Showing posts with label huma abedin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label huma abedin. Show all posts

Friday, September 7, 2012

Rep. Keith Ellison: GOP Is "Basically a Bigoted Party"



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Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the nation's first-ever Muslim member of Congress, doesn't mince words when asked about the Republican party's formal proclamation that the United States is under assault from Islamic Shariah law. "It's an expression of bigotry," he said on Wednesday, in an interview with Mother Jones at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. "There has never been any legislation offered to establish Shariah law—not at the federal level, not at the state level. There's not been a municipal ordinance opposing this, there's not been anything."
For Ellison, the anti-Shariah plank was part of a broader narrative of exclusion. "Why do they want to become the party of hate? They're hating on immigrants who are from Latin America. They're demonstrating hatred toward Muslims. They're demonstrating hostility toward women. They act like they don't like gay people. Who is their party supposed to be made up of in 20 years?"
"I'm sad that they have decided to go into this dark ugly place where they see the whole world as their enemy," Ellison continued. "And this is the thing: I don't mind debating taxes and spending; we probably should. But they're the party that is basically a bigoted party and they have now officially declared themselves against a whole segment of the American population, because if we said we were going to put a plank opposing Jewish law, or Catholic canon, it would be an outrage. This is also an outrage. But you know, it'll pass."
Ellison's remarks echoed comments he made in July after his Minnesota colleague, GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann, accused Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood. (Bachmann's statement was condemned by some high-profile Republicans, like Arizona Sen. John McCain.) Ellison said he's spoken with Bachmann once since the Abedin controversy—in response to a bill she was proposing to audit Medicaid recipients—but didn't bring up the subject with her. "I don't find that to be a productive use of my time or hers," Ellison said. "She whipped up a million [fundraising] dollars by promulgating hate against a religious minority. I'm not gonna talk her out of that." His plan to settle the argument is to campaign for her opponent this fall, Minneapolis hotelier Jim Graves.
"She's always bragging about how great the private sector is. She should join it."

Monday, August 20, 2012

Another huma link to Muslim Brotherhood





Huma Abedin follows closely behind her boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
As five House members continue to call for an investigation of Muslim Brotherhood influence on the federal government, a researcher who has documented numerous ties between Hillary Clinton’s top aide and the global Islamic supremacist movement has found another connection.

Huma Abedin, Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, who is said to advise the secretary of state on Middle East policy, was a member of the executive board of the Muslim Student Association, according to an archived Web page discovered by researcher Walid Shoebat.
The Muslim Student Association, or MSA, was identified as a Muslim Brotherhood front group in a 1991 document introduced into evidence during the terror-financing trial of the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation trial.
The internal Brotherhood memo said Muslim Brotherhood members “must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands and by the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and Allah’s religion is made victorious over all other religions.”
While the MSA, with nearly 600 chapters in the U.S. and Canada, “has gained legitimacy as a benevolent collegiate faith club,” it was established in 1963 by Muslim Brotherhood leaders to recruit young people into the movement, which is dedicated to “resurrecting true Islamic governance worldwide” based on Islamic law, or Shariah, according to a dossier by the Investigative Project on Terrorism.
Former MSA leaders directly tied to international violent jihad include al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, convicted American student Ramy Zamzam, Somali al-Shabaab leader Omar Hammami and al-Qaida fundraiser Abdurahman Alamoudi, a former national MSA president who is now serving a 23-year prison sentence.
As WND reported earlier this week, Abedin worked for an organization founded by her family that is effectively at the forefront of a grand Saudi plan to mobilize U.S. Muslim minorities to transform America into a strict Wahhabi-style Islamic state, according to an Arabic-language manifesto issued by the Saudi monarchy.
Shoebat is a Palestinian American author and critic of radical Islam who has done extensive research on the Abedin family’s connections to the Muslim Brotherhod and its Wahhabist affiliations.
Abedin, who was born in the U.S. but raised in Saudi Arabia, has been fiercely defended by both Democrats and Republicans since five Republican lawmakers led by Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., cited her as an example of possible Muslim Brotherhood infiltration and asked the inspector generals at the departments of Homeland Security, Justice and State to investigate.
President Obama praised Abedin at a White House Ramadan dinner July 10, declaring her “nothing less than extraordinary in representing our country and the democratic values that we hold dear.”
Abedin returned to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia about 1996 to work with Clinton at the White House. At the same time, she became an assistant editor for the mouthpiece of the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs as well as a member of the Muslim Students Association executive board at George Washington University in the nation’s capital.

