Obama Appoints 2 Devout Muslims to Homeland Security Posts

Obama and Janet Nappy Appoint Devout Muslim to Homeland Security Post
Arif Alikhan as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
Source for announcement:
Homeland Security Press Room
"Today, I am proud to make two key personnel announcements for the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security (DHS)—President Obama’s intent to nominate David Heyman as
Assistant Secretary for Policy and my appointment of Arif Alikhan as Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development. Arif comes from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R.
Villaraigosa’s office, where he served as Deputy Mayor for Homeland Security and
Public Safety. As a key adviser to the Mayor, he has led the City’s efforts to
develop homeland security, emergency management and law enforcement initiatives,
including operational oversight of Los Angeles Police, Fire a nd Emergency
Management departments." said Secretary Janet Napolitano
The Islamic loving Obama has appointed Arif Alikhan a devout Sunni Muslim to
assistant secretary for the Office of Policy Department of Homeland Security. Mr.
Alikhan was instrumental in taking down the LA Police Department's plan to monitor
its Muslim community.
Alikhan is affiliated with MPAC, the "Muslim Public Affairs Council".
"Founded in 1988, the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) describes itself as "a
public service agency working for the civil rights of American Muslims, for the
integration of Islam into American pluralism, and for a positive, constructive
relationship between American Muslims and their representatives." The organization
consists of eight chapters in , and one each in , , , and
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From its inception, MPAC presented itself as more inclusive, and more open to
peaceful coexistence with Jews and Christians, than other Arab and Muslim groups,
and sought to make Americans comfortable with Islam by showing how much the
religion embraced core American values.
However, looking deeper into this group:
MPAC's Senior Advisor, Maher Hathout, who has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood
and espouses the radical brand of Islam known as Wahhabism, was invited to address
t he Democratic Convention in Los Angeles in 2000.
MPAC's centrist public image unraveled after the September 2000 launching of the
Second Palestinian Intifada, when the Council severed its ties to the Jewish
community and issued one-sided condemnations of 's response to the Arab
violence.Israel
This group actively opposed Bush's military incursions into and , as well as his
"excesses" in the war on terror. In February 2003, MPAC joined the Council on
American-Islamic Relations, the American Muslim Council, and the American Muslim
Alliance in forming a coalition to repeal and amend the Patriot Act, which these
organizations depicted as an assault on the civil liberties of Americans,
particularly Muslims.IraqAfghanistan
MPAC claims that Islam is a religion of peace and moderation, and contends that
Muslim extremists are no more numerous or dangerous than fundamentalists in any
other faith.
Holding entirely responsible for the "pattern of violence" in the , MPAC asserts
that Hezbollah "could be called a liberation movement." The Council likens
Hezbollah members to American "freedom fighters hundreds of years ago whom the
British regarded as terrorists."Middle EastIsrael
In a 1999 position paper, MPAC justified Hezbollah's deadly 1983 bombing of the
American Marine barracks in as a "military operation" rather than a terrorist
attack. 1983Beirut barracks bombing, which killed=2 0299 servicemen, including 220
U.S. Marines. As Maher Hathout puts it: "Hezbollah is fighting for freedom, an
organized army, limiting its operations against military people, this is a
legitimate target against occupation. … this is legitimate, this is an American
value -- freedom and liberty."Lebanon

Shora, who was born in , SyriaDamascus

Kareem Shora Appointed by DHS Secretary Napolitano on Homeland Security Advisory

Council (HSAC)
Washington, DC
June 5, 2009
www.adc.org
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is proud to announce that
earlier today at a ceremony held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, DHS Secretary Janet
Napolitano swore-in ADC National Executive Director Kareem Shora as a member of
the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC).

