Zuhdi Jasser, who lauded a controversial New York City police surveillance program that targeted Muslims and helped lead the opposition to an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero, has been appointed to the commission, which advises the president, Congress and State Department on religious rights abuses internationally.
Zuhdi Jasser speaks during a news conference in front of NYPD police headquarters recently with dozens of activists to demonstrate their support for the NYPD and their surveillance of Muslim groups across the Northeast.
WASHINGTON POST “It would have been better to appoint someone who has some measure of credibility with Muslim Americans,” said Ibrahim ‘Dougie’ Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations and (unindicted co-conspirator in the Holyland terrorism financing case)
“He has long been viewed by American Muslims and the colleagues in the civil liberties community as a mere sock puppet for Islam haters and an enabler of Islamophobia.” (Jasser is one of only a tiny handful of Muslims in America who are not afraid to tell the truth about Islam)
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., appointed Jasser and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, appointed Robert P. George, a philosophy professor at Princeton University and top adviser to the U.S. Catholic bishops.
Democrats appoint five of the commission’s nine members, because they are the party in the White House; the other four are appointed by Republicans. With the Jasser and George appointments, three commission spots remain vacant.
Jasser, an activist and cardiologist from Phoenix, addressed the first in a series of hearings last year called by the House Homeland Security Committee to investigate the threat of homegrown terrorism.
Jasser’s group, the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, has called the leadership of most established U.S. Muslim groups “malignant” and accused them of preaching a form of “political Islam.”
Jasser won praise from conservatives for his willingness to testify about his co-religionists, but gained the ire of Muslims who said he fuels anti-Muslim prejudice.
JASSER and a few other brave Muslims at rally to support Ray Kelly and the NYPD’s counter-terrorism surveillance of Muslims
Don’t trust people who call themselves a Nazi or a Muslim, no matter how reasonable they may sound.
Exactly! Muslims MUST renounce Islam and the Koran. Until then, words go nowhere with me. I don’t understand how a religion which promotes violence and deceit can be in any way compatible.
Self-deception is the first step of Islam. Once they are zonked out on head-banging, they worship a pedophile as a god. Then any nonsense is possible.
Seen to many so called moderate become radiacl!
Mind if I don’t hold my breath?
If CAIR hates Zuhdi Jasser, he is perfect for the job…
AMEN!!
“It would have been better to appoint someone who has some measure of credibility with Muslim Americans,” said Ibrahim ‘Dougie’ Hooper
Of COURSE it would. then you wouldn’t face so much criticism for things like honor killings or the murder of Christians. It would also be easier for you to implement sharia law in the USA.
NOT going to happen.
The gains you have made will be reversed.
“a mere sock puppet for Islam haters and an enabler of Islamophobia”?!
LMAO!!!! Well that’s rich coming from the spiteful jews/infidels haters/making non-muzzies’ life hell that you are! Up yours ‘Dougie’, foam all you want, the ugly truth about your bunch is out and that’s one momentum you’ll never stop.
Right, Alain,
It’s now unstoppable. MASSES of people are learning about the DEATH CULT FOR MEN and all news about Islam is BAD news.
If all muslums were like that and always had been like that, there would not be an issue with muslums. And there would not be sites like BNI. But of course reasonable muslums are a very tiny minority, too bad.
Can someone please tell me why Zuhdi Jasser conitues to support Islam when it has 109 violent passages, based on Moon god idol that Mohammed recycled? The man would be better served if he converted to Judeo- Christian Faith that isn’t based on idols or fairy tails and has a long historical account.
Another thing he says he fighting agianst radicals who have hijacked his religion to commit murder he says. The guy is engima. Only legitimate claim to hijacking would be Christianity which has no violent passages. And had Catholic church conducting crusades in the middle ages while relic seeking and grave robbing all contrary to the Christian faith
Islam has not been hijacked. Radicals are the devout Muslims carrying out Allah’s commands. That’s why Muslims must renounce their religion and Koran for me to even begin to trust them.
That is what I’m trying to understand why this man continues in his faith. In my book, only good muslim one that has converted to christianity or lost his religion altogether
This is great and we all know where CAIR and its Islamicist allies can go. I wrote an article about Zhudi and the American Islamic Forum for democracy in the Gates of Vienna Blog. It was a good choice vs. someone CAIR would favor. Most likely they would be a charter member of the OIC.
