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Sadiq

19-12-2002, 02:19

Assallamu alaikum

This outrage has caused some members of the muslim world, to get very upset, but this is the latest developments, i have recieved via e-mail.

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> Subject: CAIR-NET: Lott Should Resign From Senate Post Say Muslims
>
> In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
>
> AMERICAN MUSLIM NEWS BRIEFS - 12-16-2002
>
> HEADLINES:
>
> * CAIR LIBRARY PROJECT
> * WARNER BROS. SAYS NO "ALLAH" CHARACTER IN "MATRIX RELOADED"
> * LOTT SHOULD RESIGN FROM SENATE POST SAY MUSLIMS (CAIR)
> * PENTAGON DEBATES PROPAGANDA PUSH IN ALLIED NATIONS (New York Times)
> * BUSH FAVORS SPECIAL AID TO ISRAEL (Haaretz)
> - Consultants Tell Israel's Amen Corner: "Pipe Down!" (Antiwar.com)
> * FILM TO FIGHT FEAR OF ISLAM (Detroit Free Press)
> - A Visual, Thoughtful Examination of Islam (Los Angeles Times)
> * PUT OFF BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MORE MUSLIMS HOME-TEACH (Chicago
Tribune)
> * FRIENDS PLAN VIGIL FOR CANADIAN HELD IN SYRIA (Globe and Mail)
> * CAIR-CAN CONDEMNS HATEFUL REMARKS BY AHENAKEW
>
> -----
>
> CAIR LIBRARY PROJECT
>
> Take part in this first-of-its-kind campaign by sponsoring an 18-item
> "library package." Our goal is to send accurate and objective
information
> about Islam to America's 16,000 public libraries.
>
> TO SPONSOR A LIBRARY PACKAGE, GO TO: www.libraryproject.org
> OR CALL: 1-800-392-7876, ext. 320
>
> -----
>
> WARNER BROS. SAYS NO "ALLAH" CHARACTER IN "MATRIX RELOADED"
>
> CAIR has received a number of e-mails from concerned Muslims who were
> informed that the new Warner Bros. Pictures film "Matrix Reloaded"
has a
> character called "Allah."
>
> SEE: (http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/)
>
> After being contacted by CAIR, Warner Bros. officials say there is
not, and
> never has been such a character in the film, despite what is being
reported
> on movie-related web sites.
>
> -----
>
> LOTT SHOULD RESIGN FROM SENATE POST SAY MUSLIMS
>
> (WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/16/02) - The Council on American-Islamic
Relations
> (CAIR), a national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group, today
called on
> Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) to resign from his leadership post in the
Senate
> because of statements and past actions that may be viewed as
supportive of
> racial segregation.
>
> A statement issued today by CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad read
in part:
>
> "To be effective in public service, a political leader must maintain
the
> confidence of the electorate and be untainted by perceptions of bias
or
> prejudice. Unfortunately, whatever is in Senator Lott's heart, his
> statements and past actions can be construed as being supportive of
racial
> segregation.
>
> "His apologies should be duly noted. But what would be sufficient
> contrition for a private citizen is insufficient for the leader of
one of
> our nation's most powerful legislative bodies. Senator Lott should
step
> down from his leadership post in the United States Senate."
>
> The controversy over Lott's stand on racial issues began earlier this
month
> at a 100th birthday party for Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-MS). Lott said
> Mississippians were proud to have voted for the one-time
segregationist
> when he was a candidate for president in 1948. "And if the rest of
the
> country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these
problems over
> all these years either," Lott told the audience. He has since
apologized
> for those remarks.
>
> Following the revelation of Lott's comments, reports of other
statements
> and actions have surfaced that seem to indicate insensitivity to
racism in
> our society.
>
> According to Time magazine: "Lott helped lead a successful battle to
> prevent his college fraternity from admitting blacks to any of its
chapters."
>
> SEE: "Trent Lott's Segregationist College Days,"
> http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,399310,00.html
>
> Newsweek magazine now reports Lott making a racially-charged joke
during a
> campaign tour.
>
> SEE: "A Man Out of Time,"
http://www.msnbc.com/news/847736.asp?0cv=KA01
>
> - END -
>
> CONTACT: Jason Erb, Governmental Affairs Director, 202-438-2080;
Ibrahim
> Hooper, Communications Director, 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726,
E-MAIL:
> cair@cair-net.org
>
> -----
>
> PENTAGON DEBATES PROPAGANDA PUSH IN ALLIED NATIONS
> THOM SHANKER and ERIC SCHMITT, New York Times, 12/16/02
> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/16/international/16MILI.html
>
> WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 - The Defense Department is considering issuing a
