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June 04, 2005

Muslim "Civil Rights" vs. Homeland Security

I'm sure finding a lot of stuff to comment about from the "all the left that fits to print" newspaper these days. In todays New York Times there's an article by Andrea Elliott entitled You Can't Talk to an F.B.I. Agent that Way, or Can You?

Dressed in a navy suit and red tie, his hair parted neatly on the side, Special Agent Charles E. Frahm sat with practiced calm as Muslims rose, one after another, to hurl raw complaints at him. Mr. Frahm, who heads the counterterrorism division of the F.B.I. in New York, was at a banquet hall in the Midwood section of Brooklyn on Thursday night to listen, he had told hundreds of residents gathered there.

And they responded. They were tired of being held for hours at airports when their names resembled those of suspected terrorists, they said. They were tired of seeing Muslims arrested on immigration charges. They were tired of having their mosques watched, their businesses scrutinized.

....Since Mr. Frahm took over New York's counterterrorism division in July 2004, he has impressed some skeptical Muslim leaders with his eagerness to make public appearances. "I think it helps the community to air their feelings," he said during a break on Thursday night. ""This provides folks a forum for pent-up frustration. The emotion is real."

...."I hear you, and I will continue to hear you," he said. "I can also say we make no apologies for actions we must take to protect Americans." 

And that last quote sums things up pretty well. ".... we make no apologies for actions we must take to protect Americans."

What do these people expect? The overwhelming majority of today's terrorists look just like them, have names like theirs and to go further, several mosques and places of business have been caught out as places for storing weapons and explosives, harboring wanted terrorists, indoctrinating and training terrorists and also in the case of the mosques, many are places where "holy men" preach hate against Jews and Christians with the intention of inciting lethal violence against innocent people in the name of Islam.

So we're supposed to assume that all of these people are clean until something blows up and a lot of people are killed or maimed? Is that it? 

I have a much better idea: Stop whining, and police your own damn community! Your inaction sends out a message of approval to these murderous fanatics, and coupled with the adulation they receive from Arab media and millions of fellow Muslims this accellerates terrorism. If a Muslim community, here or elsewhere does not openly oppose terrorists and actively help local and federal law enforcement in taking them down(that includes fingering relatives who are involved in terrorism) then as far as I'm concerned that community is proterror and undeserving of U.S. citizenship or even a green card.

Terrorism travels with Islam; Wherever the Religion of Peace goes, so does violence. It's your baggage, Muslims, so you need to deal with it. Until you do, don't bitch about your "rights." My right to live is more important to me than your right not to be inconvenienced.

So, in the article....

Posted by Seth at June 4, 2005 09:59 PM