In fact, one counter should handle it nicely for you: If jihadis nuking America doesn't justify targeted nuclear retaliation by America, what would? Is the person testing Mr. Tancredo really saying that there is never an instance when America's nuclear threat can be called upon? |
| Posted by: jules 2 2005-07-29 23:24 |
| #1 But Tancredo spokesman Will Adams declared CAIR will not be included in any future meetings. "We don't think they represent moderate Muslims," he said. Finally, a congressman that has the balls to tell the truth! CAIR is a terrorist organization. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-07-29 11:23 |