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Complaining Muslims |
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Gregory Morris, 6/21/07 8:13:26 am |
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According to CAIR, things are pretty bad for Muslims in this country. Of course, I don't give two fleas off a rat's nipple for what CAIR says. To paraphrase Fred Thompson, CAIR is about useless. It has ties to Hamas, it isn't funded by Americans, and American Muslims don't support the group. Being a radical group, I really don't trust the numbers they give regarding so-called "hate crimes" and "civil rights complaints". They are calling for policy changes to address this issue, so of course they want to make it seem as bad as possible. This is all just an attempt to do in America what they've done in Europe, which is to get the government terrified of insulting anyone, so that the nuttiest whackjob can scream "discrimination" and everyone will cower before them. I won't deny that there are a lot of people in the US that, for no good reason (...), hate people of Arabic descent and Muslims. But the law still applies equally to everyone, so CAIR's demands for special treatment are bogus.
Sheikh-Khalil, 50, a Tampa car salesman who was born in Syria and lived in Cuba for 20 years, said the reason is obvious why his approval has been delayed: "I am sure that it's my name. That's it."
Sorry Mr. Sheikh-Khalil, it isn't your name. I know plenty of citizens with Arab names (I even have a friend with the name Khalil.) Instead, it is the fact that A) you are Syrian, and we are not on the best terms with Syria, so we are gonna need a little bit of proof you have no loyalty there. It is just like a Russian trying to become a US Citizen in the late 50s. B) You lived in Cuba for 20 years. Yep, that's another country we have some issues with, so we need to make sure you aren't some Castro-loving pinko commie bastard before we hand over the keys. It doesn't matter if you pray to Allah, Yaweh, Ja, Vishnu or Zeus, because your religious choice has nothing to do with our national security. Your allegiance to hostile foreign countries on the other hand might be a threat.
Oh yeah, and it takes a long friggin' time to become a citizen (Just ask this Canadian.) Nobody gets any kind of special treatment within the abominable bureaucracy that is INS. I'm fine with criticism of the naturalization process. In fact, I criticize it myself. We need to streamline it, and make it easier for good law-abiding folks to become citizens. To me, that is just as important as building a border fence. Just don't go screaming "discrimination" every time you don't get your way!
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