Yesterday I noted that a press conference held by the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) in front of RNC headquarters to attack Michele Bachmann and demand that Mitt Romney denounce his GOP colleague was a bust when the media failed to show. MPAC then “cancelled” the press conference after the fact.
One of the few media interviews MPAC gave at the “cancelled” press conference was an interview by MPAC-DC director (and regular White House guest — even when they won’t admit it) Haris Tarin, where he hinted at Bachmann’s ties to this weekend’s shooting at the Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
But Michele Bachmann is not MPAC’s first scapegoat for violence.
As the LA Times reported back in September 2001, on the day of the 9/11 attacks longtime MPAC president Salam al-Marayati went on a local radio program and blamed Israelis for the attacks:
Al-Marayati was interviewed the day of the terrorist attacks, by Warren Olney on KCRW-FM’s “Which Way, LA?” According to a transcript provided by the Anti-Defamation League, an organization created to defend Jews against anti-Semitism, Olney asked: “Are you worried about another spate of anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States?”
Al-Marayati replied: “Yes, we’re warning about generalizations that will only aid the criminals who perpetrated this deplorable act and really hurt innocent people. . . . ”
The discussion then turned to suspects. According to the transcript, Al-Marayati said, “If we’re going to look at suspects, we should look to the groups that benefit the most from these kinds of incidents, and I think we should put the state of Israel on the suspect list because I think this diverts attention from what’s happening in the Palestinian territories so that they can go on with their aggression and occupation and apartheid policies. Why not put all the suspects on the list, instead of going ahead and shooting from the hip and saying those people did it and bombing the cornfields of Afghanistan and pharmaceutical factories of Sudan. . . .”
David A. Lehrer, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, said he will not join any dialogue involving Al-Marayati.
Must be nice to always have a ready-made scapegoat for every act of violence (and SHOCK!! they always seem to be MPAC’s perceived “enemies”).
The hypocrisy is, of course, that when Muslims are involved in terror plots we’re always told by groups like MPAC that we’re not allowed to hold anyone else in the Muslim community accountable for their role in radicalizing would-be jihadists. But a shooting at a Sikh temple? Michele Bachmann is to blame. 9/11 attacks? The Jews are responsible.
UPDATE: Twitchy points us to the Twitter storm on the left attacking Bachmann for made up quotes attributed to her by The Onion (a parody publication).
Mr. Poole: I don’t think it’s hypocrisy at all. It’s the Muslim way of talking to the infidel. A Muslim can tell the infidel any outrageous lie he/she wants to, and that’s OK. (And that’s why signing peace treaties with them is meaningless.) As an example, yesterday, it was reported that Arab terrorists killed 15 Egyptian soldier near the Israeli border, stole two vehicles and tried to enter Israel for the purpose of committing acts of terrorism. The IDF stopped them cold at the border. Soon after that, some Egyptian (who had run for president) was complaining that Israel had entered Egyptian territory, and then some other Arab said the attack was staged an Israeli plot. All untruths, but their holy quaran (a good imitation of Mein Kampf) gives them that right.
Muslims in USA – GET GRIP, wake up to the fact that YOU are creating a rift between the people of USA- WE DONT want Sharia LAWS and WE are not going to let you have them- you CANNOT have it your way- if you want to go to Burger King – YOU Have now moved to a COuntry that has provided MORE Freedom to more people in the entire HISTORY of mankind & recorded history- IF you WANT you roots to be American THEN, BE American and Muslim in your homes – become PART of the USA not FIGHT it- IF you cannot handle it GO THE F HOME to your momma
“If we’re going to look at suspects, we should look to the groups that benefit the most from these kinds of incidents”
I agree! We should fully investigate all of the Muslim hate-mongers… starting with the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
TOTALY agree DUKE5343 –very well said..