BNI,
It is good that Jasser and a minority group of Muslims are opposing Muslim extremists. But is this another form of clever deception? Does this mean that Islam would be accepted under the disguise of a softer version of Islam. A Muslim is a person that believes in Mohammed and the Koran. If they don’t believe in Mohammed and the Koran they should not call themselves a Muslim and should reject Islam in total. I don’t trust Jasser or that minority group of Muslims they are enemies of both sides like politicly correct people sitting in the middle swinging which ever way the wind blows. Until they reject outright the Koran and Mohammed they cannot be trusted.
Allan, Jasser and his very small group of followers would like to reform the whole religion. The fact that this will probably never happen, doesn’t make him a deceiver for wishing it so. All I know is, if all Muslims shared his opinions and his loyalty to America, love of its freedoms and values, and his belief in the fundamental rights of the constitution, there would be no discussion of what the quran calls for, because it would be obvious, that the violence contained within is irrelevant and not applicable to Muslims today. Sadly, there are only a miniscule few who are like Jasser.
BNI, I can’t believe your support for Jasser and other like-minded Muslims. You have no authority to speak about his loyalty to America, or his love for our freedoms and values. You are basically denying the Koran and Islam stands for violence and deceit for the sake of Allah. One cannot serve two masters. When I hear him, I would like to believe there is a part of Islam that is like that, but facts speak for themselves and I challenge you, as the moderator of this site (my favorite on Islam) to review your position on Jassar and stick to what you know best!
Raymond, I have been hearing the same arguments against Jasser for 4 years, yet in all that time I have never heard him say anything anti-American or do anything that I disagree with. His life is on the line everytime
he speaks out in public and he is under constant death threats from Muslims. He has denounced the violence inherent in the quran and is part of a movement to have it rewritten. I know this will never happen, but I
also know he rejects all the things we find repugnant about Islam.
Yes, I agree that he should leave Islam. But I also think it’s important to have people like him within Islam
who are advocating complete reformation.
He condemns a lot of Muslim behavior in ways most non-Muslims are afraid to. He is not perfect, but as far
as muslims go, he is the best. If all muslims acted and spoke as he does, this type of blog would be irrelevant
and you know that.
I refuse to condemn him for something he might do in the future. And until I am convinced that what he does is just an act or an act of taqiyya, I will support him.
I am sorry to hear this. I am not asking you to condemn him as a man or spokesman for so-called Muslim. There is only one Islam and if any follower is not willing to renounce that one Islam and turn to other values outside of Islam, then I don’t want to hear from him. I hope you will respond to me one more time to outrightly condemn Islam in all its forms and that any adherent to Islam is an enemy of free speech and freedom in general. Otherwise, I am ready to delete my bookmark to BNI. I have over 10,000 followers on FB and will not visit this site again.
Raymond, I understand your POV. We can agree to disagree on this one man, but until he proves that he is no different than most Muslims, I will give him the benefit of the doubt. If and when he does that, I will be first to admit I was wrong.
MPAC, and their affiliate, “Yalla Change” have issued an action alert urging their supporters to oppose Zuhdi Jasser’s appointment to USCIRF. They also have an open forum on their web sites for those who wish to leave comments. Hmmm. Good luck with the moderator.
Yours truly,
reason1984
http://www.mpac.org/take-action/action-alert-voice-concern-about-dr.-jassers-appointment-to-uscirf.php
http://www.yallachange.org/blog/entry/take-action-tell-your-representatives-you-oppose-the-appointment-of-dr.-zuh
reason, CAIR and other muslim groups here are sending out the same petition
I refer your readers to these links to clarify who Jasser really is:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/02/pamela-geller-american-thinker-responding-to-zuhdi-where-are-all-the-jassers.html
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/02/american_islamists_find_common.html
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rise-of-the-Barbarians/372992872711040?skip_nax_wizard=true
Raymond, while I like Pamela as a friend, and respect her opinions, I don’t always agree with her 100% of the time, nor does she agree with me 100% of the time.
Raymond of Canada,
I have been a supporter of BNI for the last 9 months when I first began reading the reports. We [BNI & I] have an understanding of agree to disagree in peace. There will always be times when we disagree with each other, including close friends, husbands and wives. Not one of us has the perfect solutions. Sharing and exchanging knowledge is how we grow stronger in unity together. We have a common enemy Islam and we acknowledge that enemy. I share your concerns but I am disappointed that you threatened BNI. It is good that you have an interface on facebook, but a breakaway tactic will defeat you in your battle against Islam. Be assured 10,000 hits on FB does not truly mean that you have 10,000 loyal followers. Many persons are fickle and will change sides- in reality we are very rich in success if only 10% of those hits are truly loyal. I learned thirty years ago to be the eye of calm in a storm. The wisest persons have ‘Emotional Intelligence’ they always are calm even in the heat of battle. Unity creates success, division and conflict leads to defeat and failure.
