*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* { Sila lawat Laman Hizbi-Net - http://www.hizbi.net } { Hantarkan mesej anda ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } { Iklan barangan? Hantarkan ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] } *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* PAS : KE ARAH PEMERINTAHAN ISLAM YANG ADIL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRO-ISRAEL GROUPS ATTACK MUSLIM APPOINTEE Muslims urged to show support for Rep. Gephardt's commission choice (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/30/99) - CAIR is calling on the American Islamic community to defend a Muslim appointee to the National Commission on Terrorism. The appointee, Salam al-Marayati, director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), is under attack by pro-Israel groups and publications. Today's New York Post, a newspaper known for its anti-Muslim bias, features an editorial calling for Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO) to rescind his appointment of al-Marayati because of allegations made by infamous Muslim-basher STEVEN EMERSON. (http://www.nypost.com/editorial/10113.htm) The editorial read in part: "When Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) first introduced legislation last fall to set up a national commission on terrorism, Arab-American groups complained that the proposed membership...contained 'Muslim-bashers' and others who would 'infringe upon our civil rights.' "To that crowd, a commission whose mandate is to 'review counter-terrorism policies regarding the prevention and punishment of international acts of terrorism directed at the United States' is biased if it focuses on fundamentalist Islamic groups - which are the primary source of international anti-American acts of terrorism. "Apparently, however, those protests have born fruit: House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) has appointed to the commission an official who can easily be described as an Israel-basher with disturbing sympathies for Islamic terrorists...According to a list of public statements compiled by terrorism expert Steven Emerson..." (For background on Emerson's Islamophobia, go to: http://cair-net.org/nr.asp?date=1999/01/13) The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned al-Marayati, claiming he "justified Arab terrorism against Israel, justified future terrorism against America, and accused America of committing terrorism." (http://zoa.org/archives/pr-990624-1.html) ZOA also attacked the recent appointment of al-Marayati's wife, Dr. Laila Al-Marayati, to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom and challenged an Arab-American special assistant to the secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs over his "anti-Israel" views. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( Melanggan ? To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] pada body : SUBSCRIBE HIZB) ( Berhenti ? To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] pada body: UNSUBSCRIBE HIZB) ( Segala pendapat yang dikemukakan tidak menggambarkan ) ( pandangan rasmi & bukan tanggungjawab HIZBI-Net ) ( Bermasalah? Sila hubungi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pengirim: "Ali Zulfakar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>