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Forwarded by Ray Hanna, Massachusetts 1 22 11 Gov.
Christie’s Strange Relationship with Radical Islam
IPT News
January 19, 2011New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's
nomination of Sohail Mohammed to be a state judge shows the governor's tin ear for radical Islam. Not only did he appoint
a longtime mouthpiece for radical Islamists to be a judge, but Christie has also turned a blind eye to the activities of one
of Mohammed's clients – radical imam Mohammed Qatanani, head of one of New Jersey's largest mosques.
Qatanani has
a history of Hamas support and was related by marriage to a leading Hamas operative in the West Bank. This fall, Qatanani
will return to a New Jersey immigration court, where the Department of Homeland Security is fighting to have him deported.
In his initial application for a green card filed in 1999, government lawyers say Qatanani failed to disclose a conviction
in an Israeli military court for being a Hamas member and providing support to the terrorist group.
Oddly, Christie –
a Republican who was then the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey – sided with Qatanani against DHS, allowing a top lieutenant,
Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles McKenna, to testify as a character witness at Qatanani's first immigration trial, and publicly
embracing the imam at a Ramadan breakfast at his mosque. Christie later appointed McKenna as New Jersey's head of homeland
security..
As general counsel to the American Muslim Union (AMU), Mohammed often represented clients subject to government
allegations concerning terrorists. The AMU often is highly critical of U.S. counter-terrorism efforts.
One online newsletter
even included a claim that a "Zionist commando orchestrated the 9/11 terrorist attacks" and shows support for a
"Rabbi" from the extremist Jewish organization Neturei Karta, which denies the right of Israel to exist and supports
its dismantling.
The AMU has criticized some of the response to the September 11 attacks, especially regarding the PATRIOT
Act. Explaining why the AMU had become more politically active and was holding voter registration drives, one employee of
AMU said: "Right now, the Patriot Act—basically it's unconstitutional…I believe it targets Muslims unfairly.
If someone's going to come out with a bill that's discriminatory, I'm not going to vote for them."
As general counsel,
Mohammed bucked several high-profile terror support prosecutions. After authorities shut down the Holy Land Foundation near
Dallas for alleged Hamas support in 2001, Mohammed told the Record of Bergen County, N.J., that the government was unjustly
singling out Muslim organizations. “People see this as another example of how heavy-handed the administration has been
thus far," he said.
The move was newsworthy in New Jersey because an HLF officer, Mohammed El-Mezain, preceded Qatanani
as imam of the Islamic Center of Passaic County. El-Mezain and four fellow defendants were convicted of illegally routing
millions of dollars to Hamas in 2008.
During a lecture given a year earlier, Qatanani included the HLF defendants in
a prayer for relief from oppression. "Oh Allah assist our brothers and sisters in Philistine [Palestine], and Iraq and
Chechnya," he said. "O Allah remove occupation and oppression and o Allah improve the matters of our community …
to assist our brothers and sisters in the Holy Land Foundation, ask oh Allah … to assist them and to remove the difficulty
that they have been inflicted with all of the brothers and sisters in this country, oh Allah to prove them non-guilty."
Additionally, Mohammed publicly defended Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative Sami Al-Arian following a 2003 indictment which
alleged he was a North American leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Appearing on MSNBC, Mohammed criticized the fact
that it took years of investigation before the indictment was issued. "It all points out to the distrust that the Muslim
community have, which is this is nothing but a witch-hunt," he said. "This is nothing but a politically motivated
indictment, and all you are waiting for is the right opportunity to indict the person, the climate is right."
Al-Arian,
a longtime professor at the University of South Florida, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide goods and services
to the PIJ. In sentencing him, a federal judge said the evidence made it clear he was "a leader of the Palestinian Islamic
Jihad. You were on the board of directors and an officer, the secretary. Directors control the actions of an organization,
even the PIJ; and you were an active leader."
In addition to defending accused terrorists, Mohammed is defensive
about acknowledging their motivations. He was critical brought by Christie's office when the governor was U.S. Attorney. The
Fort Dix defendants were accused, and later convicted, of plotting a mass casualty attack on the New Jersey military base
as an act of jihad. Dix. Mohammed objected to the use of the phrase "Islamic militants" in the government's case.
"Don't equate actions with religion," he said.
Then there's this exchange with MSNBC's Chris Matthews about
two months after 9/11. Mohammed bristled at Matthews' reference to the "Islamic terrorists" behind the attacks:
MATTHEWS: What else do they have in common, the people who blew up the World Trade Center and attacked the Pentagon? What
else do they have in common?
MOHAMMED: All male.
MATTHEWS: Keep going.
If you're a policeman, you have got
to use your brain here. What else do they have in common? They all come from Middle Eastern countries. They're all Islamic
zealots.