“He has denounced the violence inherent in the quran and is part of a movement to have it rewritten.”
Very good. How about we re-write Mein Kampf?
Actually that is far more easier than re-writing the Quran. Only a new messenger from Allah can re-write the book written by Allah. Baha’u'llah claimed to be that messenger and he started a new religion “abrogating” all the violent teachings of the Quran. The problem is that Muhammad said he is the last prophet of Allah.
I am afraid there is no possibility of reforming Islam. There is only one thing left and that is to declare this faith, a diabolic faith and make it illegal.
Hi Ali, we know there is no moderate Islam. In fact, I learned that from you a long time ago. But do you think Jasser should be silenced? Even if he only is a useful idiot saying the things that people who are against the rise of Islam in the West want to hear, isn’t it good to have him as a voice that at least Westerners cannot call an Islamophobe?
I know it is impossible to reform Islam as it stands now, but perhaps one day enough people will want to reform it and start a new branch of Islam, kind of like Reform Judaism, Islam Lite?
I agree that Islam should be made illegal, but I don’t see that happening either.
I think Jasser serves a purpose, maybe I’m wrong. If I criticize Islam as I do every day, and Jasser criticizes Islam, won’t skeptics believe him before they would believe me?
Thanks for your comments, Ali, I am a great fan of yours.
No, I don’t think Yasser should be silenced. Yasser is useful for our cause. Although he has no support among Muslims and the dozen or so people he collected for the show had to include Tarek Fatah from Canada, hey serves well Peter King and Ray Kelly. He and his groupie provide a cover for NYPD and American law enforcement authorities to go after the terrorists and not be attacked by the treasonous media as Islamophobe.
We should support them as long as they server our purpose. We should go against them if they start pulling wool over the eyes of the public. Use them like a sword. Just make sure your grip is on the right end.
Truth has its place, but there are times you have to play realpolitik. We should support Yaseer out of political expediency, but keep spreading the truth as you are doing in your site.
Thank you for running this great site.
Ali
Well, then, Ali, we are in complete agreement. As long as Jasser keeps to the party line (anti-Islamization of America), I won’t condemn him. As soon as he wavers, I will be the first to say I was fooled.
Ali, several years ago. before I had a blog, and after 9/11, I started to educate myself about the real Islam and I learned a great deal from your website http://www.faithfreedom.org/. I would quote you often on political
discussion groups and would often get banned for the things I posted (even from conservative websites).What you said always made a huge impression on me because you had spent a lot of your life as a muslim, and have
suffered the consequences since becoming an apostate. After getting kicked off about the 8th discussion forum I I decided to start a blog in 2008. FYI, I got kicked off the Faith Freedom forum, too, though I can’t remember why now. What I post on my blog now is way more controversial than anything I ever posted on discussion
forums.
I always hold my breath when I open the site everyday, wondering if CAIR has found yet another way to get
me taken down. As much as my readership has grown and people have learned about Islam, I feel we are
not going forward because groups like CAIR and the other Brotherhood offshoots are getting a bigger voice
among the media and our politically correct government dhimmis. I blame a lot of this on Obama.
Anyway, to all BNI readers, I recommend you visit Ali Sina’s website http://www.faithfreedom.org as often as you can. It’s in my blogroll if you forget the URL.
Thanks, Ali.
I shall add Ali’s site to the group I read. Thank you for the info. It is good that you have iron souled persistent positive resistance against Islam. It may not seem like it- but you have made a significant difference along with Ali and others in the battle against Islam. Global resistance against Islam is on the rise; to win we must defeat apathy and ignorance- that naive group that thinks the problem will go away. I shall always back those that oppose Islam.
Allan, I wish I could share your optimism, but I don’t. Islam is entrenching itself deeper and deeper in the West because people think it is just another religion and tend to ignore it.
