CAIR Quick to Condemn Israeli Terrorist

In Israel, an AWOL soldier sets out to kill Arabs and does so by shooting four Arab Israeli citizens on a bus. “Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon condemned the attack, calling it "a reprehensible act of a bloodthirsty Jewish terrorist who sought to attack innocent Israeli citizens."”

Israeli terrorists acts do occur and have done so since prior to the formation of the State of Israel. For example, the infamous Irgun conducted a terrorist bombing on the King David Hotel in 1946. Islamists and leftists categorize the Israeli military actions against Israel’s enemies as acts of terrorism. Despite Islamic and leftist claims, Israeli terrorist acts are far and few between.

In reference to the Israeli terrorist incident, CAIR quickly put out a press release yesterday, "This brutal attack on innocent civilians once again demonstrates that terrorism and extremism can rise out of any faith.” Why is it that CAIR has historically ignored Islamic terrorism? Prior to the 7/28/05 CAIR support of a fatwa, CAIR’s voice in dissent against Islamic terrorism was absent. They certainly did not take any delay in denouncing a single Israeli terrorist attack and pointing out that other religions have terrorism as well. Only an idiot could somehow find some sort of moral equivalence between the amount of Islamic terrorism and terrorism associated with any another current religion.

I wrote, “I, for one, am not convinced about the sincerity of CAIR.” That opinion still stands.