Dubious Associations? You mean, like Reverend Wright?

Submitted by David Koral (United States), Aug 17, 2010 at 18:15

What I found particularly helpful was the link to Muhammad Rauf"s background and dubious associations, especially with an imam employed by the Islamic Cultural Center, Sheikh Muhammad Gemeaha, who was quoted as placing blame for the 9/11 attacks on the Jews. But Rauf's own comments--on 60 Minutes no less--that America bore part of the responsibility for the attacks clearly place him on the side of the regimes that call for the destruction of the West. The difference is that he has a benign smile and a gentle demeanor. But what continues to disturb me is that even with all this evidence of his true sentiments, people will go on deceiving themselves into believing he represents a moderate strain of Islam, as they did about Obama's true political vision during the 2008 presidential campaign, when given ample opportunity to view videos of the 9/16/01 sermon of Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

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