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Juan Cole and CAIR Play the "Islamophobia" Cardby Cinnamon Stillwell • Jan 15, 2008 http://www.campus-watch.org/blog/2008/01/juan-cole-and-cair-play-the As noted recently by Campus Watch, University of Michigan history professor Juan Cole will be speaking at a CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations) fundraiser this March. In light of Cole's high-profile fundraising efforts for CAIR, one assumes he either shares the group's Islamist political agenda or serves as a useful idiot in its promotion. Strengthening that assumption, it turns out Cole will be the primary speaker at yet another upcoming CAIR event, this time on January 23 at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. Moderated by CAIR Legislative Director Corey Saylor and titled, "Fear for Votes: How Some 2008 Candidates are Exploiting Islamophobia," the event will undoubtedly push the idea that any and all discussion of radical Islam in the 2008 presidential election is tantamount to "Islamophobia." This would be familiar ground for Cole, who, while addressing an audience at UCLA's Center for Near Eastern Studies in January, 2006, had this to say about threats facing the U.S. from the Muslim world in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001:
This kind of muddled thinking falls into line with Cole's recent assertion – also documented by Campus Watch – that last week's incident involving U.S. Navy vessels and Iranian patrol craft in the Straits of Hormuz was "a serious error if not a Republican Party fabrication." Would Cole then accuse 2008 presidential candidates addressing the Iranian regime's rising belligerence of being part of a "fabrication"? It certainly wouldn't be beyond the pale for Cole, nor would it for his beneficiary, CAIR. As for the theme of CAIR's upcoming event, one has to wonder just who exactly is exploiting "Islamophobia" in this scenario. The candidates who acknowledge America's struggle with radical Islam, or apologists such as Cole and CAIR who seek to deny this dangerous ideology by playing the "Islamophobia" card? The answer is self-evident. receive the latest by email: subscribe to campus watch's free mailing list This text may be reposted or forwarded so long as it is presented as an integral whole with complete and accurate information provided about its author, date, place of publication, and original URL.
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