Some More Comments On This Week With Christiane Amanpour

Yesterday I posted an article about the panel on This Week with Christiane Amanpour discussing the fear of Muslims in America.  Yesterday, the Washington Times posted an article about the panel discussion.

The article points out:

"As Mr. Choudary indicated, Islamist "engagement" with the United States is a holy obligation. Last week, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the leading proponent of global Shariah law, held a conference on "Islam and Muslims in America" in cooperation with the American Islamic College in Chicago. OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu called on Muslims in the United States to become involved in all aspects of American life, including local and national politics. The Obama administration gave its imprimatur to the gathering by sending its own small portion, including special envoy to the OIC, Rashad Hussain, Dalia Mogahed who works with the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and Farah Pandith, the State Department's special representative to Muslim communities."

The article further relates the efforts of the OIC to have so-called "Islamophobia" recognized by the international community as a form of racism prosecutable under international law. 

The article further points out:

"Last year, the Obama administration co-sponsored with Egypt a U.N. Human Rights Council resolution against "racial and religious stereotyping," which offered cover to the Islamists in their drive to put any criticism of their religion off limits."

The question eventually will be: Are Americans willing to defend their rights to free speech?

There was something that occurred to me while watching the panel on This Week.  Mr. Choudary critized Daisy Khan because she was not appropriately dressed (in his opinion) as a Muslim woman.  Daisy Khan describes herself as a moderate Muslim who believes in making room for all believers.  Mr. Choudary denouced her as not being a practicing Muslim.  There is another aspect to this.  Mrs. Khan is working to put a mosque at Ground Zero.  In the Muslim tradition, mosques are built at the site of battles to signify victory.  Mr. Choudary speaks of a Sharia flag flying over the White House.  They both are heading in the same direction--it's just that one of them sounds a lot less threatening as she heads there!