CAIR and U.S. Muslim leaders denounce Al Qaeda.
Posted by Carlos C. on Monday, November 24th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
But not because Al Qaeda killed 3,000 people on September 11,2001, or thousands more around the world.
Nor did they denounce Al Qaeda for any of the countless atrocities committed by Osama Bin Laden’s henchmen these past 15+ years.
NEW YORK (CNN) — Spiritual leaders of New York’s African-American Muslim communities lashed out Friday at a purported al Qaeda message attacking President-elect Barack Obama and, using racist language, comparing him unfavorably to the late Malcolm X.
The imams called the recorded comments from al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri “an insult” from people who have “historically been disconnected from the African-American community generally and Muslim African-Americans in particular.”
“We find it insulting when anyone speaks for our community instead of giving us the dignity and the honor of speaking for ourselves,” they said in a statement read during a news conference at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial, Educational and Cultural Center.
The al Qaeda statement, an 11-minute, 23-second audio message in Arabic with subtitles in English, appeared on the Internet on Wednesday. Its authenticity has not been confirmed.
The message said Obama represents the “direct opposite of honorable black Americans” like Malcolm X.
The outrage!
Do you feel it?
Hat Tip: JammieWearingFool
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