Virginia radio station WRVA is reporting that Esam Omeish, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood front group calling itself the Muslim American Society, is stepping down from the state’s Immigration Commission.

Developing...

UPDATE at 9/27/07 11:56:17 am:

LGF reader clairevoyant has called the station, and confirmed the report. Yes!

Expect the seething and whining about “Islamophobia” to start very soon.

UPDATE at 9/27/07 12:10:55 pm:

The Associated Press was awfully quick to pick up this story. I wonder who tipped them off? Videos spur Va. appointee’s resignation.

UPDATE at 9/27/07 12:32:18 pm:

Here’s the official statement from Virginia governor Timothy Kaine:

STATEMENT OF GOVERNOR KAINE

~ On Dr. Esam Omeish’s resignation from the Virginia Commission on Immigration ~

RICHMOND – Governor Timothy M. Kaine released the following statement on Dr. Esam Omeish’s resignation today from the Virginia Commission on Immigration:

“I have accepted Dr. Esam Omeish’s resignation as one of the 10 gubernatorial appointees to the 20-member Virginia Commission on Immigration.

“Dr. Omeish is a respected physician and community leader, yet I have been made aware of certain statements he has made which concern me.

“Dr. Omeish indicated that he did not want this controversy to distract from the important work of the Commission.

“I intend to name another representative of the Muslim community to the Commission in the near future.”

UPDATE at 9/27/07 12:38:37 pm:

Here’s another video of Esam Omeish, this one taken by LGF reader ciaospirit:

Youtube Video

UPDATE at 9/27/07 1:16:21 pm:

Here’s the video in which Omeish tells a crowd of Washington-area Muslims at a Jerusalem Day rally, “...you have learned the way, that you have known that the jihad way is the way to liberate your land.”

Youtube Video