MOHAMMED: Well, you cannot call them -- and anybody who professes or who says that he believes in a religion,
a peaceful religion, cannot take the banner and crash a plane, and you blame every single person who follows this faith.
Even while fighting to stay in the country, Mohammed's former client, Qatanani, has participated in radical rallies and
programs. During a rally in New York last March, demonstrators repeated a chant that subtly calls for Israel's destruction.
"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."
It's a familiar chant at pro-Palestinian rallies. A Palestinian
state stretching from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea would cover all of what is now the state of Israel. In his
remarks, which came after the chant, Qatanani expressed his agreement.
"Palestine will be free one day," he
told the rally. "And we will see it very soon by your actions, by your standing for justice, justice, freedom, the liberation
of the land will be very soon."
Just before the 2008 ruling in Qatanani's favor was issued, and while he was still
the U.S. attorney, Christie praised the imam at a Ramadan breakfast held at Qatanani's mosque. "My view is he's always
had a very good relationship with us, and he's a man of great goodwill," Christie said, reportedly embracing him.
The U.S. Attorney's office was not a party to the case, Christie said, and his praise for Qatanani was not meant to be "a
commentary on the dispute between the imam and DHS" but after 9/11, he found the imam "to be a constructive force
in attempting to strengthen our relations with that community."
During the original immigration trial, one of Christie's
assistant U.S. attorneys, Charles B. McKenna, testified as a character witness for Qatanani. In his ruling, Immigration Court
Judge Alberto Riefkohl said he was particularly impressed by "law enforcement officers that took time from their respective
duties to appear before the Court" on Qatanani's behalf. Other supportive testimony came from the sheriffs of Bergen
and Passaic counties and U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-Paterson.
Qatanani's visa application was prepared by Mohammed's
law firm and Mohammed sat with his client during an interview with DHS and FBI agents in 2005, immigration court records show.
"QATANANI advised that he trusted his attorney, Sohail Mohammed, so he signed the I-485 form."
During the interview,
Qatanani admitted having spent three months in an Israeli prison but he did not disclose that on his application for permanent
residency. He also admitted being in the Muslim Brotherhood, but said he left the group in 1991 when working and going to
school while raising a family left him with no time.
The Muslim Brotherhood is a global religious and political movement
that seeks to spread Islamic law. In a 1991 document, a member of the American branch explained that the group's goal was
" a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and "sabotaging"
its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion is made victorious
over all other religions."
An immigration judge ruled in Qatanani's favor in September 2008, saying the Israeli
government documents and the testimony of U.S. law enforcement officials were not credible. However, the Board of Immigration
Appeals sent the case back to the original judge in October 2009, finding that Judge Riefkohl committed a series of errors
in downplaying the Israeli evidence and the agents' testimonies. The appellate panel found that the Israeli evidence was "properly
authenticated and that there was no adequate basis for the Immigration Judge to give them 'very low evidentiary weight."
The judge's assessment of the law enforcement agents' testimony was "clearly erroneous," the board's decision
said.
In his original immigration trial, government attorneys presented Israeli court records showing Qatanani was convicted
by an Israeli court in 1993 of being a Hamas member and of providing support to the terrorist group.
When he applied
for a new visa, Qatanani marked "no" to questions about whether he had ever been "arrested, cited, charged,
indicted, fined, or imprisoned for breaking or violating any law or ordinance" in other countries.
"An alien
who has provided material support to a terrorist organization is inadmissible to the United States," government attorneys
wrote. "Therefore, by answering the questions in the negative, the respondent cut-off a line of inquiry relevant to his
eligibility for adjustment of status."
Immigration officials have successfully used similar misrepresentations to
deport people tied to terrorist groups.
Christie's support for Islamists such as Qatanani and Mohammed betrays either
naivete or calculation. Either is troubling.
Read more at: http://www.investigativeproject.org/2506/gov-christie-strange-relationship-with-radical
http://bit.ly/aduWJL two other preachers hold kuran burning Tennesee.. posting Sunday 91210
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=80108252310&id=793820598, Memorial Day Pillage of Soldiers Bibles.. so is this
tooth for tooth or eye for eye?? source Vadala on Facebook..
