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| US senator says Muslims drive cabs during day and kill at night |
| 2006-09-05 |
| A US senator is under fire from the Muslim community for saying that Muslims drive taxis by day and commit murder by night. Republican Senator Conrad Burns said that America confronted a "faceless enemy" of terrorists who "drove taxi cabs in the daytime and killed at night". He made the remarks on Wednesday at a fundraiser headlined by First Lady Laura Bush. The US lawmaker, who is known for such gaffes, was taken to task by Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Hooper said, "It just adds to the overall atmosphere of anti-Muslim hysteria and xenophobia." He said Burns's comments could spread beyond his own small base. He argued that such comments from high-ranking American politicians could tarnish America's image in the Muslim world. "It doesn't help our nation either domestically or internationally," Hooper said. "These types of comments are picked up by news sources around the world, they're spread on the Internet, and people hear about them. It's no longer that some local politician can say something to pander to a local audience, because their views will be published internationally." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #15 I guess when someone talks about a "faceless enemy" and Muslims immediately complain about being singled out, the Muslims just identified themselves as those enemies. I'd say it was the result of a guilty conscience, but there's no evidence anyone at CAIR has a conscience. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-09-05 20:31 |
| #14 Sen. Burns, we luv ya. Glad you're on our side. Just a little slip. I wish I could reach out and touch this slimy shit Hooper. I'd personally like to rip his f**kin' head off and stomp on it. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-09-05 16:11 |
| #13 I guess when someone talks about a "faceless enemy" and Muslims immediately complain about being singled out, the Muslims just identified themselves as those enemies. Pretty slick for a "gaffe." |
| Posted by: Angoluque Shons6653 2006-09-05 15:55 |
| #12 I say tell the muzzies to cry us a fucking river. Stop supporting and pandering the terrorists in your communities and we might think about not being suspicious about you. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-09-05 15:55 |
| #11 No, no, you see he really meant that those Amish drive their buggies by day and kill by night. under fire from the Muslim community cause we all know that it was them Amish who've been terrorizing the world since before 9/11. |
| Posted by: Elmeretch Spoque3740 2006-09-05 09:17 |
| #10 He did not say MUSLIMS drive cabs during the day and kill at night. He said the FACELESS ENEMY drive cabs by day and kil at night. That's born out in the recent arrests in Britain. Regular, everyday joes, by all accounts, who happen to also be terrorists. If the terrorists who drive cabs by day/kill by night happen to be muslim, that's not Conrad Burns' fault. He's just pointing out that the enemy hides in our midst. The headline is a lie, and the story is also a lie. Typical. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-09-05 08:32 |
| #9 These types of comments are picked up by news sources around the world, they're spread on the Internet, and people hear about them. OK, Hooper, let's start hearing the contents of every goddamned Friday sermon. We'll start with the ones in Saudi Arabia. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-09-05 05:24 |
| #8 Oy ve. This ought to be interesting. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-09-05 03:16 |
| #7 Burns isn't a career politician. He came to politics late in life, after making it in the private sector. This is why he has always had a bad case of political potty-mouth. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-09-05 03:14 |
| #6 Well, Hooper is an expert on pandering. |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-09-05 02:48 |
| #5 A US senator is under fire from the Muslim community for saying that Muslims drive taxis by day and commit murder by night. Okay ... okay, he was wrong. They don't drive taxis ... |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-05 02:32 |
| #4 They not only drive cabs. They educate the next generation (Ali Asad Chandia), sell you gas (Faysal Galab, Lackawanna), and program your computers (Maher "Mike" Hawash, Intel) ... and plot to kill you. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-09-05 01:59 |
| #3 Well do they? |
| Posted by: newc 2006-09-05 01:37 |
| #2 Well we wouldn't want to do or say (or draw or publish) anything that 'tarnishes our image' in the Muslim world. Then they wouldn't even have to make s*&t up to tarnish our image like stories about Korans in the toilet. |
| Posted by: Monsieur Moonbat 2006-09-05 01:33 |
| #1 Was Hooper talking about Sen. Burns or about OBL, al-Zawhiri & the other Islamic fascist politicians? His criticism cuts both ways. |
| Posted by: Ulelet Uniting8249 2006-09-05 00:31 |