Video: CNN Host Slams Anti-Islam Bigot Brigitte Gabriel (CAIR)

CAIR: Rep. King Asked to Clarify Support from Anti-Islam Hate Group

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/8/11) --- A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on Rep. Peter King (R-NY) to clarify the extent of support and advice he has received from a notorious anti-Islam hate group.

The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued that call after Brigitte Gabriel, national leader of the hate group ACT! for America, told a reporter with Think Progress that "we are working with Congressman Peter King."

SEE: Radical Islamophobe Advising Rep. King
http://tinyurl.com/4szympz

According to an expose of Gabriel and her group published today in the New York Times:

"Through her books, media appearances and speeches, and her organization, ACT! for America, Ms. Gabriel has become one of the most visible personalities on a circuit of self-appointed terrorism detectors who warn that Muslims pose an enormous danger within United States borders. . .[Rep. Peter] King was the first guest last month on a new cable television show that Ms. Gabriel co-hosts."

The New York Times also stated: "[Gabriel] presents a portrait of Islam so thoroughly bent on destruction and domination that it is unrecognizable to those who study or practice the religion."

SEE: Brigitte Gabriel Draws Crowds in U.S. With Anti-Islam Message (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/us/08gabriel.html

Another expose of Gabriel's hate group published today on Politico.com quoted an Arab-American activist who said: "The idea that congressional staffers would agree to meet an organization led by a woman whose agenda is pure unadulterated hatred and whose purported life story is a laughable fiction -- it's sad."

SEE: Anti-Islamic Groups Go Mainstream (Politico)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/50837.html

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