CAIR's press release denouncing and defaming me has been picked up by the Tehran-based Iranian Quran News Agency.
Of course, if anyone started using against CAIR the guilt-by-association smears they have used against me, and stating that this shows they must support Ahmadinejad's call for the destruction of Israel and all the human rights abuses of the Iranian mullahocracy, I am sure they would cry foul quickly.
In fact, I am sure a denunciation of Ahmadinejad's words is posted prominently at their website. If anyone finds it, please send it to me here at director@jihadwatch.org.
(What's that? The fact that someone picks up a news release doesn't mean that the organization that published the release endorses every stance of the organization using the release? I know that, of course. But neither does the fact that a comment appears on this website mean that I endorse it -- yet CAIR's attack on me features only such comments, and none of my words at all.)
CAIR treats it's target audience like a pack of Pavlov's dogs that will have a predictable reaction to Islamic and liberal buzzwords
JihadWatchers know the English language and demand a higher level of argument than a lazy recitation of liberal buzzwords, such as "Islamophobe" and "racist". Since when is Islam a race?
Robert,
This is a indication of success...you're big enough now that you've gained the attention of the enemy.
These attacks are a badge of honor.
I do find it gratifying to notice that you are being mentioned more and more widely in the media.
Note: kt may be back...? in the guise of bin-censored.
Many, including myself, have written foolish things here and got carried away when provoked by trolls.
However, the learning process that comes with the comments, the funny, the sarcastic, the angry, the knowledgeable, (especially Hugh's priceless contributions) were well worth it.
Yes, there are the bible bashers, the rants, the OT and the scurrilous, but just exposing the falsehood of the Mohammedans, their pretenses, their lies and their brazen claims for world domination were worth every penny.
The comments section, like it or not, is allowing us to exercise our right of free speech. Mohammed don't like it? Go and ask the Imam! You'll find many Islamic hate-sites on the net and you can froth from the mouth about killing infidels and Jews.
We are civil, still. Many of us have learned a lot from commenting here, and we'll get to use it, sooner or later, one way or another.
Thank you, Robert Spencer!
Robert:
The vociferous clamoring by CAIR is a shining testament to your effectiveness. You should be feeling pretty good right about now.
Cheers,
Insomniac
Not surprised that the Iranians are picking up the comments of an organization in this country which that can use to further their agenda/standing.
All the more so when the likes of Reid/Schumer/Boxer/Kennedy/Leahy/Pelosi do the same-style bashing on any number of topics, especially the Iraq war, and is trumpeted by America's enemies abroad.
Some effects of spreading truth are benign, some less so. The Iranian thugocracy is not bound by the rules that force CAIR to at least present a facade of civilized behavior.
Take care Mr. Spencer, you, more than most, know the nature of the beast.
CAIR might just be upset that none of the staff or readers at Jihad Watch have been named as a defendant in any lawsuits stemming from 9/11, or been deported or imprisoned for terror crimes like their staff has.
No doubt CAIR will be quick to condemn the infidelophobic hate literature being distributed in the U.S. by the Saudis...
"In one instance, a booklet distributed by the Saudi Embassy in Washington offers instructions on how to “build a wall of resentment” between Muslims and infidels, said Nina Shea, director of the Center for Religious Freedom."
Among the book’s directives: “Never greet the Christian or Jew first. Never congratulate the infidel on his holiday. Never befriend an infidel unless it is to convert him. Never imitate the infidel. Never work for an infidel,” Shea quoted during a committee hearing."
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1229979&C=american
Is this Saudi infidelophobic propaganda a distortion of the Koran? Here's what the Koran says about how infidels (all non-Muslims) should be treated by Muslims:
fight/oppose/shun/strive against/regard as the enemy/never help/never befriend/sever family ties with/never compromise with/never obey/never forgive/chastise/curse/be ruthless toward/be stern toward/etc. (not in order) 3:118; 3:28, 3:56; 3:87-88, 4:50, 4:63, 4:101, 4:139-140, 4:144, 5:54, 5:57, 8:65, 9:14, 9:23, 9:29, 9:73-74, 9:123, 25:52, 28:86, 31:7, 33:48, 45:7-8, 48:28-29, 53:29, 58:5, 58:22, 60:1, 60:4, 60:10, 60:13, 63:6, 66:9, 68:8-9, 76:24, 84:24.