Screen shot of George Washington University MSA site showing Huma Abedin as member of board
A screen shot, courtesy of Wayback Machine, shows Abedin’s name with the title head of MSA chapter’s social committee, Shoebat reported.
The Institute for Muslim Minority Affairs – founded by her late father and currently directed by her mother – is backed by the Muslim World League, an Islamic organization found in the Saudi holy city of Mecca and founded by Muslim Brotherhood leaders.
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank has suggested researchers and lawmakers who have presented evidence of the Muslim Brotherhood ties of Abedin and her family are motivated by racism. He commented in a column Aug. 13 that it’s “hard to escape the suspicion” that the charges have “something to do with the way she looks and how she worships.”
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., called the request for an investigation of Abedin and her family “sinister” and “nothing less than an unwarranted and unfounded attack on an honorable woman, a dedicated American and a loyal public servant.”

http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/another-huma-link-to-muslim-brotherhood/

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Me thinks I smell a maahslime in the woodpile


‘AMERICAN PATRIOT’: OBAMA PRAISES CLINTON AIDE HUMA ABEDIN DURING RAMADAN DINNER

President Obama Praises Huma Abedin at White House Ramadan Iftar Dinner
(Photo: AP via Politico)
Hillary Clinton’s Deputy Chief of Staff Huma Abedin became a nationally-recognized figure after Michele Bachmann and four other Republicans launched an investigation into the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood within the U.S. government.
The congressmen noted that Abedin’s mother, brother, and father all have connections to the Islamist organization, before asking how the valued aide was given the high-level security clearance she presumably has.  The inquiry set off a firestorm in the media, with powerful members of Congress like John McCain coming to Abedin’s impassioned defense.
At a Ramadan dinner Friday night, Barack Obama also praised the Clinton aide, calling her “nothing less than extraordinary” and an “American patriot.”
“She has been nothing less than extraordinary in representing our country and the democratic values that we hold dear,” the president said, according to Reuters.  “The American people owe her a debt of gratitude because Huma is an American patriot and an example of what we need in this country — more public servants with her sense of decency, her grace and her generosity of spirit.”
Here is video of the president’s entire remarks, via the White House:
President Obama also made women a focus of his speech, saying the Koran teaches that: ”Be it man or woman, each of you is equal to the other.”
He continued:
“More broadly, we’ve seen the extraordinary courage of Muslim women during the Arab Spring — women, right alongside men, taking to the streets to claim their universal rights, marching for their freedom, blogging and tweeting and posting videos, determined to be heard.  In some cases, facing down tanks, and braving bullets, enduring detentions and unspeakable treatment, and at times, giving their very lives for the freedom that they seek — the liberty that we are lucky enough to enjoy here tonight.”
Keith Koffler of the White House Dossier noted that the president “made no mention” of the oppression experienced by women in many Muslim countries, nor did he note that the “Arab Spring” may have made the situation far worse for countless women.

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Michele Bachmann v huma and the moslems


THREE REASONS WHY REP. BACHMANN MIGHT BE RIGHT ABOUT HUMA ABEDIN

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On July 9, Rep. Michele Bachmann sent letters to the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice and State, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, asking that they investigate the Muslim Brotherhood's influence on, and "deep penetration" within, the U.S. government. In her letters she named Huma Abedin, Sec. of State Clinton's Deputy Chief of Staff, as an individual who has familial ties with the Muslim Brotherhood. 

Senator John McCain took umbrage at Bachmann's mention of Abedin, saying: "These attacks on Huma [Abedin] have no logic, no basis, and no merit. And they need to stop now."
in order to dismiss Bachmann's concerns that easily, we have to ignore three huge problems
1. Abedin's mother is not only a member of the Muslim Sisterhood, but also sits on the Guidance Board of that organization. Making her not only a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's female auxiliary, but also a prestigious member. 
2. Another member of the Muslim Sisterhood's Guidance Bureau is Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's wife, which means Abedin's mother and the wife of an renowned Muslim Brotherhood member are in regular and frequent contact.
3. Lastly, Abedin's brother, Hassan Abedin, has allegedly collaborated with Omar Naseef and Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, two of the most influential terror supporters in the world. 
In light of these things, maybe Bachmann's concerns have logic, basis, and merit?

I know Michele Bachmann and I'd take her word over islamist keith ellison anytime - would you?


REP. BACHMANN DOUBLES DOWN, ALLEGES REP. ELLISON HAS TIES TO MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AS WELL

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When Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) sent her letter regarding Huma Abedin to U.S. intelligence and security agencies, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) was not the only one to recoil: Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim ever to be elected to the U.S. Congress, lashed out as well. 

Part of a group of Democrats calling Bachmann's concerns a "baseless witch-hunt," Ellison actually said Bachmann should apologize to Abedin. (But as I've highlighted in a differentpost, to brush off Bachmann's concerns this easily would be to overlook at least three alleged ties between Abedin's family and the Muslim Brotherhood.)
Instead of apologizing, Bachmann is doubling down, and has added Ellison's name to the list of U.S. officials whom she believes should be investigated for ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Ellison has responded by saying Bachmann's allegations are false, and that he believes she just wants attention