Very predictably, unindicted Hamas co-conspirators CAIR and their thuggish leader Ibrahim Hooper spring to the defense of Muslim American Society leader Esam Omeish, whine that his “jihad” rhetoric was “taken out of context” (apparently, there has never been a case in history where radical Islamists were quoted in context), seethe over the “smear campaign” that consisted of quoting Omeish’s own words, and let the mask slip even further with a vile remark about Israel’s “apartheid-like policies:” CAIR Supports VA Muslim Leader Smeared by ‘Islamophobes’.

It’s one Muslim Brotherhood front group defending another Muslim Brotherhood front group.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American- Islamic Relations (CAIR) today offered moral support to a Virginia physician who is under attack from “Islamophobes who seek to demonize and marginalize the mainstream Muslim community and its leaders.”

Dr. Esam Omeish, national leader of the Muslim American Society (MAS), was forced to resign from a Virginia immigration commission yesterday after being subjected to what he called a “smear campaign” by anti-Islam bloggers and Muslim-bashers like Steven Emerson who distorted past comments he made about Israel’s brutal treatment of the Palestinian people and about “jihad.”

[Note: “Jihad” is a broad Islamic concept that, despite being abused by some extremists, does not justify terrorism in any form. It includes struggle against evil inclinations within oneself, struggle to improve the quality of life in society, struggle in the battlefield for self-defense (e.g., - having a standing army for national defense), or fighting against tyranny or oppression.]

In a statement of support, CAIR said:

“The scurrilous smear campaign against Dr. Omeish is only the latest episode in a sustained effort by a vocal minority of Islamophobes who seek to demonize and marginalize the mainstream Muslim community and its leaders.

“These hate-mongers target any Muslim individual or institution seeking to offer an Islamic perspective on issues of importance to our society. It is a dirty political game in which our entire society is the loser.

“Unfortunately, the hysteria that has been created about ‘jihad’ and the fear generated by the domestic lobby in support of Israel’s Apartheid-like polices [sic] only serve to preclude reasoned public discussion once this type of smear campaign has been initiated.”