4:144 "Believers, do not choose the unbelievers rather than the faithful as your friends. Would you give Allah a clear proof against yourselves?"
Comparing Muslims to Nazis? Perish the thought!!
http://www.sacredcowburgers.com/fresh/showpics.cgi?deja_vu
You mr spencer have been a fine upstanding fellow
You have been factual, unemotional, non - slanderous and almost bending over backwards to ensure you did NOT defame the religion of Islam...
For that I as well as many others thank you...
I will tell CAIR this..
While Mr spencer Never EVER defamed your religion He has Posted to ALL readers a letter stating that He would turn off comments if people Kept on Hurling insults at the religion of Islam..
He has not only done this but done this twice..
Mr spencer has just STATED the TRUTH and has Never ever insulted the religion of Islam..
And he hasnt out of RESPECT for Muslims and arabs all over the world..
The statements by Mr Fitzgerald as they appear on the Iranian website are true. accurate and reasonable. It is certainly permissable and within the rights of a consumer to boycott products they do not wish to buy. It is not hate speech to buy one product or service over another.
I do not accept the guilt by association defense because their is no guilt to begin with.
What probably tipped CAIR over the edge was when you posted that recipe for bubble and squeak. Only a hatemonger would do something like that.
Keep up the good work Robert and Hugh.
Off topic but welcome news. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) has an on-line poll - today's question: "In your opinion, are Western values fundamentally at odds with those of Islam?"
The poll is presently running about two to one in favour of "yes".
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/polls/pollResults?id=37018&pollid=37018&answerid=&poll=GAMFront&save=_save&show_vote_always=no&hub=Front&subhub=VoteResult
BTW - you can vote on the Globe's home page.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO LET THEIR BOOK OR THEIR ACTIONS SPEAK FOR ITSELF!!!
11/08/2005
REMEMBER WHAT COURAGE IS!
Courage is not Strength without fear but, Courage is Strength in the face of fear!!!
McCain amendment stands with dicki Derbin yes the same dicki Derbin who call the US Military Polpot and or Nazis? REMEMBER WE HAVE ALREADY SAID we use the Geniva Convetion so is McCain saying the Geniva convetion allows torcher??
And this bulsh-t about what the Islamic Terrorist do is Just that HELLO YODAY FOUND IN IRAQ MEN WITH THEIR HANDS TIED BEHIND THEIR BACKS AND SHOT AND KILLED !!!
Were the Islamic terrorist using the Geniva Convention???????
So when you ask yourself if I could be a Hero? For women many may have done so before their first child but, I would think if not done so that the Birth of their first Child was not without fear but, it was something they did in the face of that fear! So when you think you have no Courage to do things that need to be done to be done think again about what and who a Hero is and what can be done in the face of fear!!!
Islamic terrorist still burning France down???
The old man who died in France who was beaten by Islamic terrorist who were burning France was a HERO!!! He went out to try to help save people around him to put out a fire yes in the face of fear!! BUT Shame on the French who sat back and did nothing to help him? You may say what could others have done WELL I bet every house apt. had a BROOM in their house it doesn’t take much to make bullies run away like the YELLOW COWARDS they are. JUST THE SHEAR NUMBERS OF A BUNCH OF PEOPLE SCREAMING AND SWING BROOMS COULD HAVE SAVED THE LIFE OF THIS GREAT MAN!!! BUT the French people show themselves to be cowards!!!
I have a deep discust for cowards who call others names[to make themselves feel better] for those bullies in life we all must not follow because in the end they will get you killed!!!
