Okla. Muslims Seek Meeting with Sen. Inhofe Over Profiling Comments
Inhofe told Senate Armed Services Committee: I believe in racial and
ethnic profiling
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 1/22/10) - The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today called on Sen. James Inhofe
(R-OK) to meet with representatives of that states Muslim community to
discuss comments he made yesterday in support of government profiling of
Muslims.
In remarks made at the Senate Armed Services Committee review of the Fort
Hood shootings, Sen. Inhofe said in reference to Muslims and Middle
Easterners, I believe in racial and ethnic profiling. Inhofe claimed
that all terrorists are Muslims or Middle Easterners between the ages 20
and 35 despite FBI statistics that show the vast majority of terror
attacks on American soil have not been committed by Muslims. Inhofe himself
noted that his state suffered one of the worst terror attacks in U.S.
history, the destruction of the Murrah Federal Building in 1995, which was
not carried out by Muslims.
CAIR Video: [http://crm.cair.com/site/R?i=Ck2rSQK8rrsVi3giI1maRQ..] Sen.
Inhofe - I Believe in Racial and Ethnic Profiling
SEE: [http://crm.cair.com/site/R?i=lgve5kTUABdP10Id96YnKA..] Terrorist
Incidents in the United States 1980-2005 (FBI)
In a 2003 advisory report, the Department of Justice stated that
racial profiling in law enforcement is not merely wrong, but also
ineffective.
[http://crm.cair.com/site/R?i=VYD0MDC_8lhTJUhKJ_MqxQ..] CAIR Fact Sheet:
Racial, Religious & Ethnic Profiling
It is disturbing to hear a member of the United States Senate suggest
that entire religious and ethnic groups should automatically be considered
terror suspects, said CAIR-OK Executive Director Razi Hashmi. Our
nations leaders have a duty not to exacerbate the growing anti-Muslim
sentiment in American society.
He said a Gallup poll released yesterday showed that more than 4 in 10
Americans admit to anti-Muslim prejudice.
CAIR: [http://crm.cair.com/site/R?i=SYzaqPoqSey6iB5oHdA6fw..] Poll on
Anti-Islam Bias Shows Need for U.S. Muslim Outreach
By painting all Muslims and Middle Easterners as suspects, Senator
Inhofe does a disservice to our nation and to its tradition of racial and
religious diversity.
Hashmi added that CAIR-OK recently organized a successful town hall
meeting that looked at the issue of religious and ethnic profiling of
Muslims.
SEE: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOfA-qBlWxI] Video: CAIR-OK Town
Hall on Profiling a Success
CAIR representatives nationwide have challenged calls for airport
profiling of Muslims prompted by the failed Christmas Day attack on a plane
landing in Detroit, Mich.
SEE: [http://crm.cair.com/site/R?i=GnUI7hd6epbZs8Jq12xTOg..] CAIR Video:
Muslim Profiling at Airports? (CNN)
Video: [http://crm.cair.com/site/R?i=H-OgO_4RldkOcH_kuUifNw..] Bill
O'Reilly vs. CAIR Spokesman on Profiling
Just today, the Associated Press quoted a CAIR official expressing
concern that a massive government sting operation against cigarette
smugglers amounted to profiling because it apparently targeted
Arab-Americans exclusively with advertisements in Arab-language newspapers.
SEE: [http://crm.cair.com/site/R?i=0Fc9yZodwElBDGS4RgVmfw..] ATF Stings
Put 250M Illegal Cigarettes on Streets
A spate of anti-Muslim incidents nationwide is believed to be the result
of incidents such as the attempted bombing in Detroit and the shootings at
Fort Hood in Texas.
CAIR Video: [http://crm.cair.com/site/R?i=X3zBcvcnL_akc2ZKPrVDVA..] Tenn.
Muslims React to Vandalism
CAIR-Video: [http://crm.cair.com/site/R?i=696wnCHn6bTwBN6NZLfxGw..]
Threats Against Chicago Muslims on the Rise
[http://crm.cair.com/site/R?i=EAP6d1gWRRZKLXwOhcgmWA..] Police Consider
Torched Quran a Hate Crime (OC Register)
In December, CAIR called on President Obama to address what the
Washington-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy group called an "alarming
level of anti-Islam hate in our nation."
SEE: [http://crm.cair.com/site/R?i=baCIaiRbG8QI3QuzyUJlUw..] CAIR Asks
President to Address Rise in Anti-Islam Hate
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