U.S. State Department Says It's Aware Of Imam Rauf's Controversial Remarks

From Jihad Watch:

State Dept "aware" of Ground Zero Imam Rauf's Islamic supremacist remarks, but doesn't care


The renowned "moderate" Imam of the Ground Zero mega-mosque is suffering from some cracks in his facade of moderation. Pamela Geller broke the story here: among many other incendiary statements, Rauf said, "We tend to forget, in the West, that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al Qaida has on its hands of innocent non Muslims." But the State Department, which is using taxpayer money to send this pro-Sharia, anti-free speech Imam on a tour of the Middle East, doesn't care. "State Department 'Aware' of Ground Zero Mosque Imam's Controversial Remarks," by Jake Gibson for FoxNews, August 24 (thanks to Pamela Geller):



WASHINGTON - State Department officials say they are aware of the controversial remarks Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf made in 2005. Rauf is the Imam of the controversial so-called Ground Zero mosque and is presently on a State Department funded outreach tour of Middle Eastern countries.

During a 2005 conference in Australia, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf compared the United States to Al Qaeda and said, "We tend to forget, in the West, that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than Al Qaeda has on its hands of innocent non-Muslims."



Rauf made the comments while speaking at the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Center during a question and answer session, as part of what sponsors say was a dialogue to improve relations between America and the Muslim world.



Rauf added, "You remember that the U.S. led sanctions against Iraq led to the death of over half a million Iraqi children. This has been documented by the United Nations."



"We are aware of those remarks," said State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley. "I would just caution any of you that choose to write on this that once again you have a case where a blogger has pulled out one passage from a very lengthy speech, if you read the entire speech, you will discover exactly why we think he is rightfully participating in this international speaking tour."...





Crowley is lying, of course. Pamela Geller published the whole speech here.

Posted by Robert on August 25, 2010 7:03 AM