Are all lib’s cowards no BUT, doing the right thing is never easy yes they will have to stand against the PC Crap because this is now proven to be WRONG WRONG HELLO FRANCE HAS BEEN BURNING FOR 13 NIGHTS!!!!
Are all Conservites Heros NO some have no courage to stand for they are afraid to be called names yes they show fear in it’s face and run away like cowards!!
SO to not be PC IS TO BE A HERO in a way because you are standing in the water against the current!!
WE see Courage in the Iraqi People to do these things in the Face of Fear to come together to stand against the Bully’s!!!!
The Afghani People also are standing in that river and, are Faceing that fear to stand aginst the Bully’s!!!
And yet the MSM can’t see past their nose.....
HELLO FRANCE IS BURNING and the youth’s [Islamic terrorist] are burning and in the streets screaming mulsum chants and they do this in the name of islam.. So what the french said about the mulsums could never live in freedom at lest we see the French mulsums can’t???
I see a lot of excuses but the condemning is not there???
Saudis arrest a Islamic terrorist?
Iran tells the EU to change their bahavoir??
Russian Border is getting better at stopping the drug flow!!
Kj
Who was it who took the Islamic terrorist caught on the battlefield to the courts of the USA?? OH YEA IT IS THE LIB’S And of course this hurts the war effort and you know it.. Who is it today who stood on the floor of the the Senate to once again Bash the Troops OH YEA IT IS THE LIB’S DEMOCRATS LEVIN AND DERBIN!!
Why is the CIA hurting the war effort??
Hello more burning in france tonight only in 250 citys??
15 year spy case tracked down in the last year was selling stuff to China for the last 15 years was busted 10/28/2005 in L.A.??
I say take the trator out back and just shoot him or hang him from the tallest tree in the town sq.!!!
Repub. Finnaly call for a investagtion on who leaked about the prisions to the press!!
McCain want a new rule that goes beyond the Geniva Convetion and who is his co sponser BUT DICKI DERBIN THE REPUB. In the Senate had better stop this asalt on our military who are in the trenches in this war!!
I will honor the ALB Boccot!!
Remember terrorism is just a tactic so when the MSM says terrorist what are they saying?? It is like saying car we kind of know what that means but not really there are many kinds of cars??
NO IT IS ISLAMIC TERRORIST BURNING FRANCE!!
It was ISLAMIC TERRORIST WHO TIED MENS HANDS BEHIND THEIR BACK AND KILLED THEM what cowards TODAY IN IRAQ!! Found at the water treatment plant?
But the MSM is so worried like our polis they are showing to be cowards STOP THIS PC CRAP WE DO NOT TORCHER is standing a child in the corner torcher this is what McCain and Derbin are saying??
11/09/2005
France Denile aint a river in Egypt??
Granny’s on the borders with guns SWEET!!! Better to live in a place where Granny’s have guns then a place like France where they are living in fear in their houses while their streets burn!!!!
Saudi ambastor said yesterday it is all the Jews fault?? Because they only report the bad things when Islamic terrorist blow up their people HUH??
Islamic terrorist still burning France?? What was it France saying to the rest of the world ? Be more like us??
Who leaked the info about the where CIA was keeping Islamic terrorist??
Who ever did should be tried for TREASON! Remember this leak either came from the CIA itself or Polis and this was REAL CLASSIFIDED INFO and was done to hurt the War against Islamic Terrorism what do they want to have what is happening in France to happen in the USA?? Well I will tell you if it happened in the USA it will be much uglier!!!
Defence Contractor caught after 15 years of selling CLASSIFIDED info to China? Take him out back and shoot him!!!
Iraq huge weapon stash found on the border with Syira!!! Way to go guys!!
Another lawyer killed in Iraq? Saddam[YELLOW COWARD FOUND IN A HOLE DON’T SHOOT I’M A YELLOW COWARD] is having the lawyers killed to stall the trial! Maybe it is time to let the Iraqi people do what the Itialians did to Muslinni????
