Mohammad Rateb Alnabulsi is a Syrian sheikh who is touring the US and being co-sponsored by the Syrian American Council. Given his past history of statements especially in regards to Jews and homosexuals, one wonders why we gave him a visa. Here is a report from the Investigative Project on Terrorism.
http://www.investigativeproject.org/4265/ipt-exclusive-radical-syrian-cleric-secures-us
"All the Jewish people are combatants" acceptable as targets for attacks in Israel, al-Nabulsi wrote in his "ruling on martyrdom operations in Palestine."
"The second fatwa. The author of this fatwa says: the wicked Jews are a collection of defects and
imperfections, and a hotbed of vices and evils. They are the worst enemies of God, against Islam and its people, The Almighty says: Certainly you will find the most violent of people in enmity for those who believe (to be) the Jews and those who are polytheists. [Quran 5:82]
God has made it a duty to fight them and wage Jihad against them so that the word of God will be
supreme, and the word of those who disbelieve be low. This will be when the enemies of God crouch in
their homes, and do not break the Covenant and the Charter, do nor plunder the wealth of the Muslims, and usurp their homes. He says: "
"Homosexuality offers a filthy place and does not generate offsprings. Homosexuality leads to the destruction of the homosexual," Al-Nabulsi said. "That's why homosexuality carries the death penalty."
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How ironic that at a time when our government is sending a US delegation to the Winter Olympics in Russia that includes gays in response to recent anti-gay remarks by Vladimir Putin, they allow a man like this to come to this country and spout his poison.
Here is his remaining schedule:
Saturday, Jan 18, 2014: ICA Franklin, MI
Sunday, Jan 19, 2014: Orland Chateau Banquets, Orland Park, IL
Saturday, Jan 25, 2014: DoubleTree by Hilton Dallas, TX
Saturday, Feb 1, 2014: Los Angeles*
* The February 1 event is actually at the Hilton Hotel in Irvine (18800 MacArthur Blvd. from 6-9 pm.)
You will note that CAIR's Southern California director, Hussam Ayloush, who is mentioned in the IPT article, is also on the LA board of the Syrian-American Council, which promotes US assistance to the rebels fighting against the Assad government in Syria.
So my question to Ayloush is this: Since you are regarded as a human rights activist, Sir, are you as a board member of SAC sponsoring Alnubulsi's appearance in Southern California on February 1? Are you sponsoring a man who calls for death to homosexuals and describes Israeli Jews as legitimate targets for suicide bombers?
Will you be present February 1 at Alnabulsi's appearance in Irvine?
I don't believe I will.
ReplyDeleteThat last question was to Hussam Ayloush.
ReplyDeleteThe central and most important question is the one you ask: "Given his past history of statements especially in regards to Jews and homosexuals, one wonders why we gave him a visa."
ReplyDeleteIt's the same question as to why the Army Report on the Major Hassan Ft Hood shootings don't mention Muslim or Islamic terror.
That, and a range of similar questions has the same answer. That is that the current President is partial to Muslims. It flows from that.
Now even our Space Program is dedicated to outreach to Muslims. He abandons Americans under attack in Bengahzi, he dithers in Syria, he snatches defeat from the jaws of victory in Iraq, he bows before the King of Saudi Arabia, he makes bizarre statements about the "historic" role of Muslims in American history in his Cairo speech ( the first international speech in his Presidency) and on and on.
So that an outrageous Muslim Cleric gets into the country and goes on a speaking trip is no surprise at all. This what you get when you have uninformed and uneducated voters.