In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
REPUBLICAN GROUP ASKED TO REMOVE ANTI-ISLAM LINK FROM WEBSITE
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/26/02) - A prominent national Islamic civil rights
and advocacy group tonight called on a Republican group in North Carolina
to remove a link to anti-Islam rhetoric from its website and apologize to
Muslims in that state.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says the website of the
Greensboro-based Guilford County Republican Party has a link to a site
called "Islam Exposed" that states: "This website was designed with 1 (sic)
objective in mind - to expose one of the greatest evils on our planet -
Islam. We have the evidence and materials to prove that this false religion
is nothing more than a barbaric occult (sic) invented by savages for
savages."
SEE: http://www.guilfordgop.org/ Scroll halfway down the page on the left
side.
The party maintains the link to the anti-Islam site despite past objections
from concerned American Muslims. The GOP website itself offers a disclaimer
and states: "We have received a few emails from Muslims who indicate that
this material misrepresents their religion."
"It is unconscionable that a political party claiming to represent all
Americans would associate itself with a site that expresses open hatred for
the faith of millions of fellow citizens. The Guilford County Republican
Party should remove this defamatory link and apologize to the Muslim
community of North Carolina," said CAIR Board Chairman Omar Ahmad.
Ahmad compared the controversy over the GOP link to that of Senator Trent
Lott (R-MI), who was recently forced to resign from his post as Senate
Majority Leader over allegations that he was insensitive to the issue of
racism in America. He added that recent attacks on Islam have come almost
exclusively from the right-wing of the American political spectrum.
There are an estimated seven million Muslims in America and some 1.2
billion worldwide.
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ACTION REQUESTED: (As always, be POLITE. Hostile comments can and will be
used to further defame Islam and Muslims.)
Contact the Guilford County Republican Party to ask that they take down the
defamatory link and apologize to Muslims.
Chairman Marcus Kindley
Guilford County Republican Party
P.O. Box 29136
Greensboro, N.C. 27249-9136
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