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Wolf Blitzer
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Dear Mr. Blitzer
During the first segment of your program today, you had Sen. Feinstein
opining about terrorism and Muslims/Arabs in America. She talked in
unbridled
language of hate and bigotry about America's Muslims. She used broad
generalizations in her attack and you neither corrected her, nor asked
for
evidence.
Sen. Feinstein claimed that there is a "nexus" between terrorism and
mosques
in America and hence this can be a justification for FBI instrusions
into
Islamic places of worship.
Sen. Feinstein also claimed that Jihad groups, "kill the infidels"
groups,
terrorists are sheltered by religious organizations in America.
She was thus calling for a general intervention into and oppression of
America's Muslims.
Her claims are contradictory to the facts on the ground. No terrorists
have
come out of America's mosques. In fact, America's mosques are among the
sleepiest, non-descript places of worship in the whole world,
characterized
by lack of leadership.
There are few mosques which are trying for anything more significant
than
prayer halls, parking lots, elementary (innocuous) education for
children.
Mosques are the most unlikely places for terrorists because they are
open to
everyone and if a secret meeting were being held, it could be
interrupted by
any visitor to the mosque.
In the present atmosphere it would be unthinkable for a terrorist to
try and
garner support or hold meetings in a mosque.
Sen. Feinstein is known for her one-sided support for Israel. She
should have
been interrupted during her vaporings and asked for evidence. You did
not do
so, thus reinforcing the impression that CNN is an anti-Islam
propaganda
outlet.
I urge you to get representatives of a cross section of America's
mosques on
your show so that the absurdity of Sen. Feinstein's insinuations may be
realized by your viewers.
Sincerely
Kaukab Siddique, Ph.D
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