Aaron Klein, wrote about this at wnd

Napolitano adds adviser with ties to terror backers
Swears in leader of Arab group that hailed jihadists as 'heroes'
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano swore in to her official advisory
council the head of an Arab American organization whose officials have labeled
deadly anti-U.S. jihadists as "heroes" and opposed referring to Hamas as a
terrorist organization.
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, or ADC, also has close ties to
anti-Israel professor Rashid Khalidi, whose association with President Obama –
first exposed by WND – stirred controversy during last year's presidential
campaign.
The ADC takes an openly anti-Israel line.
The ADC also leads the opposition to domestic anti-terrorism measures taken after
the 9-11 attacks, such as watch lists, background check delays for visas and an
initiative meant to more comprehensively screen visitors from select countries or
specific individuals labeled as possible national security threats.Mideast
In 1994, during one of the main peaks of Hamas suicide bombings against Israeli
civilians, then-ADC President Hamzi Moghrabi said, "I will not call [Hamas] a
terrorist organization. I mean, I know many people in Hamas. They are very
respectable. … I don't believe Hamas, as an organization, is a violent
organization."
Discover the Networks notes that two years later, Moghrabi's successor, Hala
Maksoud, defended the Hezbollah terrorist group.
"I find it shocking," Maksoud said, "that [one] would include Hezbollah in … [an]
inventory of 'terrorist'=2 0groups."Middle East
In 2000, new ADC President Hussein Ibish characterized Hezbollah as "a disciplined
and responsible liberation force."
When released Hezbollah prisoners in early 2004, Imad Hamad, ADC's Midwest
Regional Director, openly celebrated the freedom of "the heroes."Israel
Besides its deadly terrorism against , Hezbollah distinguishes itself as second
only to al-Qaida among terror groups responsible for killing the most Americans.
It's responsible for such deadly attacks as the 1983 barracks bombing, which
killed 299 servicemen, including 220 U.S. Marines.BeirutIsrael
ADC linked to Khalidi
The ADC is linked to UniversityColumbia's Khalidi, who spoke at several of the
organization's events. At one speech, in June 2002, the Sun documented how
Khalidi appeared to condone the killing of armed Israelis.New York
"Killing civilians is a war crime. It's a violation of international law. They are
not soldiers. They're civilians, they're unarmed," Khalidi said in a recorded
address. "The ones who are armed, the ones who are soldiers, the ones who are in
occupation, that's different. That's resistance."
The ADC also has collaborated on numerous projects with the Arab American Action
Network, or AAAN, an organization founded by Khalidi's wife Mona, and which WND
first reported received start-up funds from a nonprofit, the Woods Fund, on which
Obama served as a paid director.
The AAAN, headquartered in the heart of 's Palestinian immigrant community, worked
on projects supporting open boarders and education for illegal aliens. Speakers at
AAAN dinners and events routinely have taken an anti-Israel line. The organization
co-sponsored anti-Israel projects and exhibits.Chicago
Khalidi, an apologist for PLO terrorism, holds the position of 's Edward Said
professorship of Arab Studies. Said, a well-known far-leftist intellectual and
apologist for Palestinian terrorism, served on an advisory counsel to the
ADC.Columbia
ADC opposes anti-terrorism screening
According to the ADC charter, the organization seeks to "empower Arab Americans;
defend the civil rights of all people of Arab heritage in the ; promote civic
participation; and encourage a balanced foreign policy in the ."Middle
EastU.S.U.S.
The organization has actively lobbied against the Patriot Act and was reportedly
instrumental in scaling back some of the restrictions of the National Security
Entry-Exit Registration System program, or NSEERS. Shora was personally involved
in those efforts.
The NSEERS required persons whose nationality identifies them as a possible
security risk to submit to control processes governed by the Department of
Justice. NSEERS also targeted specific individuals labeled as possible national
security threats, at times making them undergo fingerprinting, photographing and
registration.
Last week, Napolitano swore in Damascus-born Kareem Shora, the ADC's national
executive director, to a position on the Homeland Security Advisory Council, an
outside-the-department group of national security experts that advises the
secretary. Shora is the first Arab rights advocate on the panel.
At the ceremony in Albequrque, Shora reportedly recounted how he watched with his
immigrant father Obama's address last week to the Muslim world. Shora said his
father cried when he heard Obama's message of reconciliation.
Source: http://www.theodoresworld.net/