Resignation of Obama's Muslim Outreach director yields predictable responses from usual suspects.
"It seems like the Obama folks don't get it," said Imad Hamad, of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. "Muslims are an integral part of this great nation, and Obama and McCain cannot undo that." (Integral part? Yeah, right.) Hooper said that Muslims were becoming better organised politically and that that may be the reason for the increase in attacks on them. (Yeah, you're sticking up for terrorists all the time has nothing to do with it, does it Ibby?) Salam Al-Marayati, the executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, where Asbahi had previously worked, told Al Jazeera that the resignation was symptomatic of a deeper problem in US political culture. "People have to be exposed to the truth. They don't believe us when we talk about Islamophobia. They say we're whining or into self-victimisation. Things like this prove that's not true." (What? A guy resigning because HE wouldn't stand up for himself? I mean, if it was all so innocent - why the rush to resign? Could there be more here than meets the eye, Salam?)
"This is an outrage," said Dawud Walid, of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). "If Mazen Ashabi cannot serve a presidential campaign, no one can." (Glad to see YOU'RE finally getting it, Dawud.)
Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told Al Jazeera the resignation was "symptomatic of the efforts of a vocal minority to exclude Muslims from the political process". "They use smear tactics to attack Muslims who want to take part in the political process," he said. Hooper said that Muslims were becoming better organised politically and that that may be the reason for the increase in attacks on them.They use smear tactics to attack Muslims who want to take part in the political process," he said.
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