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(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/22/05)
- CAIR today urged
American Muslims and other people of conscience to
contact editors of the National Review magazine and
ask that they repudiate Islamophobia and remove a
book attacking the Prophet Muhammad from their
online store.
Last week, CAIR called on the prominent national
neoconservative magazine to clarify its policy on
anti-Muslim hate following revelations that the
publication distributed an Internet advertisement
for a virulently Islamophobic book that, according
to the magazine, is a "guide into the dark mind of
[the Prophet] Mohammed" and the "world's most
violent religion."
The National Review's review of the book states:
"[The author] explains why Mohammed couldn't
possibly be a true prophet, and reveals the true
sources of his 'revelations.'"
It quotes the author as claiming: "Mohammed posed as
the apostle of God & while his life is marked by
innumerable marriages; and great licentiousness,
deeds of rapine, warfare, conquests, unmerciful
butcheries, all the time invoking God's holy name to
sanction his evil deeds."
According to the National Review, the book shows how
"Mohammed again and again justified his rapine and
licentiousness with new 'divine revelations.'"
CAIR said the book "is the literary equivalent of
'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.'" (NOTE: In
2002, CAIR called on an Arab-American publication to
apologize for publishing excerpts from "The
Protocols of the Elders of Zion," a 19th century
anti-Semitic forgery used to justify the persecution
of Jews.)
ACTION REQUESTED: (As
always, be POLITE. National Review WILL use any
hostile comments to further defame Islam and
Muslims.)
Contact National Review to respectfully that they
reconsider promoting a book that attacks the faith
of one-fifth of the world's population and harms
America's image in the Muslim world.
CONTACT:
Mr. Richard Lowry
Editor
National Review
215 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10016
TEL: 212-679-7330
FAX: 212-849-2835
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