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MUSLIMS URGED TO CONTACT SENATOR ABOUT
ANTI-MUSLIM REMARKS BY CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEE
Republican analyst says Islam is from "darkness of heathen Araby"
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/10/1999) - CAIR is calling on Senate Republican Policy
Committee (RPC) Chairman Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) to sever ties with a
committee foreign policy analyst over anti-Muslim statements made in an
article published on the Internet. In a letter to Craig, CAIR outlined
offensive and inaccurate comments about Islam and Muslims made by RPC
staffer James George Jatras.
The letter read in part:
"In an undated article called 'The Muslim Advance and American
Collaboration' published online by The Christian Activist, a James George
Jatras wrote: 'There is little doubt that Islam's 'God' is none other than
the former chief deity of the polytheistic Arab pantheon...stripped of his
consorts and offspring...In short, ISLAM IS A SELF-EVIDENT OUTGROWTH NOT OF
THE OLD AND NEW COVENANTS BUT OF THE DARKNESS OF HEATHEN ARABY.'
"In the same article, he refers to 'Islam's fraudulent self-depiction as a
pacific creed' and claims 'Islam has been unthinkable without its mandate
for violence, war, terror...' Jatras writes: 'ISLAM WAS BORN IN VIOLENCE.'
He adds: 'I will leave it to the specialists to calculate which - Islam or
communism - can claim the greater achievement as gigantic Christian-killing
machines...'
"...The article contains many other Islamophobic statements too numerous to
mention. For example, Mr. Jatras writes of 'BUSINESS EXECUTIVES WHO WOULD
SELL THEIR GRANDMOTHERS TO ABDUL ABULBUL AMIR [presumably a derogatory term
for Arab Muslims] for oil drilling rights...'
(See http://www.tca1.org/vol13/Muslim.html)
"...I hope you agree that these remarks should be repugnant to all
Americans. It is most disturbing that these bigoted and inaccurate views
are allegedly espoused by a person who assists in the formulation of U.S.
foreign policy."
The Republican Policy Committee, established by a 1946 law, is composed of
GOP Senate leaders and the chairmen of the Senate's standing committees.
Recent RPC Policy Papers focused on issues such as allegations of the theft
of nuclear weapons technology by China and claims that the Kosova
Liberation Army (KLA) is supported by terrorists and drug dealers.
(See http://www.senate.gov/~rpc/)
Jatras has been outspoken in his support for Serbian positions on
international affairs. At the Serbian Unity Congress convention in 1998,
Jatras is quoted as saying the U.S. government's policy toward Serbia was
"was criminal and worthy of being brought to The Hague tribunal."
(See http://www.suc.org/sucinfo/conventions/ninth/banquet.html)
In other articles, he downplayed Serbian massacres (he even placed the word
in quotation marks) in Bosnia, claimed Bosnian Muslims killed their own
people as a ploy to gain Western support and referred to "THE MYTH OF
MUSLIMS AS INNOCENT VICTIMS IN THE [BOSNIAN] WAR." (The Washington Times,
7/20/97, page B5)
In a letter to CAIR, Sen. Craig said he condemns "any sort of bigotry or
intolerance." He did not say whether he regarded Jatras' statements as
bigoted, inaccurate or offensive. Craig did say Jatras' article examined
"complex questions of history and international events that are legitimate
subjects for study and commentary" and that it did not suggest "hostility
against any individual or group of individuals."
When contacted by CAIR, Jatras confirmed that he was the author of the
Internet statement and said, "I stand by every word in the article."
"Everyone is entitled to their personal views on religion and politics,
however offensive. But these private views must not be allowed to fuel a
personal agenda disguised as public policy," said CAIR Board Chairman Omar
Ahmad. Ahmad added that similar statements attacking other faiths would
not, and should not be tolerated by elected officials.
IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED: (Polite and respectful comments only. Hostile
comments are counterproductive and will harm the image of the American
Muslim community.)
Contact Senator Craig to request that he clearly repudiate Mr. Jatras'
Islamophobic statements. Also ask that the Senate Republican Policy
Committee sever all ties with Mr. Jatras
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