Muslims

WorldNetDaily has the exclusive: Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has joined five Republican members of Congress in demanding an investigation of the Council on American-Islamic Relation’s lobbying activities, to determine whether it should lose its non-profit status. Read Coburn’s letter after the jump.

This is my favorite part of President Obama’s remarks at the Fort Hood memorial:
It may be hard to comprehend the twisted logic that led to this tragedy. But this much we do know – no faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no just and loving God looks upon them with favor. And for [...]

TPM’s Justin Elliott and Versha Sharma collect statements from conservative groups calling for Muslim-Americans to be purged from the military in the wake of the Fort Hood shootings. Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association — well, some American families — writes, “It it is time, I suggest, to stop the practice of allowing Muslims [...]

Via Justin Elliott, I wonder if “Muslim Mafia” author Dave Gaubatz is causing any heartburn for the four Republican members of Congress who endorsed his book attacking the Council on American-Islamic Relations. From an interview with the Family Security Network published today:
Now is the time for a professional and legal backlash against the Muslim community [...]

You might think that that commentary about a deranged lone gunman ought to await the facts, but you’re not going to get a job at Fox News with that attitude. Raw Story catches Fox’s Brian Kilmeade asking a guest, “Do you think it’s time for the military to have special debriefings of Muslim Army officers [...]

Susan Jacoby in The Washington Post points out a largely overlooked exchange with Justice Antonin Scalia in that cross case heard by Supreme Court earlier this month. The case revolved around whether the government can keep a war memorial consisting of a solitary cross on public parkland. But while American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Peter [...]

It’s been about a week since four bigoted members of Congress used a book published by the birthers at WorldNetDaily to call for a witchhunt of Muslims on Capitol Hill. And, in a testament to sanity, no such investigation appears to be underway. But members from the Congressional “Tri-Caucus” — a coalition comprised of the [...]

One more thing about the four anti-Muslim bigots in Congress using a birther-published book as fodder for their un-American crusade. Adam Serwer at The American Prospect writes:
One of the advantages America has in the war on terror is that our law enforcement and intelligence agencies can potentially draw on the talents and experiences of [...]

This is a must-read: Jordy Yager’s report on the quartet of Republican members of Congress who’ve endorsed the “investigative” new book “Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that’s Conspiring to Islamize America.” WorldNetDaily’s report on the book, published in-house, is also worth a read for the quotes from Republicans like Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) and [...]

CQ Politics notes that a fight is brewing in Congress (finally) over the charge that the Defense Department allowed Chinese government agents to abusively interrogate the Uighur detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
Reports CQ:
Jay Alan Liotta, principal director of the Defense Department office responsible for detainee policy, told a House subcommittee on Thursday that he would [...]