BNI,
It is true that Islam is gaining ground in the West due to people’s stupidity. But naive people love their freedom and sooner or later they shall be forced to fight Islam, whether they like it or not. You are doing an excellent above average job in the global resistance movement against Islam. We need your positive enthusiasm and skill always. The very nature of the Islamic belief system will eventually kill itself. But the global battle may last for a thousand years until all pockets of resistance are eliminated. We must train the young to continue the fight against Islam after we are gone. If we surrender to Islam the human race shall suffer extinction- and that is not going to happen, because freedom fighters will always reject tyranny. The tragedy is that millions of lives shall be lost before we defeat Islam. I expect 25% of the world’s population shall perish in the final climax of battle. The culprit for this inevitable excessive suffering is current apathy. Through the history records of descendent generations our current generations shall be harshly judged. It is important that history recognises that many of us ‘Freedom Fighters’ refused to surrender to Islam. “And all the ‘Warriors Against Islam’ were valiant.”
Allan, I hope we can avoid the bloodshed, but probably not.
FFI forum become too oppressive even for me. I stopped going there for years.
Ali, phew, now I don’t feel so bad. LOL
BNI,
I agree with you that men like Jasser and Hamid are useful tools to expose the evil of Islam. But I trust more men like ‘IBN WARRAQ’ that wrote ‘Why I am not a Muslim.’ Published in 1995. Those persons raised as Muslims that as a adults reject Islam in total are the best voices against Islam. There cannot ever be an alternative Islam-it must end in obliteration. I have been an enemy of Islam since I read the evil Koran in 1984 and since then I have constantly criticised Islam by word of mouth to many Australians including family. And most just think I am a fanatic and do reject my criticism. When Ancient Rome was living the process of falling only a few were wise enough to recognise that Rome was in decline- the majority lived their life with their head in the sand and when the Barbarians invaded they were too stupid and just complained “why me, why am I a victim?” History is now repeating itself and the ‘Rise of the Barbarians’ is Islam.
Allan, ex-Muslims are the best. The problem is, a lot of the media won’t take them seriously when they
speak against Islam. That’s why Jasser is more useful, they can’t call him an Islamophobe (CAIR and muslims do, but the media can’t) as he is a practicing muslim which is why what he says often has more impact that what
non-Muslims or ex-Muslims have to say.
Excellent point- I agree. That is why we must give idiot media journalists no quarter when they write and speak false knowledge.
Ali Sina,
I don’t believe in the foundation belief system of Baha’u'llah but they do have a good wholesome belief system of goodness,kindness and moral values and the fact that they were founded in the Middle East and are being persecuted by Muslims proves that Islam is evil and cannot be reformed. Hence, I agree with you there is only one solution to ban Islam and shut it down completely. The problem is that the majority of politicians will never have the courage to vote in legislation banning Islam and enforce it in their country. Most politicians with rare exceptions are cowards- being inferior thinkers. But then that is true of 80% of the people around the globe. Most don’t want to learn about the danger of Islam and that includes most of my own family and friends. Many claim criticism of Islam is offensive. And even amongst those that do make public comments against Islam most are afraid to publish their remarks under their own full name, state and country- they always use pen names and anonymous comments. Anonymous reponse has no impact and shall always be ignored by politicians. Islam is in reality just a violent political criminal organisation that uses the disguise of religion to manipulate people. I have completed a new definition of religions and cults to identify the fact that Islam is definitely a cult and is not a religion. I shall send a copy to anyone that writes to me via blue.light@bigpond.com My major objective is to solve the problem over the next 5 years of how we can defeat the 80% cowardice, apathy and ignorance of ‘Western Nations.’ The mainstream media and politicians shall never ban Islam- the people must do it without the use of violent revolution.
BNI,
I read the trail of your reasons for supporting Jasser and I agree inside higher intelligence can help dismantle an organisation. Mikhail Gorbachov knew this when he claimed to be a Communist and climbed up through the party system- when he gained absolute power he fought to dismantle communist supremacy. But despite his success communist power in Russia is threatening once again to rise to the level of absolute control. Dr. Tawfix Hamid a Muslim whistleblower that wrote the excellent book…’The Roots of Jihad’ is also risking his life to dismantle the violent nature of Islam. And he has my support. But that does not mean I trust Hamid. I cannot trust any Muslim until I hear them publicly denounce Islam completely reject Mohammed, Sharia Law and the Koran and warn the people not to convert to Islam. Pamela Geller wrote in her excellent book… ‘Stop the Islamization of America’ that…”The idea of a ‘moderate’ Islam does not exist, not because I say so, but because the Koran says so and Muhammad said so. Source chapter: ‘Onward Kafir Soldiers’…Be assured BNI, you shall always have my respect and constant support in opposition to Islam. Your Internet friend always…
Allan, I understand, which is why I always place a mental asterisk next to Jasser’s name, hoping he is what he claims to be, but never 100% sure. If he turns out to be a fraud, so be it, but for now, at least he has an element of credibility (in the media) that no non-Muslims are afforded when criticizing Muslim behavior.
