Islamic 9/11 PR Watch
As the five-year anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the Islamic public relations team is drastically increasing its efforts. Here’s yet another article from the deluge, at al-Reuters: Post-9/11, U.S. Muslims insist they’re American too.
News of domestic wiretapping, monitoring of mosques, immigration crackdowns, public support for racial profiling and bans on some Muslim scholars visiting the United States has made many Muslim Americans feel like targets of racism.
Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi from Dearborn Heights, Michigan, speaks for many when he complains that officials including President George W. Bush use terms such as “Islamo-fascism” to describe the militant threat. They say such terms are inflammatory and liken their faith to dictatorships.
“This type of thing really hurts,” said Elahi, an Iranian-born Shi’ite religious leader.