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| 2007-11-09 | |
| LOS ANGELES - Civil rights advocates criticized plans by the Los Angeles Police Department to map the city's Muslim communities, calling it racial profiling. I actually have mixed emotions. As a libertarian, I abhor the idea of Big Brother further extending tentacles into the lives of the common citizen. As a common citizen, I know that the muslim community is doing precious little to contain the jihadis in our own country who endorse and support the violent overthrow of the US. The LAPD's counterterrorism bureau plans to identify Muslim enclaves in order to determine which might be likely to become isolated and susceptible to "violent, ideologically based extremism," said Deputy Chief Michael P. Downing on Thursday. "We want to know where the Pakistanis, Iranians and Chechens are so we can reach out to those communities," said Downing, who heads the counterterrorism bureau. They have done the same thing with White Supremacists groups for years.
Downing testified about the plan before a U.S. Senate committee on Oct. 30. In his testimony, Downing said his bureau wanted to "take a deeper look at the history, demographics, language, culture, ethnic breakdown, socioeconomic status and social interactions" of the city's Muslim communities. and muslims in this country, through organizations like CAIR, are doing nothing to help the situation. There are an estimated 500,000 Muslims in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties. That is a scary statistic...especially when surveys and polls indicate that a large minority of American muslims support islamic terrorists either verbally or financially...or both. On Thursday, several Muslim groups and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California sent Downing a letter expressing "grave concerns" about the program. If I were a muslim, and in CAIR...I would be more concerned about the repercussions and blowback from another attack on US soil by jihadis...especially if they are shown to be US citizens, or residents. That would be my nightmare. "Singling out individuals for investigation, surveillance, and data-gathering based on their religion constitutes religious profiling that is just as unlawful, ill-advised and deeply offensive as racial profiling," said the letter. Then show some stones and denounce islamic terror in all forms, and turn over the names of those who are planning and fomenting overthrow of the US...before the nightmare begins. It was signed by representatives of the ACLU of Southern California; Muslim Advocates, a national association of Muslim lawyers; the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California and the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Blah, blah, blah. The usual suspects. As an aside, the very first group of infidels that would end up executed under sharia (rhymes with diarrhea) law would be the ACLU lawyers. The plan "basically turns the LAPD officers into religious political analysts, while their role is to fight crime and enforce the laws," said Hussam Ayloush, head of the Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who signed the letter. However, another group, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, is considering working with the LAPD on the project. Hark...I hear a voice of reason! "We will work with the LAPD and give them input, while at the same time making sure that people's civil liberties are protected," said Salam al-Marayati, the council's executive director. and turn over the names of the traitors and treasonous b*stards who want to destroy the US. | |
| Posted by:anymouse |
| #5 Well, they know where I live. So what? |
| Posted by: newc 2007-11-09 22:44 |
| #4 The numbers are often suspicious because we don't count religion in the census so they estimate Arab and Persian populations, many of which are actually Christian Arabs and Zarostrians and such. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-11-09 22:28 |
| #3 I'm surprised the number is that high - was it supplied by CAIR? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-11-09 22:03 |
| #2 There are an estimated 500,000 Muslims in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties. Its California. How many are 'Lola Granola' muslims? |
| Posted by: Cromert 2007-11-09 21:54 |
| #1 Since muslims are not a race, I don't think you could make a very strong case for racism. Unless they checked the box that says "Radical Muslim" on their census form in 2000 I don't think it would even be possible to map muslims. You don't have to register as a muslim to my knowlege, but maybe you should, hmmmmm...... |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-11-09 16:54 |