In May 2011 Muzammil Siddiqi, ex-president of the Islamic Society of North America, was given a community leader award by the Orange County Human Relations Commission, a useless drain on the Orange County budget led by Rusty Kennedy. The event drew a protest (in which I participated).
A friend has sent me this video which was made at the time by a group called Islam and Liberty.com. I had not previously seen it.
So here it is. It features interviews of protesters and Siddiqi himself, as well as CAIR's Southern California director, Hussam Ayloush. Around the 3-minute mark you will see the moderator trying to interview counter protesters across the street from us. At that point, local Muslim activist Shakeel Syed enters the picture and tells the person being interviewed not to talk to anybody at which point the interview is terminated. (Ironic since Syed made it his practice to show up at the "Irvine 11" trial with masking tape over his mouth to make the case that Muslims were being "silenced".) In the next shot, Syed walks across the street to where Ayloush is trying to start a scene with us and leads him back across the street. Ayloush had walked over to where we were standing, started taking pictures of us with his cell phone, and tried to start an argument with us. One of our fellow protesters started to engage him in a debate and told him that he (Ayloush) represented " a despicable organization" (CAIR) That was when Syed led Ayloush away as you can see in the video. Near the end of the video, Ayloush tells the moderator/interviewer that Islam is by definition moderate and any deviation from moderation is a deviation from Islam
Someone should ask Ayloush why he supports the rebels in Syria if they are deviating from Islam.
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