Ibrahim Hooper
Ibrahim Hooper
Ibrahim Hooper is the National Communications Director and spokesperson for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington D.C.-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization...
intent
Intent has a lot to do with this.
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The administration quite rightly struck a balanced tone, balancing freedom of expression with responsibility in the media.
communication lines
It's important to keep the lines of communication open.
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It's irresponsible for the top elected official in any state to suggest blanket wiretapping of houses of worship.
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It's a new twist on an old approach. They want to appear as Muslim as possible to kind of blur the lines.
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And we saw the other case where a Copt, an Egyptian Copt, a Christian, was probably killed because he looked like he could be a Muslim. So bigots are never brain surgeons. I mean, when they do these things it's based on ignorance. So their targets always aren't the right targets in their own minds.
catch fishing
It was really just a fishing expedition. They didn't catch any fish.
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It's entirely inappropriate for the military to do such a cursory investigation of something that is really casting a very negative light on our nation's military and can only serve to further damage America's image and interests throughout the Islamic world.
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Islamic scholars have clearly and repeatedly stated that attacks on innocent civilians of any kind are prohibited by Islam and should be repudiated.
community mosques levels
It's been our experience that any time a Muslim community anywhere seeks to expand or establish a mosque or some other kind of institution, there will be some type of opposition, when you scratch the surface, often there is a tremendous level of bigotry and stereotyping in the opposition.
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Islam is an ideology. It's not a race.
military law leader
There is a cottage industry of these Muslim bashers who are training law enforcement personnel, military personnel... and you are breeding a generation of leaders in our society who have this suspicion of Islam and hostility towards American Muslims and Muslims in general. The intention of these trainers is to demonise Islam and to marginalise American Muslims.
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I want to see the U.S become an Islamic nation.
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I wouldn't want to create the impression that I wouldn't like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future.