REMEMBER THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN FRANCE!!
http://www.netwerk.tv/templates/videoasx.jsp?f=198614
AND THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE USA??
http://www.foehammer.net/2005/06/thoughts.html
VIDEO IN NYC OF CRAZY MULSUMS!!!
AGAIN PEACEFUL MULSUMS AT PLAY!!!
UN=LON=AL says the USA is bad because of Cuba?? ROTFL!
Part of the American Tribe
Squirrel Hunter
Spider Killer
GOD BLESS THE USA AND HER FIGHTING FORCES AND ALL WHO FIGHT WITH HER GIVE THEM STRENGTH, WISDOM, SIGHT, AND COURAGE TO DESTROY ALL ISLAMIC TERRORIST AND ALL WHO SUPPORT THEM LET NOT THE WORLD BE DECEIVED BY THEM AMEN
PS
JUST means you are making a big impact on this problem and like all bullies they never admidt they need to look in the mirror that it they who need to change to get along with others!!!
And who are these bullies from CAIR who are trying to take FREEDOM away from the American people it is none of their bussiness who People have as seakers REMEMBER THE MULSUMS IN FLA. HAD NAZIS COME AND SPEAK TO THEM WHAT DID THEY DO OR SAY ABOUT THAT???
OH YEA I REMEMBER YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHO WE HAVE AS SPEAKERS???
One must ponder how things must look for Robert as the rest of us offer encouragement from the safety and comfort of our own anonymity.
Robert, you have to do what's right for you...and follow the dicates of your own conscience. It would be very unfortunate for you to have to join the likes of Steve Emerson, Gert Wilders, Ali Hirshi, Taslima Nasrin and others who must live in hiding or surrounded by bodyguards.
Call it one of the occupational hazards of the trade. Speaking out about Islamic intolerance is a dangerous game. However you decide to handle your growing status, please be careful.
We need to develop a psych-ops program to counter Islam's for the benefit of the relativist liberals, who are incapable of rational thought, and our confused, weak, poltitically correct politicians who wouldn't denounce Satan himself if they thought they might lose a vote or two.
CAIR has learned how to manipulate the American press and corporate America by engaging in bully tactics designed to directly impact their reputations, credibility, and profits. The corporations cannot allow any bad publicity to adversely affect stockholder profits; the media wholly supports anyone who is against America. There is nothing they love any more than a fat, juicy scapegoat to crucify for "Islamophobia", that contrived and hackneyed epithet that evokes visions of cruel persecution in the confused and deluded minds of multiculturalists.
CAIR does not exist to protect muslims; it's sole purpose is to silence Islam's critics and in doing so, deprive Americans of their right to free speech. I cannot believe that after several of its corrupt, criminal leaders have been convicted of various crimes, CAIR still gets away with extortion, blackmail, and slander against honest, decent Americans.
The evil muslims at CAIR are certainly not any smarter than the rest of us, they are just relentless in their determination to misrepresent Islam to Americans and rip to shreds anyone who stands in their way. Their American-educated attorneys know all the tricks and their lobbyists bend the ears of lawmakers every day. CAIR is as dangerous as the ACLU and when one considers that muslims comprise a mere .2% of the American population, CAIR's ubiquitous network is highly suspect. It is obvious: CAIR's mission in America is to spread vile Wahabbi Islam and Saudi Arabia's endless stream of petro dollars pays the bills.
The only way to beat this fifth column is to replicate its devious, underhanded tactics and fight fire with fire. It amazes me that CAIR would have the audacity to call JihadWatch a "hate" site, considering the vile invective found on hundreds of Islamic websites that is utterly chilling. Compared to them, JihadWatch is innocuous. If the truth is synonomous with hate, it's because Islam is an ideology of pure, raw, uncensored hate and nothing CAIR does can change that or stop us from discussing it.
You should sue them for slander and defamation of character. They love our courts; they've been tying them up with their BS for years.
Cornelius ~
Right on.
Freedom of speech has to be maintained through the robust, aggressive, on-going employment of...free speech.
