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Posted by The Night Writer:
Give them that old time religion
http://thenightwriterblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1170890562.shtml


   Just what are the Democrats invoking?
   From [1]Debbie Schlussel in the New York Post (via [2]Michelle Malkin,
   go there for more links):

     THE Democratic National Committee made a strange choice to deliver
     the invocation last Friday at its winter meeting: Husham al-Husainy
     - an extremist who has a long record of support for prominent
     Islamists at war with America and Israel.
     Al-Husainy's words before the Democrats - asking God to "help us
     stop . . . occupation and oppression" - were jarring enough, since
     he was likely referring to either American soldiers in Iraq or Jews
     in Israel.
     But his past statements and activity make those words even more
     ominous.
     Al-Husainy heads the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center mosque in
     Dearborn, Mich., one of the largest Shiite mosques in North
     America. He is an open admirer of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah
     Khomeini - under whose rule Americans were held hostage for 444
     days.
     During last summer's Israel-Hezbollah war, al-Husainy led rallies
     in Dearborn in support of the Lebanese terrorist group. Protesters
     displayed swastikas as well as anti-American and anti-Semitic
     posters.
     I attended one rally, at Dearborn's Bint Jebail Cultural Center -
     named for the stronghold in south Lebanon from which Hezbollah
     rockets rained on Israel. Al-Husainy was among several who
     delivered hate-filled, anti-American rhetoric. He cheered as others
     called for the hastened destruction of the Jews.

References

   1. http://www.nypost.com/seven/02062007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/an_ugly_invocation_opedcolumnists_debbie_schlussel.htm
   2. http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006829.htm