BNI,
I agree with your thinking… a good decision. Take Care… best wishes.
Beware the Trojan Horse!
More and more Americans are AWARE and are OBSERVING the Death Cult.
It’s a matter of time before Mozzies won’t be able to say anything without being cross-examined by ordinary Americans. When that happens, Islam will no longer be a believable persuasion!
The Mozzies will be jumping ship in the thousands.
For Islam, this guy is a “munafiqun”- a hypocrite. And you know a lot well what the Quran says about hypocrites
I agree with BNI on this one. Just keep your guard up and until I hear him say anything different I hold no illregards for the guy, at least he is doing something. Peace to all non-moslems who support BNI.
Here is a quote that I wanted to pass along.
“The difference between the “radicals” and the “moderates” is that the radicals want to engage in genocide even while they are a minority, while the moderates want to wait until they are a majority. The radicals are satisfied with killing a few Hindus, Christians, Jews, here and there. The moderates want to wait and kill millions. Neither are our allies. Both are our murderers.” — Daniel Greenfield
Kaafir,
Thank you for sharing this quote definition…I believe it sums up the true danger of acceptance and tolerance of Islam. May I ask who is ‘Daniel Greenfield’? I would like to learn more about this man.
Allan, he has the blog called Sultan Knish: http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/
Thank you BNI, I just visited the site and shall read his comments.
I am with Raymond of Canada,Zuhdi Jasser is not to be trusted.It’s impossible to believe in the constitution, and uphold anything to do with Islam. Obama says he is a Christian,but he is openly supporting and assisting the islamist takeover of the US. Jasser is a “stealth jihadist” he loves islam as much as Obama.
Moderate Islam is a politically expedient lie. Let us support it as a strategy to counter Islamic terrorism. But let us not be fooled. Islam is not moderate and Muhammad was a terrorfist. Islam must be exposed and eradicated.
Chris Logan has a site called “Logan’s Warning”,he tried to get Jasser in a debate, Jasser refused.
I know Chris Logan and his bullying and badgering of Zuhdi Jasser and Brigitte Gabriel is very low-class.
Yasser will not debate. I invited Yasser, Tarek Fatah and even Daneil Pipes. They all refused to talk. Daneil Pipes made a very strange excuse to not debate. He asked me to arrange the debate in a big meida outlet for him to worth his time. This was exactly the kind of excuse I received from Zakir Naik when I invited him to debate. Then Pipes told me not to write to him again. He is a man with a thin skin.
That is fine, I will not write to him again, but I will expose him. He is not on our side and everyone in the resistance should know this. He is the one who has make everyone to believe there is a moderate Islam and a radical Islam when every Muslims will tell you there is only one Islam.
These people know they have no foot to stand on. That is why they will not debate. But let Yasser do what he does. As long as he is helping our cause we let him alone. The moment he hurts our cuase we go against him.
Ali, I thought Pipes had given up his mantra of moderate vs radical Islam after 9/11? Apparently, not. When I was new to blogging, I tried to put a small banner ad for my blog on his site but he rejected it. He was the only one who did.
Thank you Ali & BNI for the ‘Pipes’ insight. I had him on my question mark list;his writings seemed to be drifting in space with no direction, no link for or against Islam. Any one on my ‘Question Mark’ list is a suspect as high risk potential enemy, under investigation, until proven otherwise beyond all doubt. Clearly Pipes is self-centred and focused only on fame and glory when he only communicates to gain personal advantage. The one kind of person I have no time for is the executive, socialite, journalist, writer, that refuses to communicate with persons from all walks of life using the hurried excuse ‘no time.’ My answer is ‘make time- get off your arse and listen to others; help people as best you can to upgrade their understanding and share knowledge with each other. Everyone knows something that we do not know. Exchange of knowledge with truly open mind is how we grow. The fact that ‘Pipes’ does not understand this reality proves that he is an inferior thinker.