Maher Hathout Answers Steve Emerson
Charles Johnson
Thu Sep 7, 2006 at 6:41 pm PDT • Views: 345
Muslim leader Maher Hathout, featured on LGF last week in a video calling Israel an “apartheid state” of “butchers,” and screaming for intifada, will be on the Hannity and Colmes show in a few minutes, apparently trying to defend his statements. This should be good; I’m recording and will post the video soon…
UPDATE at 9/7/06 7:48:56 pm:
Here’s the wind-up, and the pitch:
UPDATE at 9/7/06 10:18:44 pm:
The Muslim Public Affairs Council is holding a press conference about Hathout and his radicalism tomorrow, to try again to deflect the criticism and promote his “human relations” award:
10 a.m. LOS ANGELES - The Muslim Public Affairs Council will hold a news conference to discuss recent allegations accusing Muslim American leader Maher Hathout of being a “Hezbollah apologist,” contact says. Hathout; Rabbi Steven Jacobs, Sheriff Lee Baca’s liaison to religious communities; Jack Miles, author of “God: A Biography”; and Salam Al-Marayati, MPAC executive director, are among those expected to attend. Islamic Center of Southern California, 434 S. Vermont Ave.
Frank says: