CAIR crticizes Congressman Kirk

CAIR, the Council on American Islamic Relations yesterday lashed out at Illinois Repubican Congressman Mark Kirk, of Chicago's North Shore, over profiling comments he made last weekend. As you'll notice in a post last night, Senator Barack Obama denounced Kirk as well.

From the Chicago "Free Registration Required" Tribune:

A Muslim civil rights group demanded an apology Wednesday from U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) for remarks he made condoning discrimination against some Arabs.

"Our Constitution guarantees that discrimination not be part of the American tradition," said Ahmed Rehab, director of communications for the Chicago Council on American-Islamic Relations.

The congressman defended his remarks Wednesday, saying it is crucial for the United States to protect its borders from foreign terrorists.

More...

In a letter faxed Wednesday to Kirk's office, Yaser Tabbara, director of the Muslim civil rights group, wrote that he was shocked by the comments.

"It's one thing for me to hear it from Joe Schmoe on the street and deal with it as an ignorant attitude and give that person the benefit of the doubt," Tabbara said. "It's another, and 100 times more disturbing and dangerous, to hear something like that spewed out of the mouth of a public figure, a political representative who represents a constituency of Americans. This, to me, is a manifestation of ... a classic, malicious, bigoted attitude."

Eloquently stated, but what Tabbara neglected to mention is that Islamofascist forces declared war on America and the West about 10 years ago.

And just last night, A Days Inn, a Hyatt, and a Radisson (Western hotel chains) were bombed in Amman, Jordan.

We're at war.