A recent story out of New Jersey demonstrates what is wrong with coverage of CAIR on TV.
Groups including the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) claimed that the inclusion of a bulldozer in the Aug. 14 India Day Parade was a ”symbolic attack on Muslims,” “a clear message of intimidation,” and “bulldozer justice.”
The man in charge of putting on the parade, Chandrakant Patel, Chairman of the Indian Business Association (IBA), initially said he was not sorry and had “done nothing wrong.” But what a difference a week made. Now, just six days later, Patel’s IBA group has issued an apology. The written apology does not explain what caused Chandrakant Petel’s change of heart. It could be information he was not aware of, or it could be intimidation from city officials.
According to the complaints, “bulldozer justice” refers to the arbitrary demolition of Muslim-owned homes. However, the demolition is actually not arbitrary, but is carried out at the homes of those who are committing and inciting violence. If one looks at the high-profile case of Javed Mohammad, the Indian government demolished his home after he led violent protests in reaction to the Nupur Sharma affair.
Jihad Watch has discussed extensively (and almost exclusively) the fact that during a televised debate, Nupur Sharma referenced Muhammad’s child bride, Aisha.
What Nupur Sharma said was accurate. Hadiths that Muslims consider authentic record that Muhammad’s favorite wife, Aisha, was six when Muhammad wedded her and nine when he consummated the marriage:
“The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death)” (Bukhari 7.62.88).
Good luck finding a quote of what Nupur actually said. The international news media will not touch this. Because if they do, Muslims will get angry. And when Muslims get angry, people often die.
The violent reaction to the truth that Nupur Sharma enunciated about Muhammad was typically savage. Here is just one example of the gratuitous violence, which rioters meant as “a clear message of intimidation.”
One would hope there were another way of handling this without summary justice. But whatever that way is, it must include a clear-eyed resolve not to accept homicidal conniption fits when the truth about Muhammad is publicly discussed.
Edison’s India Day Parade is the 4th attack by CAIR on TV this month, and the 24th of the year.
CAIR has injected itself into this story, saying:
“ . . . the parade should celebrate India’s independence and rich culture and diversity.”
This is typical of CAIR telling other people how to run their lives. Take, for example, 9/11, which is CAIR’s property now, in case you didn’t know.
TV stations will not touch any discussion of violent Muslims. Particularly if it concerns criticism of Islam or Muhammad. And so discussing the background of this “bulldozer justice” to the TV station that reported on it will cause them to hang up on you.
“Indian Business Association apologies for using Islamophobic symbol in parade,” News 12, August 31, 2022:
The Indian Business Association has issued an apology for using an item in a recent parade that some said was Islamophobic….
The Indian Business Association organized the parade. The organization issued an apology in a letter to the mayors of Edison and Woodbridge.
The letter read in part, “Our parade should never be about politics and should never include blatant divisive symbols. Our parade should recognize us as South Asians living in two of the best towns in the state of New Jersey.”
The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations acknowledged the apology. They say the parade should celebrate India’s independence and rich culture and diversity.
somehistory says
I watched the mozzie video before the city guys and she was whining that it was ‘terrifying” and “harassment”….and the city guys said they would “investigate” the situation. I have no doubt that they pressured the Indian businessmen to apologiize….who would wish to hear the whiner again?
and, it is not up to the mozzies of c.a.i.rats org…one that supports terror…to decide just what the parade of another group “celebrates.” It would be great if the Indians could celebrate the elimination of islam from their nation.
I’ll definitely celebrate when islam is completely eliminated.
Infidel says
They can protest, and the IBA can apologize all they like. But in India, where it matters, the few state governments which are taking notes from what UP has been doing successfully are using bulldozers appropriately, and it shows. India’s problem right now is Modi: the sooner he’s gone, the better, since it would enable the above mentioned Yogi to be elected to replace him
Infidel says
One more point: the Indian Business Association should be ashamed of describing their community the ‘South Asian’ community, as if they are a business association of not just Indians but also Pakistanis and Bangladeshis. Most Indians that I know of don’t hold that view. The usage of ‘South Asian’ by secular Indians, among others, is to try and pretend that Pakistani and Bangladeshi muslims are as much a part of the Indian community as Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists
somehistory says
I saw where the Indians were demolishing an *illegal* twin tower thing. mozlums everywhere should be feeling the heat, and hearing the sound of possies on their heels.
Infidel says
Yeah, it was 2 residential towers side by side in Noida, a suburb of Delhi, which their Supreme Court ruled illegal. So the owners of the towers did a planned demolition, which turned out to be a sightseeing event
somehistory says
Woohoo!!
“DeSantis Accuses CAIR of Deception, Ousts it from Florida Program”
by Susannah Johnston
September 1, 2022
https://islamism.news/2022/09/01/desantis-accuses-cair-of-deception-ousts-it-from-florida-program/
The office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will be removing the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a partner in its Faith and Community Initiative.
DeSantis’ Press Secretary, Bryan Griffin, told FWI: “The faith office will certainly review this oversight and remove CAIR from our list of partner organizations. It is false for CAIR to claim that they were affirmatively selected to receive any sort of recognition.
Critics accuse CAIR-Florida of a history of misrepresentations. In 2020, the Islamist group presented known terror supporters and a convicted murderer as misunderstood “activists” on a webinar to “highlight the government’s use of imprisonment as a fear and intimidation tactic targeting both individuals and communities, and eroding civil liberties.”
Governor DeSantis has, however, previously taken a strong stance against CAIR, noting its identification by the U.S. government in 2007 as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation’s funding of the terror group, Hamas.”
there is more to the article.
GreekEmpress says
Thank you for the link, somehistory.
Made my day—
somehistory says
you are welcome, GE. Made mine too.
Infidel says
Thanks for this news, Somehistory. If Ron DeSantis one day becomes our president, I hope this sort of judgement will continue to guide him whenever he deals w/ muslim issues. As a former guard at Gitmo, he sure knows more about muslims than most other Americans, even if he’s read nothing about islam
somehistory says
You are welcome, Infidel.
He does seem to have a good head on his shoulders and is not afraid to say what he knows and to make every attempt to make right choices.
gravenimage says
Great to see this, Somehistory! Thanks for that link.
gravenimage says
Hamas-linked CAIR does victory dance after Indian Business Association apologizes for bulldozer in parade
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More cringing apologia. India is just taking down illegal structures. They aren’t even all built by Muslims.