Drudge Report, Muslim woman goes ballistic on
coworkers.. http://drudge.tw/bbhXek
http://www.polijam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25288:taheri-ground-zero-mosque-proposal-resembles-a-rabat-built-for-muslim-raiders&catid=61:commentary&Itemid=60 includes video .. check this link out with picture of
banner at 911 site..
sept 9 2010 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsinc/landing_page.html?vid=96735&cid=8677&freewheel=90057&sitesection=huffingtonpost_pol Koran burning.. wwjd, would He say to burn occult books?? like
Harry Potter?? Where this generation has fed the children that nonsense as good reading? He would have been
very bold in that instant and warned parents to avoid that junk. The old Testament is full of stories where false
teachings were politically correct and Prophets had to go against the
tide and wipe them out smashing idols and whatever. Jesus was the last of the Old Testament Prophets .. He was
the fulfillment of the prophecies. I think this was precipitated by the Mosque being built in Manhattan on the backs
of Americans who were ground to powder. I think a lot of people are frustrated beyond belief with political correctness
and this attempt to set the ship aright is radical and a product of this generations inability to recognize danger on any
level. The American people have seen our soldiers beheaded on TV by the muslim radicals and this is another moment in
time where we will have to say no as a people. They think nothing of blowing themselves up children up and the
insanity has contaminated the objective to respect writings of any kind as we do here and to allow people to have the right
to read wrong stupid things and expect them to know right and wrong eventually. When teachings clearly advise that America's
tolerance is the devil it is not too much to see how this gets screwed up. Bloomberg sides with Islamic Center.. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsinc/landing_page.html?vid=96735&cid=8677&freewheel=90057&sitesection=huffingtonpost_pol Rhetoric ??
Killer bees attack woman 500 times http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news2010/09/attleboro_woman.html, Could this be the killer bees migration? Could
this be a sign of Apocalypse? I figured it was a matter of time before they got up north.. science fiction horror
stories is upon us.. come-on 500 bees in Attleboro??? Sounds awful fishy to me?? I spose they just rode the
wind on the Hurricane .. now that nest will be huge and hard to ignore people. Think I'll look for some benedryl..
CatchoftheDay, Video News, ..Tuesday Sept 7 2010
MOSQUE MUSINGS .. I agree with this woman..
JAldrich.. cut the crap this is the way it really is!
NO! I DON'T LIKE SOCIALISM, MARXISM,
COMMUNISM, SCHISMS, OR ANY OTHER ISMS.. I AM A CONSTITUTIONAL AMERICAN.. I BELIEVE IN GOD FAMILY RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY NOT
SLAVERY TO IT.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/61231 scanners violate Muslim teachings.. and our rights under the constitution really, but why not just stay home
or swim in or whatever.. the scanners are there because wacko muslims started this mess right? So scan
baby scan! Who wants to see their bodies anyway.. were looking for the bombs.. shoe bombs remember?? razors..
hidden bombs in their stomach.. burcha bombs.. you name it this is a war .. not a juris word game..
Breaking
News Sunday 1110AM.. Act of War attempt on USA http://newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=75275793&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Hey Mr. Talliban ..
admits to being cause of NY attempt to blow up the Square..36min ago MothersDay1110AM
President Karzai here in Washington today
Monday 4 10 10 ..floods wash out hundreds of Afgan homes.. http://newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=75355074&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281
Sing this one more
time.. I love New York?? Bloombergs blooper city.. There doing what??? Their
building a gloating Mosque on(CORRECTION) NEARBY the 911 islamic terrorist massacre site??
Whoe there horsey... why not three religious buildings..A Shul A Cathedral and a Mosque why it was ONLY the Federal Building.. right?
Why not a circle building cut in three wedges. the
center a Tribunal of policy makers.. a single round table for discussion as a peace table , an altar to offer up Praise to
the All Seeing G-d. A Meditation place to bring sanity to an insane world with deep wedges in its reasonings. Their building a Mosque
on the 911 ground.. (CORRECTION) a few blocks away.. still nasty.. can you believe this?? Why not in Washington
on Obamas head! How dare they and who is they? Despicable mockery of our legal system .. A Mosque in New York
?? near the 911 ground by the people who Hate Christianity and the President who stated to the world America is
not a Christian Nation??http://www.comflm.com/comflmregistrynewsthesundayviews/id161.html This page by CNF will show the stupid ridiculous outrageous policy we show
to criminals who hate us and want us dead. 5 7 10 http://newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=75131547&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281
Abinadabadabadoo
says this .. getting in on the Saturday Night live fever! Allrighteee!
Feds on
the roll! to the tune of YMCA! connnecting the dots..MayDay!
BREAKING
NEWS 11 17 4 20 10 HERE IT COMES ISLAM FIGHTS CHRISTIANITY DC PRAYER DAY But
wants to put up a Mosque on the 911 site?????? do you have the link with Obama on a prayer mat to Allah?? this
day???? http://newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=74009100&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 This
was coming we know this.. as Islam does not respect any free speech even when the Presidents Pastor spoke about America it
was a slap on the wrist but this crowd wants to get Christianity off the map in America and around the world. The war
they are attacking us with is a religious war in case any of you out there do not understand. This is not a discrimination
problem it is a religious problem of intolerance by Islam of Christianity. Free speech allows you to speak your peace.
Oh but
the Supreme Court can allow 2 pit bulls to kill each other in the name of free speech. I am so confused .. so much for
the appointments Obama made.. now what will go on..
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