> secret directive to the American military to conduct covert
operations
> aimed at influencing public opinion and policy makers in friendly and
> neutral countries, senior Pentagon and administration officials say.
>
> Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has not yet decided on the
proposal,
> which has ignited a fierce battle throughout the Bush administration
over
> whether the military should carry out secret propaganda missions in
> friendly nations like Germany, where many of the Sept. 11 hijackers
> congregated, or Pakistan, still considered a haven for Al Qaeda's
militants.
>
> Such a program, for example, could include efforts to discredit and
> undermine the influence of mosques and religious schools that have
become
> breeding grounds for Islamic militancy and anti-Americanism across
the
> Middle East, Asia and Europe. It might even include setting up
schools with
> secret American financing to teach a moderate Islamic position laced
with
> sympathetic depictions of how the religion is practiced in America,
> officials said…
>
> -----
>
> ACTION REQUESTED:
>
> Send a letter to your elected representatives.
>
> GO TO: ISRAEL COST U.S. TAXPAYERS $1.6 TRILLION SINCE 1973
> http://capwiz.com/cair/home/
>
> BUSH FAVORS SPECIAL AID TO ISRAEL
> Aluf Benn, Haaretz, 12/15/02
> http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=241003
>
> U.S. President George W. Bush supports conferring special American
aid to
> Israel to help the country cope with its current economic
difficulties.
>
> While Bush, in a discussion with Jewish leaders last week, did not go
into
> details about Israel's recent assistance request to his
administration,
> participants in the conversation said there appears to be little
doubt
> about the president's commitment to granting the aid.
>
> A delegation of senior Israeli officials will leave for Washington
soon to
> discuss the request with U.S. counterparts. Israel has asked for $4
billion
> in a special defense grant as well for American agreement to confer
loan
> guarantees of between $8 billion and $10 billion.
>
> This special assistance would be added to the United States' annual
aid
> package to Israel, which is comprised of $2.16 billion in defense
> assistance and $480 million for economic-civilian spheres...
>
> SEE ALSO:
>
> CONSULTANTS TELL ISRAEL'S AMEN CORNER: "PIPE DOWN!"
> But will their advice be taken?
> Justin Raimondo, Antiwar.com, 12/16/02
> http://www.antiwar.com/justin/justincol.html
>
> A group of pro-Israel political consultants, the Israel Project, is
telling
> partisans of the Jewish state to kindly shut up about their fulsome
support
> for Gulf War II - lest they give the show away. A memo entitled
"Talking
> About Iraq," directed at American Jewish leaders, as well as
Israelis, advises:
>
> "Let American politicians fight it out on the floor of Congress and
in the
> media. Let the nations of the world argue in front of the UN. Your
silence
> allows everyone to focus on Iraq rather than Israel."
>
> "If your goal is regime change, you must be much more careful with
your
> language because of the potential backlash. You do not want Americans
to
> believe that the war on Iraq is being waged to protect Israel rather
than
> to protect America."
>
> If you guys just keep quiet, those stupid Americans may not notice
that
> they're fighting, dying, and paying for your wars.
>
> -----
>
> FILM TO FIGHT FEAR OF ISLAM
> Dearborn gets peek tonight at powerful new documentary
> David Crumm, Detroit Free Press, 12/16/02
> http://www.freep.com/news/religion/islam16_20021216.htm
>
> In a tough Brooklyn accent, a heroic New York firefighter who looks
like a
> cross between Charlton Heston and Sylvester Stallone tells TV viewers
that
> his deep faith as a Muslim inspires him to save lives.
>
> In Ann Arbor, 36 college students are finishing months of work with
their
> professor to present a new Islamic exhibit at the University of
Michigan
> Museum of Art. Its centerpiece is a dazzling blue bowl with graceful
> Islamic inscriptions.
>
> And in thousands of towns nationwide, sets of new books and videos
about
> the 1-billion-member faith will show up on public library shelves in
coming
> months, courtesy of donors to a nonprofit project called Explore
Islamic
> Culture and Civilization.
>
> "With all the misunderstanding and fear about our faith right now,
it's so
> important that people learn the truth about Islam," said Eide Alawan,
a
> Dearborn Muslim who is coordinating the preview of a
multimillion-dollar
> PBS documentary, "Muhammad," tonight in Dearborn. The film, which
features
> the heroic New York fireman as well as Dearborn nurse Najah Bazzy,
airs
> nationally on PBS at 9 p.m. Wednesday and on Detroit's WTVS-TV
(Channel 56)
> at 9 p.m. Sunday…
>