CAIR chief claims Muslims discovered America!

Visit our News page January 10, 2013 “CAIR chief claims Muslims discovered America first” According to a Daily Caller story below (highlights added), CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) co-founder Nihad Awad claims there are “historical accounts” proving that Muslims came to America before Columbus did. Seriously. Awad’s preposterous claim hasn’t made it into our public school textbooks—yet. This is not to say school textbooks aren’t riddled with other absurdities in their treatment of Islam. (For instance, textbooks commonly claim that Muslim conquerors throughout history were “tolerant” of Christians and Jews and allowed them “full religious freedom,” which is patently false. You can see the textbook report ACT! for America Education published here.) Last year CAIR launched a vicious and dishonest disinformation campaign against ALAC, “American Laws for American Courts” legislation that we’ve helped pass in Tennessee, Arizona and Kansas, and we expect CAIR to do that again this year. So here’s a heads-up to every person reading this email, from concerned citizen to grassroots activist to journalist to state legislator: When CAIR comes around this year peddling its so-called “fact sheet” about ALAC, remember that this is the same group that claims Muslims discovered America. CAIR chief claims Muslims discovered America first Neil Munro Muslims discovered the Americas long before Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, the head of a D.C.-based jihad-linked Islamic lobbying group told a Saudi TV station Dec. 27. “There are historical accounts according to which the Muslims preceded Columbus, who is said to have discovered the U.S.,” claimed Nihad Awad, the co-founder of the Council on American Islamic Relations. “Some documents and accounts indicate that Muslim seafarers were the first to reach the U.S., [so] the bottom line is that Islam played a part in the establishment and development of the U.S.,” Awad told the Saudi interviewer, in an interview in a New York studio. CAIR did not respond to The Daily Caller’s request for an explanation of Awad’s comments, which were recorded by the Middle East Media Research Institute. Awad’s group bills itself as a “civil rights” group, but five of its former employees have been jailed or deported for terror offenses, and FBI officials refuse to meet Awad because of his ties to jihadi groups, such as Hamas. Awad’s claim was made during an interview in which he argued that Muslims can settle in the U.S. without violating Islam’s myriad Sharia rules about religion, diet, speech, friendships, work and political loyalty. “Islam flourishes in an atmosphere of freedom, and [it] spreads freedom, justice, and equality,” he claimed. “Every day I live as an American-Muslim citizen, I rediscover the firm bonds between the humane system that the U.S. created for its people, and the values advocated by Islam,” he claimed. However, Islam’s Sharia laws curb religious freedom, speech, and political activism, and also subordinate non-Muslims and women to orthodox Muslim men. Sharia is enforced in Saudi Arabia, Iran, much of Afghanistan and increasingly in Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia and Libya, all of which were recently governed by secular laws. Awad’s claim is part of a broader campaign by Islamist groups to encourage Muslims to settle in the United States and Europe. From 610 to 632, Islam’s founder, Mohammad, reputedly urged his followers to spread Islam by both conquest and emigration. Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/04/cair-chief-claims-muslims-discovered-america-first/#ixzz2HaIvpwdd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT for America P.O. Box 12765 Pensacola, FL 32591 www.actforamerica.org ACT for America is an issues advocacy organization dedicated to effectively organizing and mobilizing the most powerful grassroots citizen action network in America, a grassroots network committed to informed and coordinated civic action that will lead to public policies that promote America’s national security and the defense of American democratic values against the assault of radical Islam. We are only as strong as our supporters, and your volunteer and financial support is essential to our success. Thank you for helping us make America safer and more secure. The news items, blogs, educational materials and other information in our emails and on our website are only intended to provide information, news and commentary on events and issues related to the threat of radical Islam. Much of this information is based upon media sources, such as the AP wire services, newspapers, magazines, books, online news blog and news services, and radio and television, which we deem to be reliable. However, we have undertaken no independent investigation to verify the accuracy of the information reported by these media sources. We therefore disclaim all liability for false or inaccurate information from these media sources. We also disclaim all liability for the third-party information that may be accessed through the material referenced in our emails or posted on our website. HOW CAN I TELL OTHERS ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION? Send a personalized version of this message to your friends. HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOUR ORGANIZATION? Click here to give an online donation.