Use it or lose it.
The French have effectively lost the liberty to speak--particularly where Islam is concerned. Much of the Continent is following closely behind. Britain and Australia are saddled with "hate speech" laws that, in the best Orwellian tradition, will be used to suppress political speech. There are plenty in the US who would love to saddle the republic with similar laws.
We owe the likes of Robert Spencer and Serge Trifkovic a great deal. It's all well and good to play at free speech at a protest in DC where you're totally safe; it's another thing altogether when there are plenty of youths willing to kill to preserve the privacy of their Prophet (Critical Inquiry be Upon Him). RS and ST are way out on a limb. We should help them out as much as we can.
The Jihad is advancing. Tell your friends, endure a dirty look, instigate an uncomfortable silence at a dinner party, write a letter to the editor. Speak the ugly truth.
The French wish they still could.
Sincerely,
Mad Jack
CAIR should use their powerful friends in Washington to launch an investigation. Tell Condi, tell Dubya, tell the CIA and the Pentagon. Have them thoroughly investigate this site.....especially those hateful diatribes by Hugh Fitzgerald. Please.
Robert,
Anyone with a minute sense of truth and fairness can see the errors in that press release.
I hope everyone gets a chance to see it and, as a result, starts their own investigation.
Thanks for all you do.
Tim
Mad Jack;
"instigate an uncomfortable silence..."
Exactly.
I ALWAYS carry a knapsack(I'm dating myself with that phrase) stuffed with the following;
Islam Unveiled, Onward Muslim Soldiers, The Legacy of Jihad, P.I.G., The Occidentalists, Clash of Civilizations, and a rotating group of others.
It goes where I go. With missionary zeal(muslims love that one), I engage my coworkers, family, friends, and strangers for short periods of about 15 minutes(longer and their eyes start to glaze) in "Did you know" sessions. Deftly scuplting my remarks to the target at hand, shrewd judge of humanity that I am, I provide them with facts about Islam and the dangers we as infidels face. Women are particularly rewarding recipients, there are enough little gems to lay out for them that I usually can tell I've gotten through, at least momentarily. Men may view the subject as an abstract exercise irrelavent to their daily lives, but women, when they hear about how Islam treats women , not in theory but in practice, it gets real personal.
Following the lead of Mr. Spencer, I am always truthful, never the "rabblerouser", armed with the facts available, there is no need. The simple, verifiable truth, calmly and quietly delivered, is far stronger and more forceful than the most flowery and hyperbole-laced tirade.
For most of my life I have been rather reserved about "causes", too much the introvert to look "foolish" or "fanatical". Funny what a threat to you and yours will do to a man. My "Defeat Jihad" sticker rides prominently at eye-level on the rear door of my workvan, located where it can never be obscurred to the driver behind me.
It is incumbent upon us, our moral responsibility as people aware of a danger, to warn others. Mr. Spencer deserves no less, and far, far more.
Hmmm, I wonder who did this...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/008927.php
Are we supposed to believe someone other than jihadis did this? Does that make us "islamophobes"?
Bottom line is there is no love for the West from Isalm... it came from them first and it is still coming from them..what are we to do?
Not say anything?...it is their own words that are being pronounced.. they accuse you of racism and obviously there is no race referred to as Islam or Muslim but hey its just a small fact not a feeling which is what is more important... The Muslim's feelings are hurt and that is wrong.
No matter what they do we must never hurt their feelings.
Please apologize to Allah so he won't be mad at you..
Good boy Robert.
I knew you would do the right thing... now go sit in the corner while Islam tries to take over the world, of course "not that there is anything wrong with that".
This is awesome. It means that we have succeeded in unnerving the opposition.
Let's keep the pressure on. Everyone that contributes to this site has the guts, whether you know it or not, to stand up and defeat this enemy. If they won't join us, we will beat them.
Sweet dreams everybody.
Hmmm, now the Iranians are involved. Does anyone suspect a Rushdie-style fatwa? That will show Islamic "tolerance".